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| <tab>Finlay McDermid built up a sizeable ranch in Nevada (the ranch is said to have been large enough to support 12,000 sheep), and he had investments also in real estate and mining. Finlay McDermid is said to have sold the ranch shortly before the First World War began. The term ranches might be more applicable than ranch to his property. He had a ranch most certainly at Cherry Creek, in White Pine County, Nev., but it is likely he had a home, with perhaps another ranch property, in Elko County, which is immediately to the north of White Pine County. In the 1910 census, he listed as an Elko County resident. | <tab>Finlay McDermid built up a sizeable ranch in Nevada (the ranch is said to have been large enough to support 12,000 sheep), and he had investments also in real estate and mining. Finlay McDermid is said to have sold the ranch shortly before the First World War began. The term ranches might be more applicable than ranch to his property. He had a ranch most certainly at Cherry Creek, in White Pine County, Nev., but it is likely he had a home, with perhaps another ranch property, in Elko County, which is immediately to the north of White Pine County. In the 1910 census, he listed as an Elko County resident. |
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| <tab>Described on his death certificate as a “Retired Rancher,” he died in Salt Lake City, and is buried there. He was married (1) to Clara Simonson or Simondson, who was born in California, and died 12 Sept. 1898 at her husband’s ranch, presumably at Cherry Creek (one child), and (2) in 1902 to Josephine Lewis, who was born in Utah (at least two children, at least one surviving her). From the 1910 census, she seems to have been some 28 years younger than her husband, and she lived till 1956. See the entry for his brother D. A. McDermid for some of his family connections. | <tab>Described on his death certificate as a “Retired Rancher,” he died in Salt Lake City, and is buried there. He was married (1) to Clara Simonson or Simondson, who was born in California, and died 12 Sept. 1898 at her husband’s ranch, presumably at Cherry Creek (one child), and (2) in 1902 to Josephine Lewis, who was born in Utah (at least two children, at least one surviving her). From the 1910 census, she seems to have been some 28 years younger than her husband, and she lived till 1956. See the entry for his brother [[mcdermid_donald_a|D. A. McDermid]] for some of his family connections. |
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| <tab>Finlay McDermid’s son by the second marriage, also called Finlay McDermid (b. Calif., 1905), began his career as a professional actor, but turned afterwards to a long-term involvement in Hollywood scriptwriting. He also wrote for magazines, the stage, radio and television, and was the author of //Ghost Wanted// (1943) and //See No Evil// (1959) both published by Simon and Schuster, New York, and each described by the publishers as “An Inner Sanctum Mystery.” | <tab>Finlay McDermid’s son by the second marriage, also called Finlay McDermid (b. Calif., 1905), began his career as a professional actor, but turned afterwards to a long-term involvement in Hollywood scriptwriting. He also wrote for magazines, the stage, radio and television, and was the author of //Ghost Wanted// (1943) and //See No Evil// (1959) both published by Simon and Schuster, New York, and each described by the publishers as “An Inner Sanctum Mystery.” |
