Samuel Chenery Damon (February 15, 1815 – February 7, 1885) was a missionary to Hawaii, pastor of the Seamen's Bethel Church, chaplain of the Honolulu American Seamen's Friend Society and editor of the monthly newspaper The Friend. The Seamen's Bethel Church burned down in 1886, one year after Damon's death.[8] The congregation has since evolved into the "Central Union Church" of Honolulu.