PETER McDERMOTT

McDERMOTT, Peter J., a Representative from Clearfield County; born, October 11, 1865 in Glenmaddy, County Galway, Ireland; educated in public schools; bituminous coal miner (10 years); president, Checkweigh Fund Association; agent, Prudential Life Insurance Company; road supervisor, Morris Township; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1912; not a candidate for reelection to the House in the 1914 General election; died, January 20, 1929 in Philipsburg, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Agnes Cemetery, Morrisdale, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.