Dr. Charles M. McDermott was born on September 22, 1808, in Spanish West Florida which was to become West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. His parents were Emily (Ozan) and Patrick McDermott.
Charles M. McDermott entered Yale University in 1825 and obtained a bachelor's degree with honors in 1828. H was a medical doctor, minister, plantation owner, Greek scholar, charter member of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and inventor. His patented inventions include an iron wedge, iron hoe, a cotton-picking machine, and patented a "flying machine" which served the Wright brothers in accomplishing their first air flight.(His "flying machine' was patented on November 12, 1872, by the U.S. Patent Office. Copies are available through the North Carolina State University branch of the U.S. Patent Office. Source: Marshall Snyder)
McDermott was a regular contributor to the Scientific American, and he was among the first to advocate the germ theory of disease.
On December 9, 1833, he married Hester Susan Smith in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. She was a daughter of Rev. Benjamin Smith and Anna Belle Scott. He then studied medicine with his brother-in-law, Dr. Henry Baines in West Feliciana Parish, and began a medical practice. The McDermotts had sixteen children and raised four of McDermott's brother's children.
Dr McDermott died on October 13, 1884, of a spinal disease at his home on Bayou Bartholomew in Dermott, Arkansas, the community that bears his name.
Summary by Ron Roberts
Charles M. McDermott entered Yale University in 1825 and obtained a bachelor's degree with honors in 1828. H was a medical doctor, minister, plantation owner, Greek scholar, charter member of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and inventor. His patented inventions include an iron wedge, iron hoe, a cotton-picking machine, and patented a "flying machine" which served the Wright brothers in accomplishing their first air flight.(His "flying machine' was patented on November 12, 1872, by the U.S. Patent Office. Copies are available through the North Carolina State University branch of the U.S. Patent Office. Source: Marshall Snyder)
McDermott was a regular contributor to the Scientific American, and he was among the first to advocate the germ theory of disease.
On December 9, 1833, he married Hester Susan Smith in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. She was a daughter of Rev. Benjamin Smith and Anna Belle Scott. He then studied medicine with his brother-in-law, Dr. Henry Baines in West Feliciana Parish, and began a medical practice. The McDermotts had sixteen children and raised four of McDermott's brother's children.
Dr McDermott died on October 13, 1884, of a spinal disease at his home on Bayou Bartholomew in Dermott, Arkansas, the community that bears his name.
Summary by Ron Roberts
Dr. Charles M. McDermott was born on September 22, 1808, in Spanish West Florida which was to become West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. His parents were Emily (Ozan) and Patrick McDermott.
Charles M. McDermott entered Yale University in 1825 and obtained a bachelor's degree with honors in 1828. H was a medical doctor, minister, plantation owner, Greek scholar, charter member of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and inventor. His patented inventions include an iron wedge, iron hoe, a cotton-picking machine, and patented a "flying machine" which served the Wright brothers in accomplishing their first air flight.(His "flying machine' was patented on November 12, 1872, by the U.S. Patent Office. Copies are available through the North Carolina State University branch of the U.S. Patent Office. Source: Marshall Snyder)
McDermott was a regular contributor to the Scientific American, and he was among the first to advocate the germ theory of disease.
On December 9, 1833, he married Hester Susan Smith in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. She was a daughter of Rev. Benjamin Smith and Anna Belle Scott. He then studied medicine with his brother-in-law, Dr. Henry Baines in West Feliciana Parish, and began a medical practice. The McDermotts had sixteen children and raised four of McDermott's brother's children.
Dr McDermott died on October 13, 1884, of a spinal disease at his home on Bayou Bartholomew in Dermott, Arkansas, the community that bears his name.
Summary by Ron Roberts
Charles M. McDermott entered Yale University in 1825 and obtained a bachelor's degree with honors in 1828. H was a medical doctor, minister, plantation owner, Greek scholar, charter member of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and inventor. His patented inventions include an iron wedge, iron hoe, a cotton-picking machine, and patented a "flying machine" which served the Wright brothers in accomplishing their first air flight.(His "flying machine' was patented on November 12, 1872, by the U.S. Patent Office. Copies are available through the North Carolina State University branch of the U.S. Patent Office. Source: Marshall Snyder)
McDermott was a regular contributor to the Scientific American, and he was among the first to advocate the germ theory of disease.
On December 9, 1833, he married Hester Susan Smith in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. She was a daughter of Rev. Benjamin Smith and Anna Belle Scott. He then studied medicine with his brother-in-law, Dr. Henry Baines in West Feliciana Parish, and began a medical practice. The McDermotts had sixteen children and raised four of McDermott's brother's children.
Dr McDermott died on October 13, 1884, of a spinal disease at his home on Bayou Bartholomew in Dermott, Arkansas, the community that bears his name.
Summary by Ron Roberts
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