Solano County CA Archives Biographies.....McDermott, Robert 1841 - 
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McDERMOTT, ROBERT, born in Ireland in 1841, and came to America in 1842 with his
parents, who settled in Lower Canada, where they resided till 1848, when they
moved to Upper Canada. In 1859 he crossed to the United States, and took up his
residence in McComb county, Michigan, remaining there till 1860. In April of
this year he enlisted in Co. A., Ninth U. S. Infantry, and was stationed in the
Detroit Recruiting district for some time, when he went to the North Pass of the
Rocky mountains, where he got his discharge under the Minor's Act. He remained
in that section of the country till the fall of 1863, when he again enlisted in
the First Oregon Infantry, and served till the end of the war. Arrived in
Vallejo in June, 1867, and purchased the one-half interest of F. O'Grady, in the
Empire Soda Works. Married April 19, 1869, Catharine Monaghan, a native of Ireland.

Additional Comments:

This biography came from an "The History of Solano County", author and publisher
unknown. Two pages from this book were accidentally bound into "History of
Johnson County Kansas" by Ed Blair, 1915.



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