BIO: Rev. J. K. DEMAREST, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/adams/ _______________________________________________ History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 _______________________________________________ Part III, History of Adams County, Page 352 REV. J. K. DEMAREST, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Gettysburg, was born in the State of New Jersey October 10, 1843, a son of Jasper and Catherine (Lozier) Demarest, whose place of nativity was New York City, and who were of French lineage. Jasper Demarest was employed in New York City for many years, and of his four children Rev. J. K. is the eldest. Our subject attended a select school in the city of New York, subsequently studied under the Rev. W. R. Gordon, D.D., and at the age of fifteen years entered the University of New York City, from which he graduated in 1863. The same year he entered the Theological Seminary, located in Princeton, N.J., from which he graduated in 1866. For four years following his graduation he was occupied as a pastor of a church in the State of New York. He then removed to Kentucky, where he served in a similar position until 1872, when he returned to New York City, and was engaged in ministerial duties until 1875. In the latter year he removed to Gettysburg, having been chosen pastor of the Presbyterian Church there, his present position. December 18, 1866, Mr. Demarest married Miss Mary J., daughter of James H. McCampbell, of Scotch origin, and to this union have been born five children, of whom three are living: Bertha L., Letitia M. and C. R. Agnew. Mr. Demarest, politically, is a Republican.