Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Mott, Philip 1830 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

PHILIP MOTT.

Sixty years have come and gone since Philip Mott arrived in Wapello county and
throughout the greater part of the intervening years to the present time he has
made his home in this section of the state, identified with agricultural
pursuits. He was born in Baden, Germany, November 22, 1830, a son of Jacob and
Mary Mott, who spent their entire lives in their native land, where the father
learned and followed the wagon-maker's trade. Unto him and his wife were born
five sons and two daughters: Philip; Lawrence, who served in the Confederate
army in the Civil war and is now a resident of Ottumwa: Edward, whose home is in
Chillicothe, Iowa; and Mrs. Caroline Slowgates, deceased. There were also three
who died in Germany.

Philip Mott was reared in the land of his birth and was a young man of about
twenty-four years when he crossed the Atlantic to the United States, sailing for
New Orleans, whence he made his way up the Mississippi river to Wapello county.
Here he has lived for many years but on three different occasions has crossed
the plains. In 1862 he made a trip with ox teams to Idaho and the next time went
to Montana, while a third trip was made to Nevada. All three trips were made
while the west was still a pioneer region and such journeys were fraught with
many hardships and difficulties, if not with dangers. At the time of the Civil
war Mr. Mott attempted to enlist but was rejected. Most of his life has been
devoted to farming and for sixty years he has resided on his present place,
comprising one hundred twelve and a half acres on section 12, Center township.
He has been actively engaged in its development and still gives supervision to
the farm work, although he is now eighty-four years of age.

In 1872 occurred the marriage of Mr. Mott and Miss Margaret Striker, who was
born in Baden, Germany, and died in 1906, at the age of seventy-one years. She
came to the United States about 1852 and joined a brother in New Orleans. Unto
Mr. and Mrs. Mott were born twelve children: Mary, now the wife of Mat Mier,
living on a farm not far from her father's place; Joseph, of Montana; Henry,
also of that state; John, of Colorado; Annie, the wife of Jacob Mier, of Center
township; Frank, living in Colorado; Maggie, the wife of George Mier, of Center
township; Caroline, the wife of William Coyn, of Center township; Antony, whose
home is in Arizona; Jacob, of Montana; and Peter and William, both at home. All
of the children were born upon the old homestead farm and all are still surviving.

In politics Mr. Mott is a stanch democrat and his religious belief is indicated
in his membership in St. Patricks Catholic church of South Ottumwa. He has never
had occasion to regret his determination to seek a home in the new world, for
here he has found good opportunities and in their improvement has gained
substantial success. His trips to the west brought him intimate knowledge of
frontier life and he has had many unusual experiences, which he relates in an
interesting manner. He can tell many a tale of the early days in this part of
the state, when the work of civilization and development seemed scarcely begun.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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