Leader Nelson DAME^[1]

1832 - 1901  (68 years)

• Name	Leader Nelson DAME
  Birth	23 Oct 1832	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1865	Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Census	1870	Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2]
  CNFD	Y
  DNA	Y
  Occupation	Rubber cutter, Writing instructor
  PRBTH	Y
  PRDTH	Y
  PRMRG	Y
  Religion	Baptist
  VERP	Y
  _UID	5C2BB90B03CE429E8E70D177519B2F84E1C2
  Death	12 Sep 1901	N Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts
  Burial	unknown
  Person ID	I3905	main
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Dr Leader DAME,   b. 15 Sep 1790, Waterboro, York, Maine d. 15 Sep 1837, Astor House, New York, New York (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Ann Nancy FOLSOM,   b. 12 Nov 1801, Limerick, York, Maine d. 23 Oct 1867, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	14 Oct 1819	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [3]
  Notes	Husband and wife are 1st cousins.
  Family ID	F147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1866, taxes were assessed against Leader Dam for “Pianoforce”. Pianoforce is a brand of player piano. Presumably, patrons would put money in the piano to hear it play in the days before jukeboxes. Leader and some of his friends invested in this device, and each made a small annual income from it. In 1866, Leader earned $267, of which he had to pay $2 in taxes.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA). [S148] 1880 United States Federal Census. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 92:111.