Excerpt from Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia, Vol. 3: Illustrated Dermott, who was born in Ireland, lived and died in Canada. Thomas mcdermott was born in Canada, November 1 1, 1 842, of irish-catholic parentage. He came to the United States at the age of sixteen and worked at a number of various things until the year 1871. He then followed the carpenter trade until the first oil excitement in Bradford, Pennsylvania. He started there as a rig-builder and later went to ...
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Excerpt from Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia, Vol. 3: Illustrated Dermott, who was born in Ireland, lived and died in Canada. Thomas mcdermott was born in Canada, November 1 1, 1 842, of irish-catholic parentage. He came to the United States at the age of sixteen and worked at a number of various things until the year 1871. He then followed the carpenter trade until the first oil excitement in Bradford, Pennsylvania. He started there as a rig-builder and later went to Washington, Pennsylvania, at the opening of that large oil field. He and his oldest son Joseph were among the first to open the Greene county, Pennsylvania, oil field. In 1 895 they formed the mcdermott Oil Company, with D. H. Courtney and Chauncey Huston as partners, and another company called the Baltelle Oil Company was started. Mr. Mcdermott then moved his family south with him and settled in Fair mont, West Virginia. He has at this writing retired from active busi ness but his son carries on the interests of his father. They now have valuable oil holdings in different states, but the largest are in West Virginia. He married, at Riceville, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1871, Samantha Johnson, born October 28, 1853. They had the following children: 1. Joseph H., married Louise mclane, and had Jane Mc Lane and Joseph. 2. John R., married Daisy Pride and had Ralph T. And Carl W. 3. Samuel N., married (first) Sarah o'brien, and had one son, Robert; married (second) Anna Sayers, no children. 4. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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All Editions of Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia, Under the Editorial Supervision of Bernard L. Butcher ...: With an Account of the Resurces and Industries of the Upper Monongahela Valley and the Tributary Region
