Sutter-Yuba County Biographies This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm CYRUS HARRY DAM A native of Wheatland, Cal., and also one of its oldest residents, is Cyrus Harry Dam, who was born on his father�s old homestead, a quarter of a mile from what is now the town, April 14, 1868, a son of Cyrus K. and Frances Leoni (Scott) Dam, who are represented on another page in this work. Harry Dam, as he is familiarly called by all who know him, was reared on the home place and educated in the public schools of Wheatland. From a youth he assisted his father on the farm, and early learned habits of industry and thrift. Thus, he followed farming and stockraising with his father until his death, after which he took up the management of the ranch interests. As they prospered, they added to the holdings until the Dam estate now comprises over 2700 acres, devoted to raising grain, cattle and sheep; and of late they have also turned their attention to horticulture, and they also own and operate the warehouses at Wheatland. Mr. Dam was married in Wheatland, on May 24, 1891, being united with Miss Sarah Magdalene Haines, who was born in Pekin, Ill., a daughter of Murray and Mary Catherine (Glover) Haines, natives respectively of Pekin, Ill., and Bethany, Mo. The former was a graduate of the Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Business College, and served as its secretary for two years. During the Civil War he was a member of the 62nd Illinois Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, and rose to the rank of Captain. He was engaged in manufacturing in Pekin, Ill., when he died. His widow now makes her home in Oakland. Grandfather Jonathan Haines was born in England, and came to Illinois, where he was married to Sarah Hinsey, who was born in Scotland. He became a successful manufacturer of farm implements in Pekin, Ill., where he was the inventor of the Haines Header and the Buckeye Mowers. He was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, the great Emancipator. Mrs. Dam�s grandparents, Elcana and Magdalene (Stipes) Glover, were natives of France, and on coming to the United States located in New Orleans, where Elcana Glover was an officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Mrs. Dam attended school in Pekin, Ill., until sixteen years of age, when she came to Wheatland to make her home with her uncle and aunt, Dr. and Mrs. Durst, and it was here she met and married Mr. Dam. Their union was blessed with four children: Leoni Katherine, the wife of R. H. Blackford, of Wheatland; Mildred Ethel, wife of A. L. Phillips, also residing in Wheatland; Dorothy Magdalene, the wife of L. D. Boone, of Roseville, and Eleanor Rosella, a graduate of the Marysville High School, now attending Heald�s Business College in San Jose. Mrs. Dam is prominent in civic and social affairs, being a Past Matron and Past District Deputy in the Order of the Eastern Star, and a former Nobel Grand and the present District Deputy in the Rebekahs., She is ex-president of the Wheatland Civic Club, and ex-president of the Bi-Counties Federated Woman�s Clubs, and is one of the vice-presidents of the Northern District Federated Woman�s Clubs. She also holds memberships in the Wheatland Wednesday Study Club and Marysville Art Club, and is active in the work of the local chapter of the American Red Cross. Mr. Dam and his family reside at the family home, established in Wheatland as early as 1875. He is a stockholder in the Sperry Flour Company. In fraternal affiliation, he is a member of Nicolaus Chapter, No. 129, F. & A.M., Wheatland; the Eastern Star; and Sutter Lodge, No. 100, I.O.O.F., Wheatland, in which he is a Past Grand; and is also a member of the Rebekah Lodge. Mr. Dam is a Republican in national politics, and has served acceptably as a delegate to county and State conventions; and he has served three times as a member of the grand jury. History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924 p 1211