Dermyre, Christian

DERMYRE

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 3/14/2008 at 14:15:51

Christian Dermyre

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.150, Lincoln Twp.)
Christian Dermyre, farmer, P. O. Lewis, born in Erie County, N. Y., September 26, 1830, son of Frederick and Magdalene (Bower) Dermyre, both born in Germany, he a farmer, died in January, 1875; she, born in 1802, died February, 1873. they were the parents of Philip, Frederick, Daniel, Christian, Petro, Samuel, Frank, Magdalene, Susan, Christina and Elizabeth. Subject received a common school education, commenced life as a farmer, and married in Erie County, N. Y., October, 1854, Christina Schwingde, born in Buffalo, N. Y., October 5, 1836, daughter of Frederick and Christina (Smith) Schwingde. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dermyer, Frederick, born July 12, 1859, died February 8, 1862; Sarah, born August 13, 1861, died September 30, 1862; George L., born July 1, 1865; Emma L., born October 10, 1868; Susan, born Jun 19, 1871; Caroline L., born September 12, 1873; Ezra F., born January 11, 1876; Daniel D., born September 25, 1881. Subject is a Republican, a member of the Evangelical Society; and when twenty-four years old he started life on his own account, purchasing sixty-four acres of land in his native town; he farmed it for about six years, when he rented his farm and went to Illinois, where he purchased eighty acres of land in Lee County, enlarging this farm by buying 120 acres more, and living upon it until 1876, when he sold and moved into this township; owns 400 acres of as fine land as there is in the township. (From the 1882 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa)

Note: variant spelling of surname is how it reads in the biography, it is not a typo.