Biography of Jacob Dermott, page 524.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Jacob Dermott, farmer and stock-raiser, Concord Township, was born in 
Schuylkill County, Pa., May 16, 1824, a son of Peter and Hannah (Williams) 
Dermott.  His father, a native of Ireland, came to the United States when a 
young man, and the latter a native of one of the Southern States of Welsh 
descent.  When he was fifteen years of age his parents moved to Ohio, and 
settled in Paulding County.  Two years later he went to Ft. Wayne, and for 
six years was engaged in the manufacture of chairs.  In 1847 he bought 
eighty acres of unimproved land in Allen County, which he subsequently sold, 
and bought 160 acres of partially improved land in Concord Township, DeKalb 
County, which he exchanged about five years later for the farm where he now 
lives, which contains 120 acres of valuable land all under cultivation, and 
has since engaged in agricultural pursuits.  He was married Oct. 23, 1845, 
to Phoebe Coburn, daughter of Asher Coburn, one of the first settlers of 
DeKalb County.  They have had five children, four of whom are living---
Asher M., John E., Olive C., and J.M.  Their eldest son, Charles M., is 
deceased.  Mrs. Dermott is a member of the Disciples church.  In politics 
Mr. Dermott is a Democrat.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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