Damon, Samuel Chenery, Dd

Damon, Samuel Chenery, D.D.

a Congregational minister, was born at Holden, Massachusetts, February 15, 1815. He graduated from Amherst College in 1836, attended Princeton Theological Seminary for two years, graduating from Andover Theological Seminary in 1841; was ordained seaman's chaplain and editor of The

Friend, at Honolulu, Hawaii, from 1842 until his death, February 7, 1885. He published numerous sermons and addresses. See Cong. Year-book, 1886, page 22; Necrol. Report of Princeton Theol. Sem. 1885, page 38.