Biography of William Demaranville, page 981.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

William Demaranville, farmer and stock-raiser, section 35, Wilmington 
Township, was born in Freetown, Bristol Co., Mass, Aug. 13, 1838, a son of 
James Demaranville. In 1847 his parents moved to Tompkins County, N.Y., and 
as soon as large enough he began to chop in the pineries, working by the 
month till the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he enlisted in Company A, 
Thirty-second New York Infantry, and served two years, participating in 
several hard-fought battles, among them West Point, Malvern Hill, White Oak 
Swamp, and Chancellorsville.  He was married March 25, 1865, to Sarah 
Cramer, daughter of Abram Cramer.  To them have been born two children, but 
one of whom is living---George, born Aug. 30, 1874.  Mr. Demaranville moved 
to Indiana in December,1865, and in 1868 entered his present farm. He has 
engaged extensively in the dairy business, milking eighteen cows, and also 
makes a specialty of sheep growing, having a fine flock of over 200 sheep.  
In politics he is a Republican.  He is a member of the Grand Army of the 
Republic.  Mrs. Demaranville’s brother, Oliver Cramer, was a soldier in 
the late war, a member of the Company F, One Hundred and Ninth New York 
Infantry, and was taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness and 
confined in Andersonville Prison.  He contracted sciatic rheumatism and 
scurvy while a prisoner, and died from its effect, culminating in 
consumption, September , 1880.. His wife has the last ration issued to 
him

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