Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Deremer, John
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JOHN DEREMER, who died on March 11, 1898, at his home in 
Cumberland Valley township, Pa., had spent the larger part 
of his life in this locality, where he was held in universal 
respect as a man of stainless integrity and sterling worth.  
He was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in December, 
1838.  His parents were William, Sr., and Mary A. (Vaughn) 
Deremer, of whom further mention is made on another page of 
this volume, in connection with the sketch of his brother, 
William Deremer.
  John Deremer obtained a practical common-school education, 
and from his youth up was engaged in tilling the soil.  
After his marriage he settled on the estate now occupied by 
Mrs. Deremer, and thenceforward took great pleasure and 
pride in adding to its improvements.  In his various 
undertakings he met with a large measure of success, 
becoming in the course of years one of the most prosperous 
farmers of this region and a citizen of considerable 
prominence.  A man of much public spirit, he gave active 
support to all movements designed to benefit the community.  
He served as School Director of the township, and at the 
time of his death was filling his second year as one of the 
directors of the Bedford County Almshouse.  Politically, Mr. 
Deremer was a strong advocate of the principles of the 
Republican party, and fraternally he belonged to the Odd 
Fellows Lodge of Centreville, Pa., in which he had passed 
nearly all the chairs.
  In April, 1859, Mr. Deremer married Miss Julia A. Trout, 
who was born in Bedford County, a daughter of the late Henry 
Trout, a native of Germany.  Of the nine children that 
blessed their union, five are now living, all of whom reside 
in Cumberland Valley, namely: Ann R., wife of Campbell Nave; 
Alvin D.; Nora, wife of Frank Mickey; Charles T.; and John 
S.  Mrs. Deremer, a capable, energetic woman and an 
accomplished housewife, ably assisted her husband in his 
early labors, proving herself a true helpmate.  She is a 
member of the Methodist Protestant church, in which Mr. 
Deremer served as an officer for many years.


Source: Bedford Biographical Review, 1899, Bedford Co., Pa