Plumas-Butte County CA Archives Biographies.....Lott, Charles Fayette 1824 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

   JUDGE CHARLES FAYETTE LOTT was born July 1, 1824, at the village of
Pemberton, Burlington county, New Jersey. His father was Dr. Charles Francis
Lott, medical director and assistant adjutant-general in the war of 1812. When a
very small boy he went with his parents to Trenton, and in 1836 accompanied them
to Quincy, Illinois, from where they emigrated to St. Louis in a short time, and
Charles went to school to Elihu H. Shepherd, the great educator of boys in that
city. In the course of time he and his brother attended St. Charles college; and
in 1840 Charles entered the St. Louis university, from which he graduated in
December, 1845. He studied law with Judge Archibald Williams at Quincy, and was
admitted to practice in the supreme court of Illinois, June 5, 1848. After
practicing law a year, Mr. Lott came overland and reached California in
September, 1849. He settled at Long's bar, in Butte county, engaging actively in
mining. He assisted in the organization of the county, and has been prominently
concerned in the legal proceedings before the courts, without intermission, to
the present time. In 1851 he was elected senator from Butte county, serving in
the third and fourth sessions of the legislature. In 1869 Mr. Lott was nominated
by the democrats of the second judicial district for judge, and was elected over
Judge Sexton, serving one term. Since that time he has been an active
practitioner of law, and is also extensively engaged in mining in Plumas county.
He is a man of high culture and broad intellectuality, being widely known and
respected. He was married in May, 1856, to Miss Susan F. Hyer, by whom he has
had three children, two of whom are living with him at Oroville.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)


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