Jacob Demone (1849 - 1869)

Born 1849 in Centre Range, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Husband of Lucretia Letitia (Daures) Slaughenwhite — married 1868 in Lunenberg, Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Died 27 Jun 1869 at about age 20 in Centre Range, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Excerpt from the Diary of Adolphus Gaetz: ^[1]

June 1869

Saturday, 26th - Accident. I noted the circumstance of Bears having been seen in this vicinity of this town; these animals are still running about doing an immense amount of mischief. not less than 150 sheep having been already destroyed by them, and worse than all they have been the cause of a young man by name of Jacob Demone, living on the Lahave Road, losing his life, which took place under the following circumstances. A party of three set out this evening for the purpose of watching their sheep and killing these supposed Bears should they be seen; soon after arriving at their halting place, it being then about 9 o'clock in the evening, Jacob Demone, who was one of the party, separated from his two companions unobserved; not long after something black was seen through the darkness of the evening, near the sheep, by these two persons whom Jacob Demone had left; presuming this to be a Bear, they both fired their guns, which were loaded with a buck shot; a scream was heard, when to their great astonishment and grief they found they had shot their companion Jacob Demone; both charges had lodged in the young man's body who lingered about six hours after, explaining before he died that it was his own fault and nobody else could be blamed. Some persons contend that those roving animals are Dogs not Bears.

Sources

1. ↑ The Diary of Adolphus Gaetz; Edited by Charles Bruce Ferguson; Public Archives of Nova Scotia; Halifax, N.S.; 1965; https://books.google.com/books?id=TXHRAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=jacob+demone; Accessed 1 May 2017

• "Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMG7-SBR : 8 December 2014), Jacob Demone and Lucretia L. Dory, 1868, Marriage; citing p. 31, volume 1828, , Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.

• "Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMG3-BNM : 8 December 2014), Jacob Demone, 1869, Death; citing p. 42, volume 1812, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.