Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Lott, Edward Lloyd ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com May 13, 2006, 6:55 pm Author: History of Grundy County, 1914 LOTT, Edward Lloyd - Some men are specially fitted for a business life, their ability and inclination aiding them in the transaction of various deals by means of which they advance their interests. In so doing they also assist in the increasing of the commercial importance of their communities and general advancement of material prosperity. One of the men who for many years has been largely interested in various enterprise, but is now living retired from business life at Morris, is Edward Lloyd LOTT. Mr. LOTT was born at Warren, Ohio, July 16, 1845, son of Lewis P. and Delia L. (CLARK) LOTT, the former born at Trumansburg, N. Y., and the latter at Philadelphia. The father was in a general wool business in Warren, Ohio, from whence he went to Cleveland and became the proprietor of a newspaper in partnership with a Mr. SANFORD. Some years later, he moved to Racine, Wis., and still later to Morris, where he opened a general store and conducted it many years. He became circuit clerk and held that office for four years. In time, he bought land in the southern part of Grundy County and rented it. From some years prior to his death, he lived retired at Morris, where he passed away April 22, 1885. His widow died in November, 1906, aged eighty-five years and three months. Lewis P. LOTT was a man of honorable principles. Edward Lloyd LOTT embarked in a drug business at Grand Towner, Ill., but in 1883 sold his interests, having in the meanwhile acquired considerable property. He then bought a stock of drugs and conducted a store at Morris for five years. In 1890 he traded this property for a half section of land in Lyon County, Iowa. Since that time, he has disposed of this land at a large profit, and is now living retired at Morris. In addition to 240 acres of land in Wauponsee Township, Mr. LOTT owns considerable property in Morris, and is a man of large means. He has never married. Fraternally, Mr. LOTT is a Mason, having served the local Blue Lodge as secretary for twenty years, and Orient Chapter in the same office for an equal length of time. For many years he has been a Knight Templar, belonging to Blaney Commandery. He attends the Congregational Church. Politically he is a Republican, and has served as city treasurer of Grand Tower for four years. Since coming to Morris, he has held many minor offices, and for twenty years has been treasurer of Evergreen Cemetery. An uncle of Mr. LOTT, Dr. A. F. HAND, was a very prominent physician of Morris, and one of the first of his profession to locate here. He was born at Barrabees Point, Vt., July 11, 1816, and in 1847 came to Morris. Dr. HAND was a graduate of the Jacksonville (Illinois) Medical College and a man eminent in his calling. pages 854-855 Additional Comments: Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. Publishers; 1914 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/lott884nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb