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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel_C._Damon_(PP-70-7-001).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Samuel_C._Damon_%28PP-70-7-001%29.jpg/220px-Samuel_C._Damon_%28PP-70-7-001%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Samuel_C._Damon_%28PP-70-7-001%29.jpg/330px-Samuel_C._Damon_%28PP-70-7-001%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Samuel_C._Damon_%28PP-70-7-001%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="358" data-file-height="534" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Samuel Chenery Damon</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1815-02-15</span>)</span>February 15, 1815<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Holden,_Massachusetts" title="Holden, Massachusetts">Holden, Massachusetts</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 7, 1885<span style="display:none">(1885-02-07)</span> (aged 69)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a>, Hawaii</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Julia Sherman Mills</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Mills_Damon" title="Samuel Mills Damon">Samuel Mills Damon</a> <br /> four others</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Samuel Chenery Damon</b> (February 15, 1815 – February 7, 1885) was a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Missionaries_to_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Missionaries to Hawaii">missionary to Hawaii</a>, pastor of the Seamen's Bethel Church, chaplain of the Honolulu American Seamen's Friend Society and <a href="/wiki/Editor_in_chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Editor in chief">editor</a> of the monthly newspaper <i>The Friend</i>. </p><p>He began his religious studies at <a href="/wiki/Princeton_Theological_Seminary" title="Princeton Theological Seminary">Princeton Theological Seminary</a> in 1838–39, and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Andover_Theological_Seminary" title="Andover Theological Seminary">Andover Theological Seminary</a> in 1841 after which he was ordained to the <a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregational</a> ministry. His work in <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> began on October 19, 1842, under the help and support of the American Seaman's Friend Society. He was the pastor of Bethel Church for 42 years (1841 to 1882), where he preached every Sunday, not only to sailors but also to merchants, sea captains and many others who were drawn to this well-known place of worship. </p><p>The Seamen's Bethel Church burned down in 1886, one year after Damon's death.[8] The congregation has since evolved into the "Central Union Church" of Honolulu. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_C._Damon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel_C._Damon,_wife_and_son_Sam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Samuel_C._Damon%2C_wife_and_son_Sam.jpg/170px-Samuel_C._Damon%2C_wife_and_son_Sam.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Samuel_C._Damon%2C_wife_and_son_Sam.jpg/255px-Samuel_C._Damon%2C_wife_and_son_Sam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Samuel_C._Damon%2C_wife_and_son_Sam.jpg/340px-Samuel_C._Damon%2C_wife_and_son_Sam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="525" /></a><figcaption>Damon with wife, Julia Sherman Mills, and son, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Mills_Damon" title="Samuel Mills Damon">Samuel Mills Damon</a> </figcaption></figure> <p>Samuel Chenery Damon, son of Colonel Samuel Damon and Alony Chenery, was born in <a href="/wiki/Holden,_Massachusetts" title="Holden, Massachusetts">Holden, Massachusetts</a> on February 15, 1815. </p><p>He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a> in 1836, studied at <a href="/wiki/Princeton_Theological_Seminary" title="Princeton Theological Seminary">Princeton Theological Seminary</a> in 1838–39, and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Andover_Theological_Seminary" title="Andover Theological Seminary">Andover Theological Seminary</a> in 1841. Before studying for the ministry, he was for a year principal of the academy at <a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Connecticut" title="Salisbury, Connecticut">Salisbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>, and while in the divinity school was tutor in a private family in <a href="/wiki/Burlington,_New_Jersey" title="Burlington, New Jersey">Burlington, New Jersey</a>. </p><p>He married Julia Sherman Mills (1817–1890) in <a href="/wiki/Natick" class="mw-redirect" title="Natick">Natick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> on October 6, 1841, with whom he had five sons.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was daughter of <a href="/wiki/Samuel_John_Mills" title="Samuel John Mills">Samuel John Mills</a> (1783–1818), a minister who took part in the <a href="/wiki/Haystack_Prayer_Meeting" title="Haystack Prayer Meeting">Haystack Prayer Meeting</a> which led to forming the <a href="/wiki/American_Board_of_Commissioners_for_Foreign_Missions" title="American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions">American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fam_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fam-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 107">: 107 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministry">Ministry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_C._Damon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ministry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Damon was preparing to go to <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary">missionary</a> and was studying the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil language</a> for that purpose, when an urgent call came for a seaman's chaplain at the port of <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a> in the Hawaiian islands. He was <a href="/wiki/Ordained" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordained">ordained</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Congregational" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational">Congregational</a> ministry on September 15, 1841, and he decided to accept the position at <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a>. </p><p>He began his work there October 19, 1842, under the auspices of the American Seaman's Friend Society. At the time around one hundred and fifty whaling vessels entered the port every year. Damon's own statement was: <i>"From 1842 to 1867, at the lowest estimate six thousand seamen annually entered the port. During these twenty-five years my labors were abundant and sometimes, beyond my strength."</i> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel_Chenery_Damon,_carte_de_visite_by_Henry_L._Chase.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Samuel_Chenery_Damon%2C_carte_de_visite_by_Henry_L._Chase.jpg/220px-Samuel_Chenery_Damon%2C_carte_de_visite_by_Henry_L._Chase.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="357" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Samuel_Chenery_Damon%2C_carte_de_visite_by_Henry_L._Chase.jpg/330px-Samuel_Chenery_Damon%2C_carte_de_visite_by_Henry_L._Chase.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Samuel_Chenery_Damon%2C_carte_de_visite_by_Henry_L._Chase.jpg/440px-Samuel_Chenery_Damon%2C_carte_de_visite_by_Henry_L._Chase.jpg 2x" data-file-width="545" data-file-height="884" /></a><figcaption>Damon was the editor of <i>The Friend</i> from 1843 to 1884.