Biography of:  JOHN McDERMOTT
From: Portrait and Biography of Henry Co., 1885."
Submitted by:  Deborah Lacy        brandon@ccms.net



"John McDermott.  One of the energetic , industrious an 
prosperous men of Oxford Township, is Mr. John McDermott. He 
is engaged in farming on section 26, and was born in Ireland 
in 1831. Having enjoyed the educational advantages of the 
schools of that early day, besides assisting his parents in 
the farm duties, in the year 1853 he emigrated to America, 
and in New York city located and worked for some months. From  
there he went into Monroe County, same State, and engaged 
working there for about two years, when he rented a farm and 
began work for himself. He followed the latter for about a 
year; and, thinking that he could ameliorate his condition 
by operating further West, he finally concluded to try, which 
he did by coming into Illinois, where he located in Oxford 
Township, and worked a year by the month. In the year 1864 
he made a purchase of a team, then rented the land he is now 
residing upon, being 80 acres, and remained as a rented of 
the same for about six years. Buying the place at the 
expiration of that time, he has since added to it, until he 
now owns 320 acres in this township, and 146 acres in Know 
County. On his farm in Henry County he carries on general 
farming and stock-raising, doing a successful and constantly 
increasing business. The land he has under excellent 
cultivation and improvement, which is all attributable to his 
own hard labor and the assistance of his good helpmeet.

In 1853 Mr. McDermott was married to Miss Mary A. Paul, also 
a native of Ireland, and they have become the parents of four 
children,--Peter, Mary A., Ellen and John; the eldest married 
Miss Nora Moran; Mary A. has become the wife of John Murphy, 
and John is deceased. 

In political opinions Mr. McDermott affiliates with the 
Democratic party, and, with his wife, belongs to the 
Catholic Church of Woodhull. He is considered one of the 
solid and representative men of Henry County."


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