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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Madison County, Ohio
Its People, Industries and Institutions
Chester E. Bryan, Supervising Editor
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
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Published by B. F. Bowden & Company, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
1915
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FRANK H. HOTT,
who was born on May 20, 1873, in Pickaway county6, Ohio,
sprung from parentage, on his paternal side, that had seen
and taken part in the great conflict of the Civil War.
He is the eldest child of William H. and Mary E. (Smith)
Hott, to whom were born five children, namely:
Frank H.; the second child died in infancy; also the
child following; the fourth child, Milton M., is
manager of the bakery at Asheville, Ohio; and Earl S.,
also engaged in the bakery business at Ashville.
William H. Hott, was born on Sept. 16, 1847, in
Pickaway county, Ohio, and was a farmer boy until, in 1864,
he enlisted at Circleville, Ohio, in Company A, One Hundred
and Ninety-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
served his country in the hazardous capacity of scout until
the close of the conflict. After peace had been
declared, he returned to Pickaway county, Ohio, and engaged
in farming for several years and took up the carpenter's
trade. Broken in health, he gave up that work in 1896
and opened a small bakery shop, which business he built up
to a large and lucrative trade. He was a progressive
leader, charitable in his dealings and an honored member of
the Grand Army of the Republic, being one of the oldest
members of the post to which he paid loving devotion until
his death, on Mar. 8, 1914, at Ashville, Ohio. He was
the son of William H. and Sarah (Whitsell) Hott,
formerly of Virginia, who, in 1808, removed to Pickaway
county, Ohio, where they farmed until their death.
Mary E. (Smith) Hott, the mother of Frank H.
Hott, was born on Mar. 27, 1854, near Fort Wayne,
Indiana, and is the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth
Metzger) Smith, both natives of Ohio. She is now
living at Ashville, Ohio, where she is engaged in the bakery
business, of which she is part owner.
Living at Ashville, Ohio, and receiving his education
from the public schools of that town, Frank H. Hott
at fourteen years of age, learned the carpenter's trade and
advanced rapidly until at the age of twenty years he began
contracting on medium scale, constructing several business
blocks and residences. In 1899 he learned the baker's
trade from his father, in whose place of business he
remained until May 16, 1910, when he came to Mt. Sterling,
Ohio, and purchased a bakery very poorly equipped and with
practically no trade. Today, as the result of his
genius and progressive nature, he owns a thoroughly modern,
sanitary baking shop and a comfortable, modern home.
In connection with his bakery Mr. Hott has
purchased an automobile, for quick delivery to his many
customers and his rapidly increasing trade. His genial
nature and business acumen have won for him a large
patronage and the respect of his associates and the public
as well.
Lola E. Tanquary, who was born on June 2, 1875,
at New Holland, Pickaway county, Ohio, became the wife of
Frank H. Hott in 1899. She is the daughter of
Benjamin and Carrie (Lee) Tanquary, natives of Ohio and
Indiana, respectively. Her father enlisted in the
Civil War during the year 1862, at Washington C. H., Ohio,
in Company A, of the Sixtieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, in which he was a corporal and saw most of his
service under Captain Black. He was taken
prisoner at Harper's Ferry and received his honorable
discharge in 1864, after which he returned to New Holland
and engaged as a traveling salesman until 1899. About
that time it became necessary for him to make a trip to
Colorado for the benefit of his health which had been
undermined during the war and it was there, in 1905, that he
passed away at the age of sixty-two. His wife remained
in Colorado and now resides in Denver, of that state.
To Frank H. and Lola E. (Tanquary) Hott have
been born five children: Alice, Benjamin E.
and Louis V., who are at home; William,
deceased; and a fifth child who died in infancy.
The Democratic party has the support of Frank H.
Hott and his enthusiasm is of great assistance to them
in their campaigns. He is an earnest and sincere
member of the Methodist church. His fraternal
relations are with the Knights of Pythias and the Modern
Woodmen of America. Frank H. Hott has always
been a great worker and an honest man and the respect in
which he is held by the townspeople is justly deserved and
appreciated.
Source: History of Madison County, Ohio
- Illustrated -
Published by B. F. Bowden & Company, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Indiana - 1915 - Page 847 |
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