</figcaption></figure> <p>For 42 years he was the pastor of "Bethel Church" from 1841 to 1882. He preached there every Sunday, not only to sailors but also to merchants, sea captains and many others who were drawn to this well known place of worship. He was an able speaker and was constantly in demand on public occasions. In 1855 he founded the <a href="/wiki/Honolulu_Sailor%27s_Home" title="Honolulu Sailor's Home">Honolulu Sailor's Home</a> and held services for sailors who died without family to be buried in the <a href="/wiki/Oahu_Cemetery" title="Oahu Cemetery">Oahu Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fam_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fam-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 141">: 141 </span></sup> </p><p>He was the editor and publisher of <i>The Friend</i>, a monthly newspaper for seamen which included news from both American and English newspapers as well as announcements of upcoming events, reprints of sermons, poetry, local news, editorials, ship arrivals and departures and a listing of marriages and deaths. He published between a half million and a million copies of <i>The Friend</i>, most of which he personally distributed.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a strong supporter of the Chinese Christians in <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a>. He made his church available for Sunday afternoon services, and later started a small night school in the parish hall to teach them English. From this humble beginning the Chinese Christian community began to outgrow their meeting place. In 1877, Damon assisted in organizing the first Chinese Church in Hawaii and was elected to the board of trustees.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Damon traveled extensively throughout his life. In 1849 he visited California and <a href="/wiki/Oregon" title="Oregon">Oregon</a>. In 1851 he visited the United States, coming by way of the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus" title="Isthmus">Isthmus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>, and returning in 1852 to the Hawaiian Islands. In 1861 he made a tour of the Micronesian Islands on the missionary ship, the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Morning_Star_(missionary_ship)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Morning Star (missionary ship) (page does not exist)">Morning Star</a></i>. In 1869 he came home again and then traveled through England, Palestine, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, returning to <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a> in 1870. In 1876 he came home again and visited the <a href="/wiki/Centennial_Exposition" title="Centennial Exposition">Centennial Exposition</a> at <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>. In 1880 he came to the United States once more and made another and more extensive trip abroad, visiting England, Scotland, Germany, Austria, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> and France. It is said that he also visited China and Japan. </p><p>He received the degree of <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Divinity" title="Doctor of Divinity">Doctor of Divinity</a> from his alma mater, <a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a>, in 1867. He became a member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Antiquarian_Society" title="American Antiquarian Society">American Antiquarian Society</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a> in 1869,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1879 a corresponding member of the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society" title="New England Historic Genealogical Society">New England Historic Genealogical Society</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Remembrance">Remembrance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_C._Damon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Remembrance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OahuCemetery-RevSamuelCDamon-tombstone.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/OahuCemetery-RevSamuelCDamon-tombstone.JPG/100px-OahuCemetery-RevSamuelCDamon-tombstone.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/OahuCemetery-RevSamuelCDamon-tombstone.JPG/150px-OahuCemetery-RevSamuelCDamon-tombstone.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/OahuCemetery-RevSamuelCDamon-tombstone.JPG/200px-OahuCemetery-RevSamuelCDamon-tombstone.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="2816" /></a><figcaption>Rev. Samuel C. Damon's tombstone in <a href="/wiki/Oahu_Cemetery" title="Oahu Cemetery">Oahu Cemetery</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Damon died on February 7, 1885, at <a href="/wiki/Honolulu" title="Honolulu">Honolulu</a>, and his funeral the next day was attended by a very large congregation, including <a href="/wiki/King_Kalakaua" class="mw-redirect" title="King Kalakaua">King Kalakaua</a> and his ministers who said of him: </p> <blockquote> <p><i>"He was one of nature's noblemen—of fine personal appearance, always pleasant and cheerful, happy and always laboring to make others happy here and hereafter—a truly model Christian man and it may justly be said that the world was made better by his having lived in it."</i><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The Seamen's Bethel Church burned down in 1886. The congregation has evolved into the "Central Union Church" of Honolulu.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His son, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Mills_Damon" title="Samuel Mills Damon">Samuel Mills Damon</a> (1845–1924), married Harriet Melinda Baldwin, daughter of missionary physician <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Baldwin_(missionary)" title="Dwight Baldwin (missionary)">Dwight Baldwin</a>, and became a wealthy banker.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At one time they were the fourth largest private landowner in Hawaii. Their collection of artifacts was donated to the <a href="/wiki/Bernice_P._Bishop_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernice P. Bishop Museum">Bernice P. Bishop Museum</a> in 2007, after the last grandchild of Samuel Mills died in 2004. Samuel Mills had served as a founding trustee of the museum, and was minister of finance of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Hawaii">Kingdom of Hawaii</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His son Francis Williams Damon (December 10, 1852 – June 22, 1915) married Mary Rebecca Happer, the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Andrew_P._Happer" title="Andrew P. Happer">Andrew Patton Happer</a>, and continued working with the Chinese mission in Honolulu.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another son Edward Chenery Damon married Cornelia Beckwith April 17, 1877.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their daughter <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Moseley_Damon" title="Ethel Moseley Damon">Ethel Moseley Damon</a> (1883–1965) became an educator and author.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_C._Damon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHawaiian_Mission_Children's_Society1901" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_Mission_Children%27s_Society" title="Hawaiian Mission Children's Society">Hawaiian Mission Children's Society</a> (1901). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/portraitsofameri00hawarich"><i>Portraits of American Protestant missionaries to Hawaii</i></a>. 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