THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Elwin E. Damkohler; Son of Gustave Damkohler; Born ca. 1877 in Missouri.

Author of "Memoirs of the First Settler" by Capt. E. E. Damkohler, Estero, Florida 1882---copyright 1967 by Elwin E. Damkohler; Library of Congress Catalog Number 67-19575--Fort Myers: Island Press.

U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS/CLAY TOWNSHIP/SHELBY COUNTY/MISSOURI/1880; Film Roll No.: 737; Page: 24; SD: 5; ED: 67; Enumeration date: 21, 23, & 28 June 1880; Enumerator: C. S. Brown; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: Elvin Damkohler; Color: white; Sex: male; Age prior to June 1st: 2: Relationship to head of house: Son; Single; Place of birth: Missouri; Place of birth of mother and father: Germany.

FLAMING SWORD, Community Current Events by D. J. Richards, November 1926: "One of the most appreciative visitors we have ever met in Estero was Mr. H. R. Cropp, from Mississippi. Mr. Cropp was a stepson of Mr. Damkohler, who first settled in Estero and who was instrumental in inducing the Master to locate here and move his colony from Chicago. It has been close to forty years since Mr. Cropp left Estero. He and his half brother, ELWIN E. DAMKOHLER, took great pleasure in reciting their early experiences about the place. Estero having undergone such a transformation was a revelation to Mr. Cropp. "To think," he said, "that deer and turkeys practically came up to our back door, besides other wild life; and plenty of alligators lined the river banks." A most sacred spot to both of them was the spot where their mother, a brother and two sisters were buried. Upon leaving, Mr. Cropp said: "I can't begin to tell you what this visit has meant to me."

FAMILY TREE MAKER SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX; VOLUME 1, A-L: Elwin Damkohler; Born: 18 May 1878; Social Security Number issued in Florida; Died: March 1969 in Ft. Myers, Florida, Social Security Number: 266-18-0089.