Son of Hugh McDermott and Catherine Kennedy.
Founder of Dexter, Cowley County, Kansas
Captain McDermott has been married twice. His first wife, whom he wedded in 1874, was a Miss Mary E. Bertram, daughter of Adam Bertram, who was a native of Scotland. She bore him four children—a son and three daughters: James A. is now court stenographer in Cowley county; Isabella C. is the wife of J. G. Davidson, of Manitou, Colo.; Mary B. is at home with her father, and Elizabeth died in infancy. The mother of these children died in 1883, and in 1884 Captain McDermott married Miss Tirzah A., daughter of Joseph Henderson, of Dexter, Kan. To this second union were born two sons and one daughter: George T., who is a law partner of Robert Stone, of Topeka, and is a graduate of the law department of the Chicago University; William F. is city editor of the "Evening Free Press," of Winfield, and reported the proceedings of the state legislature during the session of 1911; and Margaret died in infancy.
Civil War:
1st Lieut
Company I.
4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry
Founder of Dexter, Cowley County, Kansas
Captain McDermott has been married twice. His first wife, whom he wedded in 1874, was a Miss Mary E. Bertram, daughter of Adam Bertram, who was a native of Scotland. She bore him four children—a son and three daughters: James A. is now court stenographer in Cowley county; Isabella C. is the wife of J. G. Davidson, of Manitou, Colo.; Mary B. is at home with her father, and Elizabeth died in infancy. The mother of these children died in 1883, and in 1884 Captain McDermott married Miss Tirzah A., daughter of Joseph Henderson, of Dexter, Kan. To this second union were born two sons and one daughter: George T., who is a law partner of Robert Stone, of Topeka, and is a graduate of the law department of the Chicago University; William F. is city editor of the "Evening Free Press," of Winfield, and reported the proceedings of the state legislature during the session of 1911; and Margaret died in infancy.
Civil War:
1st Lieut
Company I.
4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry
Son of Hugh McDermott and Catherine Kennedy.
Founder of Dexter, Cowley County, Kansas
Captain McDermott has been married twice. His first wife, whom he wedded in 1874, was a Miss Mary E. Bertram, daughter of Adam Bertram, who was a native of Scotland. She bore him four children—a son and three daughters: James A. is now court stenographer in Cowley county; Isabella C. is the wife of J. G. Davidson, of Manitou, Colo.; Mary B. is at home with her father, and Elizabeth died in infancy. The mother of these children died in 1883, and in 1884 Captain McDermott married Miss Tirzah A., daughter of Joseph Henderson, of Dexter, Kan. To this second union were born two sons and one daughter: George T., who is a law partner of Robert Stone, of Topeka, and is a graduate of the law department of the Chicago University; William F. is city editor of the "Evening Free Press," of Winfield, and reported the proceedings of the state legislature during the session of 1911; and Margaret died in infancy.
Civil War:
1st Lieut
Company I.
4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry
Founder of Dexter, Cowley County, Kansas
Captain McDermott has been married twice. His first wife, whom he wedded in 1874, was a Miss Mary E. Bertram, daughter of Adam Bertram, who was a native of Scotland. She bore him four children—a son and three daughters: James A. is now court stenographer in Cowley county; Isabella C. is the wife of J. G. Davidson, of Manitou, Colo.; Mary B. is at home with her father, and Elizabeth died in infancy. The mother of these children died in 1883, and in 1884 Captain McDermott married Miss Tirzah A., daughter of Joseph Henderson, of Dexter, Kan. To this second union were born two sons and one daughter: George T., who is a law partner of Robert Stone, of Topeka, and is a graduate of the law department of the Chicago University; William F. is city editor of the "Evening Free Press," of Winfield, and reported the proceedings of the state legislature during the session of 1911; and Margaret died in infancy.
Civil War:
1st Lieut
Company I.
4th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry
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