Hugh Carson McDermott

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FELL DEAD IN CORN FIELD

H.C. McDermott Is the Victim of Heart Disease.

Funeral Services Will Be Held in the Presbyterian Church Saturday Afternoon.

H.C. McDermott dropped dead about ten o'clock Wednesday forenoon, while assisting Morton Orr, who was at work in a corn field on his mother's farm in the eastern limits of the town. Mr. McDermott was subject to attacks of heart trouble and early Wednesday morning complained of a pain in his side. Home remedies were applied and then he went over to the Orr farm and tried to work in the field. Suddenly he fell to the ground and expired almost immediately. Help was summoned and his body was taken to the home of his son, H.L. McDermott, a short distance from where he had been working. Heart failure is given as the cause for his sudden demise.

Hugh Carson McDermott was born in Three Rivers, Quebec, May 20, 1837. Forty-six years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret McLean at Teeswater, Ont. She still survives him. They came to Michigan in 1882, settling on a farm in Grant Township, where they resided until four years ago when they moved to Cass City. Their five children, four sons, A.J., of Douglas, Arizona; A.M., of Los Angeles, Cal.; Hugh, who still resides on the old homestead in Grant Township; H.L. of this place; and one daughter, Mrs. E. Sedweek of Calumet, are all living. He also has a brother in Los Angeles and a sister in Seattle.

Through the death of Mr. McDermott the village has lost one of her best citizens, a Christian man of excellent habits, quiet, unobtrusive in his manner, yet winning the esteem of everyone he met along life's way. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and the funeral services will be held in that church on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock.

(Cass City Chronicle, Oct. 11, 1907, p. 1.)

In March, 2008, Bruce McDermott, a direct descendant, emailed that Hugh's father was Andrew McDermott who was "born in Straban, Tyrone County, Northern Ireland about 1800 I have nothing on him just words on paper my grandfather wrote. Andrews' grandfather came to Northern Ireland
from Lock Awe, Scotland about 1604."




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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Michigan, Huron County, Grant Twp
Enumerated 11 Jun 1900
SD 7 ED 10 Sheet 5A Stamped 123
91-93
McDermott, Hugh Head W M May 1837 63 M 38 Canada/English Ireland Ireland 1882 18 Na Farmer
McDermott, Margret Wf W F Nov 1846 53 M 38 5/5 Scotland Scotland Scotland 1882 18
McDermott, Allen M Son W M Jun 1871 28 S Canada Canada Scotland Farmer 1882 18
92-94
McDermott, Hugh E. Head W M Mar 1869 31 M 8/12 Canada/Eng Canada Scotland 1882 18 Farmer
McDermott, Jesse A Wf W F July 1873 26 M Canada/Eng Scotland Canada/Eng 1885 14
93-95
Jacob and Eliza Hartsell and family
94-96
Dalmage, Herbert and Hattie
95-97
McDermott, Hector Head W M Oct 1866 33 M 6 Canada/Eng Canada/Eng Scotland 1882 18 Na Farmer
McDermott, Besse Wf W F Nov 1871 28 M 6 2/2 Canada/Eng Scotland Scotland 1881 18
McDermott, Margret E Dtr W F Nov 1894 5 S Mich Canada/Eng Canada/Eng
McDermott, Hugh K Son W M May 1900 0/12 S Mich Canada/Eng Canada/Eng

Hugh married Margaret McLean about 1862 in Teeswater, Culross Township, South Bruce, Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born in Nov 1846 in Scotland; died on 16 Oct 1926 in Orange County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Andrew John McDermott was born about 1863 in Culross Township, South Bruce, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Nov 1931 in Alhambra, Los Angeles County, California.
2. Effie Jane McDermott was born on 15 Oct 1865 in Culross Township, South Bruce, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Sep 1950 in Los Angeles County, California.
3. Hector L. McDermott was born on 18 Oct 1866 in South Bruce, Bruce, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Feb 1922 in Santa Ana, Orange County, California.
4. Hugh E. McDermott was born in Mar 1869 in Culross Township, South Bruce, Ontario, Canada; died in Oct 1947; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan.
5. Allan McLean McDermott was born on 6 Jun 1872 in Culross Township, South Bruce, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Mar 1952 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange County, California.