HENRY MCDERMOTT
Henry McDermott located on section 12, 1857, where he now has a large tract of improved land.
Henry McDermot(sic) was born in Richland county, Ohio, in 1828. He was reared a farmer, also engaged to some extent, in carpenter work. He came to Iowa in 1856, with his family, locating in Johnson county. The following year he settled on section 12, of Benton township. His farm contains five hundred and sixty acres. He also owns one hundred and twenty acres three miles east of Anita. He was married to Elizabeth Miller, a native of Richland county, Ohio. They have six children -- John, Charles, George, Thomas, David and Emma.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 638.
