Hij is getrouwd met Susannath Tatum DeBruler.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 3 oktober 1844 te Dubois Co., IN, hij was toen 21 jaar oud.
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John was a very conservative man, and careful in the managing of his affairs. He was a man competely without guile of any kind and was respected far and wide as a completely honest man. He was very reserved and kept his own counsel, but was very kind and generous to his family and to all who knew him. He was so respected by everyone that even his own children always called him father, never "Dad" or "Pop" as many children did."
John DeMotte remained on the old homestead until he was 21 years of age. He had accummulated about $105.00 and a horse when he decided to marry. It is said that prior to the wedding he explained his financial condition to his prospective bride. He told her that if he bought a $50 or $60 tailor made broadcloth wedding suit he would not have enough left with which to acquire a certain 40-acre tract of land that he desired. This could be secured by cash entry from the Government at $1.25 per acre. She advised him to take $50 and get the land and with what remained he could purchase a nice homespun suit for his wedding outfit. He rode to the land office at Vincennes, Indiana and acquired his first real estate. This tract, on which was to be built their furture home, is located in Boone Township, Dubois County, about 2 miles east of Otwell, along the line separating Boone and Madison Township.
There is a spring near the center of the tract near which a building site was selected and a hewed log building 14´ x 14´ was erected the roof was made of clapboards riven from oak timber. A fireplace and chimney was built of brick from the wreckage of grandfather´s brick house. They moved in 1844 and lived there till 1871, when they moved to a 7 room frame house 1/4 mile away.
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