Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Dameron, James 1901
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Arizona Republican-July 10, 1901
JAMES DAMERON
July 10, 1901

James Monroe Dameron died at the Phoenix insane 
asylum at noon yesterday of paresis, aged 46.  Mr. 
Dameron was born in Illinois, December 10, 1855.  He 
was prominent in law and politics both in Illinois 
and California where most of his life was spent.  From 
a farm hand he made his way to the front ranks of the 
legal profession and in California for a number of years 
was regarded as one of the best criminal lawyers on the 
coast.  At the age of 23 he was elected district 
attorney for Johnson County Illinois being the only 
one of nineteen republican candidates on that ticket 
elected.  In 1887 he served the state of California as 
assemblyman from Los Angeles.  He had a gneial and 
generous disposiiton and many who knew him in the 
times of his health and prosperity will feel a kind 
sympathy for the misfortunes that befell him through 
sickness during the latter part of his life.

While very young he went with his family to Los Angeles 
at the beginning of that city's unprecendented growth and 
was prominent in all of the movements in the years of its 
most rapid development.  Many institutions now in 
California stand as monuments to his active and executive 
mind. Prominent among these is the reform school at 
Whittier, regarded as one of the best institutions of 
the kind in the United States.  The eloquence and vigorous 
efforts of Mr. Dameron in the legislative halls of 
California made possible the eight hour law for which the 
laborers of California still congratulate themselves.

Mr. Dameron came to Phoenix six years ago. He entered into 
partnership with J.W. Crenshaw and his legal talents were 
soon recognized.  Three years ago he was attacked by spinal 
meningitis which prostrated im.  It was the recurrence of 
an attack of twenty years ago during an epidemic of that 
disease in Illinois.  He declined gradually at the asylum.  
He was unable to recognize members of his own family who 
surrounded him at his death bed.

The dead man is survived by a wife and three children--
two daughters, Norma and Florida and a son, Lloyd.  
Funeral services will be held at the undertaking parlors 
of Merryman and Holley this afternoon and the remains 
will be interred in the Porter cemetery.  Fifteen years 
ago Mr. Dameron was a power in republican politics in 
southern California and throughout the state it was 
predicted that he would be elected to the United States 
sentate. There was at that time a no more probably 
successful candidate.

Funeral, July 11 ,1901

The funeral of the late Judge James M. Dameron took 
place at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the 
undertakng rooms of Merryman and Holley.  The services 
conducted by Rev. Dr. Lewis Halsey were very brief.

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