Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Schott, Peter 
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Author: Past and Present Will County IL; 1907

Peter Schott, owning and operating a well improved farm of one hundred and 
twenty acres situated on sections 22 and 27, Plainfield township, has through 
his own labors brought this farm to its present high state of cultivation. He 
was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, December 14, 1838, and comes of German 
ancestry. His parents were Peter and Margaret (Kinsinger) Schott, both natives 
of the Keystone state. The father was a laborer in Pennsylvania, whence he 
afterward removed to Indiana, where he enlisted for service in the Civil war 
and died at the front, his death occurring at Louisville, Kentucky. He also 
had four brothers who served in the Civil war. Mrs. Schott survived for a long 
period and died about three years ago, at the advanced age of eighty years. 
Peter Schott located in Will county in the fall of 1855, first going to 
Wheatland township, but after a brief period he came to Plainfield township 
and purchased the farm which has since been his home. All this has been 
cleared and improved by the present owner, for when it came into his 
possession it still stood in its natural state. In due course of time he 
placed the land under cultivation and year by year added to his financial 
resources, for his fields yielded abundant harvests. He added to his holdings 
from time to time until he became the owner of two hundred and twenty-seven 
acres of well improved land, but he has since disposed of a portion of this 
and now retains the ownership of one hundred and twenty-four acres. That he 
has been successful in his farming operations is indicated by the fact that 
when he made his first purchase of land he incurred an indebtedness of four 
thousand dollars, but that entire amount has been liquidated and he is now 
comfortably situated in life. Mr. Schott has been twice married. He was first 
married in Plainfield, in 1858, to Miss Mary Willis, a native of Ohio. She 
died in 1886, at the age of fifty-seven years, after a happy married life of 
twenty-eight years. The three children of this marriage are as follows: Dr. 
Ira J. Schott, a practicing physician of Naperville, Illinois, was graduated 
from Hahnemann Medical College, at Chicago. He wedded Miss Hattie Rickert, of 
Naperville. Ida J. is the wife of Henry Klett, a resident farmer of Plainfield 
township. They have become the parents of eight children: Warren, Howard, 
Maud, Jessie, Bessie, Morris, Gertie and John. Alferetta is the wife of Elias 
G. Hartong, who operates the homestead farm in Plainfield township. She has 
become the mother of two sons, Lawrence and Russell. For his second wife Mr. 
Schott chose Cora Mae Harder, of Lockport, to whom he was married in 1888. She 
was born in Lockport township, a daughter of Frank and Emma (Brinkerhoff) 
Harder, who still reside in that township. Mr. Schott's study of the political 
questions and issues of the day has led him to give hearty support to the 
republican party, while his religious views are indicated by his membership in 
the Methodist Episcopal church, to which his wife also belongs. Although, now 
sixty-eight years of age. Mr. Schott still gives his attention to the 
operation of the home farm. He may truly be called a self-made man, for he 
started out in the business world without capital and with no assistance, but 
through his untiring labors and close application to business interests he has 
steadily advanced on the highway of success until he is today worthy of 
classification among the well-to-do and highly esteemed residents of 
Plainfield township. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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