Here are a few blurbs from "The Blue Mound Centennial": p. 5 By the time the Civil War ended, many more settlers had entered lands in township fifteen. Among them were ...Richard Damery and Michael Rugh in 1867, George Damery and Joseph Gabriel in 1868 ... p. 6 ...Other early arrivals were: ...George Damery (1862). ... Of the foreign-born, twenty-eight came from Ireland, including Thomas, Jane and Joseph Gabriel and Richard and Mary Damery; Richard Damery came to Pleasant View Township before the town of Blue Mound was founded. All the Damerys in the Blue Mound area are descendants of t his man who came to the United States from Ireland with his bride. (with photo) The high percentage of landowners who lived on their land, and thus put down roots, was a significant characteristic of the Blue Mound community and one which prevailed through the years. For over a hundred years there have been farmers named Armstrong, Bailey, Baughman, Bean, Beckett, Bliler, Crawford, Damery, Goffinett, Gorden .... p. 9 In township fifteen, where Mosquito Creek winds through two sections, there were many long, narrow plots adjoining the water and extending away from the stream. This pattern permitted the Hall, Gray, Clements, Pope, Damery, and Cherry families, among others, to have the secruity provided by timer and water. A glance at an early map of the Sangamon River, where it flowed through Blue Mound Township, shows the same design. ... (Hall and Cherry, as well as Damery, are in my line.) I'm sure there is much more on the Damerys, but that's all the time I have for the night. Let me know who you're working on and I'll be more than happy to see what I have. Jane