Husband of Rebecca∼John F. DERR, farmer, P.O. DERRS, was born September 22, 1832, son of Iram DERR. He attended the common schools and the academy at Bloomsburg, and in his nineteenth year commenced teaching and lumbering, former in winter, latter in summer. He was married in 1853, and continued lumbering till 1862, when he went to farming on the place where he now resides (adjoining his father's property), where he owns fifty-eight acres. After moving here he served two terms as school director, and eight years as justice of the peace, resigning July 15, 1885. He was then appointed storekeeper and gauger by the Government. During this time he has taught twenty-seven terms of school, teaching winters--sixteen terms in his own district. Mr. DERR was married to Rebecca, daughter of John CHRISTIAN, of Pine twp., this county, and by her he has two children: Mary A. (wife of James S. WOODS, in Schuylkill Co., Penn.) and Ida F. (unmarried). Mr. DERR has been a member of the Baptist Church for twenty-five years. In politics he is a Democrat. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 489)
Husband of Rebecca∼John F. DERR, farmer, P.O. DERRS, was born September 22, 1832, son of Iram DERR. He attended the common schools and the academy at Bloomsburg, and in his nineteenth year commenced teaching and lumbering, former in winter, latter in summer. He was married in 1853, and continued lumbering till 1862, when he went to farming on the place where he now resides (adjoining his father's property), where he owns fifty-eight acres. After moving here he served two terms as school director, and eight years as justice of the peace, resigning July 15, 1885. He was then appointed storekeeper and gauger by the Government. During this time he has taught twenty-seven terms of school, teaching winters--sixteen terms in his own district. Mr. DERR was married to Rebecca, daughter of John CHRISTIAN, of Pine twp., this county, and by her he has two children: Mary A. (wife of James S. WOODS, in Schuylkill Co., Penn.) and Ida F. (unmarried). Mr. DERR has been a member of the Baptist Church for twenty-five years. In politics he is a Democrat. (History of Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania, Battle, 1887, pg. 489)
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