Re: Hott
HOTT, HUDDELSTON
Posted By: Mary Sue Chatfield (email) In Response To: Hott (Sara Spurbeck)
Date: 1/30/2006 at 23:16:49
Here is the Hott biography as found on pages 426-427 of the Portrait and Biographical Album of Lee County, Iowa, Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1887:
George Hott, the subject of this biography, an honored pioneer of the Hawkeye State, crossed the Mississippi from his native State of Ohio at an early day, 1820, and came into Iowa while it was yet a Territory. The changes which he has witnessed since that time would make a most interesting volume could they be related by our subject, as he is a man possessed of more than ordinary intelligence, and has been keenly observant all his life of what was going on around him.
Mr. Hott was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Feb 23, 1812. His father, Peter Hott, was a native of Virginia, and removed from his native State to Ohio at an early period in the history of that section. he was possessed of limited means, but a large fund of industry and ambition, and after going into Ohio, he cleared quite an extent of land by leasing, and in the course of his life built twenty-two log houses, in which he lived while performing the leases. he departed from the scenes of his earthly labors at the age of about sixty years.
The parental family of our subject consisted of eleven children, and as soon as George Hott was large enough to be of assistance, he was put to work, and aided in burning brush, rolling logs, clearing land and building fences. At the age of seventeen years, desiring to change his occupation and see something of the world, he engaged as a laborer on the Ohio & Erie Canal, which was then in process of construction. He was paid $10 per month, and was thus occupied for the greater part of three years. he then returned to his old home, and engaged in farming for the same wages, and continued a resident of that section until 1840. In the meantime he had formed domestic ties, and had a family consisting of a wife and four children. he also made a lease for seven years, and carried on coopering, by which means he was afterward able to go to Iowa. He now resolved to change his location, and accordingly, with his family, started for the Territory of Iowa. They were equipped with two horses, and a wagon loaded with their household goods. they cooked and camped by the wayside, and after four weeks of travel landed in Lee County. they located in harrison Township, and set up housekeeping in a humble log cabin, which wa also occupied by another family of the name of Reesman. there they spent the following winter, and in the spring Mr. Hott purchased eighty acres of land in Harrison Township, upon which he erected a hewed-log house.
Upon leaving Ohio Mr. Hott had less than $300 in cash. After building his house in Iowa, the family met with a great affliction in the death of the wife and mother, which compelled them to abandon their idea of establishing a home at that time. Mr. Hott engage at coopering in Van Buren County during one winter, and then purchased the place which he now owns and occupies. Upon it there was a small log cabin, and twenty-six acres were fenced. In January, 1842, he moved into the log cabin with his little family, and commenced the improvement of his land. They occupied this a few years, when Mr. Hott secured a desirable tract of forty acres adjoining, upon which he built a more substantial house, into which they removed from the old one and remained there until 1868. They were prospered in their labors, and Mr. Hott subsequently erected a good set of frame buildings. he has since purchased additional land, until he is now the possessor of 414 acres. His farming operations have been conducted in a systematic manner, and for a long period of years he has been accounted one of the most intelligent and successful agriculturists of this section.
The first wife of the subject of our sketch was Miss Jane Dean, of Pickaway County, Ohio, to whom he was married in 1832. she became the mother of seven children - Isaac, Peter, Aaron, Henry, and three unnamed. All except Peter are deceased. Mrs. Hott died in 1841. Peter was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Sept 29, 1834. e was a little lad of six years when he came to Iowa with his parents, and lived with his father until his marriage with Miss Mary Harlan, of Darke County, Ohio, which occurred Jan 18, 1855, and by this marriage there were three children. his wife only lived ten years after her marriage, dying March 6, 1866. He was married the second time, Dec 7, 1865, to Miss Anna Lane, a native of Highland County, Ohio, born Sept. 26, 1845, and the daughter of Jacob and Charlotte (Cole) Lane. Of the second marriage one child was born, isaac Henry. Peter Hott is a successful farmer and the only child of our subject now living. He is eminently a “chip of the old block,” and possesses in a marked degree many of the worthy characteristics of his sire. he is a thorough-going business man, energetic and wide-awake, and whatever he undertakes is sure to be done well. He is a highly esteemed resident of the Hawkeye State, and possesses one of the finest farm estates in this section.
the second marriage of Mr. George Hott was with Mrs. Jane Warren, daughter of John Huddleson and widow of William Warren, and took place in January, 1842. Of this marriage there were no children. Mrs. Hott died Feb 27, 1884. She came to Lee County with her first husband in 1834, while this section was a part of the Territory of Wisconsin, and they made their location before the land was surveyed, on what was afterward sections 6, 7 and 8 of Cedar Township. Mrs. Hott was a member of the congregational Church, with which our subject has been connected for many years.
The history of Mr. Hott is a striking illustration of what an abundance of energy and perseverance may accomplish. the advantages of his childhood were exceedingly meager, but this fact would not be suspected in conversing with the present intelligent proprietor of one of the finest homesteads in Lee County.
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