My GGG grandfather, Cyrus B. Daman (1817 - 1914)
Have you ever wondered what it was like to a pioneer? What was it like to travel by oxen and wagon to a new place that was inhabited by few other pioneers? And without the modern convinces of paved roads, phones, mechanical engines, etc. Your life and your family’s lives totally dependent on your knowledge and skills? For a glimpse into the past, I have transcribed for you the childhood memories of my GGG Aunt Rosanna (Daman) Bradford relating the trials, adversities and everyday life of her pioneering parents, Cyrus and Fanny (Dake) Daman, and their eight children.
A little back ground, in 1941, at the age of eighty-seven, Rosanna (Daman) Bradfield submitted the to the Ringgold County Historical Society an essay of her childhood memories of the pioneer life of her parents and siblings. The title of her essay was “Early Dawn in Ringgold County” The historical society published her story in the Ringgold County Bulletin and sold it for 10 cents an issue. Years later, in 2011, The Diagonal Progress newspaper ran a series entitled “”Gone With the Wind” History of Jefferson Township” that was series of articles written for the most part by pioneers of Jefferson Township of Ringgold County, Iowa. The “Early Dawn in Ringgold County” was published in 5 parts within the “Gone with the Wind” series.
The full transcription can be found by clicking here.
Daman family tree