GABRIEL  B.  DERR,  an  old  resident  of  the  borough  of  Tremont,  now
living  retired  after  many  years  in  the  service  of  the  Philadelphia  &  Reading
Railway  Company,  is  a  native  of  Schuylkill  county  and  of  old  Pennsylvania


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stock.  His  grandfather,  John  Derr,  was  born  in  this  State,  where  the  family
has  been  estabhshed  since,  the  pioneer  period,  the  earher  generations  living  in
Lehigh  county  for  many  years  and  moving  thence  to  Northumberland  county.
John  Derr  settled  in  the  Shamokin  valley  in  Northumberland  county,  remain-
ing there  until  his  death.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade  and  also  followed
farming.  Besides  James,  the  father  of  Gabriel  B.  Derr,  his  children  were :
Benjamin,  the  eldest,  who  lived  to  be  ninety-two  years  old ;  Peter,  the  second,
V'ho  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-nine  years ;  Jacob,  who  attained  the  age  of  ninety ;
George,  who  died  when  fifty  years  old ;  Kate ;  Matilda ;  Elizabeth,  who
reached  the  age  of  ninety-six  years ;  one  that  died  in  infancy ;  and  Mary.
