Damewood McFerrin Family
Elvin Damewood, son of
Nathan Damewood and
Mary Henderson,
was born
June 28, 1829 in
Tennessee and
died
December 11, 1865 in
Dubois County,
Indiana.
He married
Nancy Minerva McFerrin on
June 28, 1849 in Dubois County, Indiana.
Other events in the life of Elvin
Damewood
Military:
Volunteered for Civil War service on 1 August 1862 and mustered
out on 22 June 1865 of Company K, 65th Indiana Infantry
Regiment. He promoted from private to corporal during the
war. (see military
service record). (see
photograph)
Nancy Minerva McFerrin,
daughter of James H. McFerrin and
Sarah
Clapp,
was born
May 17, 1832 in
Knox County, Tennessee and died
January 9, 1913.
Other
spouses:
Daniel Duncan following Elvin's death.
Other Events in the life of Nancy Minerva
McFerrin (see
Obituary)
Residences:
Her
childhood was in Knox County, Tennessee. In 1848, her
family moved to Dubois County, Indiana where she met and
married Elvin Damewood. After the death of her husband
shortly after the Civil War, she moved to Page County, Iowa where
she met and married Daniel Duncan September 28,
1870.
Religion:
Methodist Episcopal Christian
Burial:
Shearer cemetery, Buchanan Township, Page County, Iowa
Children of Elvin Damewood and Nancy McFerrin
 William Thomas
Damewood
was born
May 17, 1851 and died on
August
15, 1938 in Clarinda, Iowa. He married Emma
C. Collins on Nov. 21, 1878 in Siam, Iowa.
Harriet Emeline Damewood
was born
March 19, 1853 and died on
May 22, 1912. She married
Lee Scrivner.
Sarah Damewood
was
born May 21, 1856 and died on
March 27, 1890.
 James Harvey Damewood
was born
October 2, 1858 in
Dubois County, Indiana and
died
January 23, 1946 in
Logan, Phillips County, Kansas.
Isaac Henry Damewood
was born
April 10, 1861 and died on March 31,1862.
 Elvin Powell "Ebb" Damewood
was born February 13, 1863 in Dubuis County, Indiana and died on
April 18, 1946 in Clarinda, Iowa. He married Anna
Nanna Welch in 1895 and Emma Marie Welch
in 1905.
Levi Damewood
was born
July 26, 1866 and died August 19, 1866.
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