Northumberland County PA Archives Biographies.....DeArmond, Samuel Edward 1855 - living in 1899

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SAMUEL EDWARD DeARMOND, retired, and one of the most highly esteemed citizens of

Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pa., was born in Delaware township in the

county in which he now resides, first seeing the light of day near the Warriors

Run Church on June 9, 1855. He is a son of the late Samuel and Rebecca G.

(Ferguson) DeArmond, a grandson of Samuel and Esther (Wallace) DeArmond, and a

great-grandson of Thomas DeArmond, whose wife's name has not been handed down in

the family record.



  Our subject comes of a family whose founders were among the earliest settlers

in this state and he possesses among other relics a deed for land purchased by

his great-grandfather, Thomas DeArmond, as far back as 1793. This deed, which is

of great historical interest, was given by John and Thomas Penn to Frederick

Watts and is dated June 22, 1775. It conveyed a tract of 100 acres which

subsequently was bought by Thomas DeArmond and now forms part of the estate

which finally descended to the subject of this sketch.



  Educated in the public schools and at the Bloomsburg State Normal School,

Samuel Edward DeArmond has devoted his ability and energy, substantially, to

excellently caring for his parents and successfully managing the estate. He has

been a large dealer in real estate and has been also foremost in promoting the

growth and progress of Watsontown, in which he always has taken an active and

most helpful interest. Our subject is a stockholder in the Farmers' National

Bank of Watsontown, which owes much of its prosperity and success to his

energetic and wise efforts. As have been his father, and mother and the family

back for generations, Mr. DeArmond is a Presbyterian. In politics he is a

Democrat, but never has aspired to hold office.



  Thomas DeArmond, great-grandfather of our subject, with his wife and children,

came from County Donegal, Ireland, to this country and first located in Dauphin

County, this state. In 1793 the family removed to Northumberland County, the

head of the family buying the tract of land heretofore referred to. Thomas

DeArmond partly cleared the land and passed the remainder of his years upon the

spot chosen as his final home. He and his wife lived to "ripe old age" and both

peacefully lie in the cemetery at Warrior's Run Church. Their children, so far

as the family can state, were three sons,—Samuel, John and Robert. Of these,

Samuel was born in Ireland and was ten years old when his father settled in

Northumberland County. Samuel assisted in clearing the tract of land, followed

farming all his life and died in 1842. His wife survived him until 1851, when

she, too, was laid in the cemetery at Warrior's Run Church. Their children were:

John; Thomas; Samuel, father of our subject; William; Hester; Martha; Margaret;

and Mattie.



  The father of our subject, Samuel DeArmond, was born on the farm herein

mentioned on March 22, 1811. He received a common school education. He and his

brother Thomas were left the handsome estate to which they added considerably

until it became quite a valuable property. Samuel was unusually successful in

his ventures and he retired from active farming or other pursuits in 1873 and

built the handsome brick residence on the southeast corner of Sixth and Mum

streets in Watsontown where he died April 3, 1898— twenty-five years to a day

since he arrived in the township. This residence is now occupied by our subject

and his wife. Thomas remained on the farm until his death. Samuel was a Democrat

and somewhat active in local politics. He served as auditor of the township and

a member of the school board in Watsontown.



  Mrs. DeArmond, mother of our subject, passed from this life November 1, 1898.

She was born September 20, 1812, and was a daughter of Andrew Ferguson of

Northumberland County. These children were the results of the happy union of

Samuel DeArmond and Miss Ferguson: Hadasah G., William W., Andrew Woods, Thomas

Dutton and Samuel Edward.



  Our subject was united in marriage on January 26, 1899, to Kate D. Ball of

Philadelphia. A portrait of Mr. DeArmond is shown on a previous page.





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Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

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Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)



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