Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Deremer, William 
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WILLIAM DEREMER, one of the leading citizens of Cumberland 
Valley, Bedford County, Pa., was born in this county, March 
29, 1836.  He is a son of the late William Deremer, Sr.  His 
father was a lifelong resident of Bedford County, where he 
was engaged in agricultural pursuits during his active 
career.
  After his marriage with Miss Mary A. Vaughn, who was also 
of this county, William Deremer, Sr., settled on a farm in 
Cumberland Valley township, where he resided until his 
death, which occurred on April 4, 1874.  Of his family the 
following-named children are now living: Mary A., widow of 
the late James Hudson; Peter, of Cumberland Valley, Pa.; 
Jacob, also of Bedford County; William the first mentioned 
above; Caroline, widow of the late John Robinson; and 
Elizabeth, wife of William H. Rose.
  William Deremer, the subject of the present sketch, was 
educated in the public schools of Cumberland Valley.  By an 
intelligent reading of papers and periodicals he keeps 
himself well-informed on current events and the topics of 
the day.  On August 5, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, One 
Hundred and Thirty- third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 
which was attached to the Army of the Potomac.  With his 
regiment he actively participated in the battles at 
Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and in various 
engagements and skirmishes of minor importance.  At the end 
of ten months, one month longer than the term for which he 
enlisted, he was discharged from the service.  Returning at 
once to Cumberland Valley, Mr. Deremer settled on his 
present farm of one hundred and seventy-four acres, on which 
he has made such excellent improvements as to render his 
estate one of the most valuable in the vicinity.  In his 
various undertakings he has been prospered, and he is now 
recognized as a thorough and able farmer, well versed in the 
most approved modern methods of carrying on his chosen 
occupation.
  A Republican in politics, with independent proclivities, 
Mr. Deremer has been influential in town and county affairs, 
and in public capacities has served his fellow-townsmen most 
faithfully.  For three years he was Road Supervisor and for 
five years Justice of the Peace.  He belongs to the Grand 
Army Post of Bedford, Pa., and is a prominent member of the 
Odd Fellows Lodge of Centreville, Pa., in which he has 
passed all the chairs, and on five different occasions has 
served as its representative at the Grand Lodge of the State 
of Pennsylvania.
  Mr. Deremer's first wife, formerly Miss Julia A. Elliott, 
of Bedford County, died in early womanhood.  He subsequently 
married Miss Emma J. Miller, of Cumberland Valley township.  
By his first marriage Mr. Deremer had one son, William J., 
now deceased.

Source: Bedford Biographical Review, 1899, Bedford Co., Pa