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Books of possible interest to
Dameron-Damron researchers

Maverick Women: 19th Century Women Who Kicked Over the Traces
by Frances Laurence
Manifest Publications. Paper, $18.50. A review of this book.
A collection of biographies of 14 women of the 1800's in the West, including Dr. Bethenia Owens-Adair, a pioneering female doctor in Oregon and Washington. Born in 1840, she came with her parents, Thomas Owens and Sarah Damron (dau. of Moses Damron & Sarah Mullins), from Virginia to Oregon in 1843.

Works without known links on the Internet:

Dr. Owens-Adair: Some of Her Life Experiences.
by B. A. Owens-Adair.
Mann & Beach, Printers, Portland, Oregon, [n.d.]
Dr. Bethenia Owens-Adair, a pioneering female doctor in Oregon and Washington. Born in 1840, she came with her parents, Thomas Owens and Sarah Damron (dau. of Moses Damron & Sarah Mullins), from Virginia to Oregon in 1843.
The text of this out-of-print book is available online at Google Book Search/Google Books Library Project: Dr. Owens-Adair: Some of Her Life Experiences.

My China Years: A Memoir
by Helen Foster Snow,  (New York: Morrow, 1984)

Helen Foster Snow: An American Woman in Revolutionary China.
 by Kelly Ann Long. (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2006. xxiv, 237 pp. $34.95, ISBN 978-0-87081-847-9.)

King Fisher: his Life and Times
by O.C. Fisher with J.C. Dykes
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1966
King Fisher is descended from Capt. John Damron & Anna Ladd. The author was a U. S. Representative from Texas and a cousin of King Fisher. This is a rather detailed history of King although the author appears to considerably soften King's image.---C.C.C.

A Souvenir. Dr. Owens-Adair to Her Friends, Christmas 1922.
by Bethenia Angelina Owens-Adair.
Statesman Publishing Company, Salem, Oregon, 1922.
Dr. Bethenia Owens-Adair, parents were Thomas Owens and Sarah Damron and granddaughter of Moses Damron & Sarah Mullins. She was a pioneering female doctor in Oregon and Washington.

Texas Heritage of the Fishers and the Clarks
by O.C. Fisher
Anson Jones Press, Salado, Texas, 1963
A family history that includes the descendants of Anna Ladd Damron, daughter of Capt. John Damron & Anna Ladd, who married James Fisher, Sr. The author erroneously states that Anna Ladd Damron was of Dutch origin.---C.C.C.

Zephyr, Yesterday and Today with 120 Genealogies of Zephyr's Pioneer Families
Co-authored by Mrs. Jesse B. (Avis) Bettis and Mrs. Mattie (McKinney) Baird.
Genealogy profiles by Mrs. A. R. (Pauline Glass) Hochhalter.
Banner Printing Co., Brownwood, Texas, 1979.
This work contains some genealogical information on John Henry Damron (1826-1917) & his descendants in Brown County, Texas.---C.C.C.

Other works with Damron or Dameron connections:

Famous Texas folklorists and their stories
by Jim Gramon
Plano: Republic of Texas Pr., c2001. 285 p. ill. ISBN 1556228252 (paper)
From the Publisher:  "Everything about Texas makes for folklore: oil, cattle, timber, and the talent to spin a yarn. Folklore is a lively art form in this state of blue skies and white caliche. Jim Gramon has brought forth this wonderful collection of tall tales and legendary characters...."  Chapter fourteen contains stories by the late Allen Wayne Damron (1939-2005).