Biographical Sketch of John S. Gott, Greene County, Missouri,
Campbell Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Mr. Gott is the son of John D. and Gracie Gott, and was born in Shelby
county, Kentucky, January 26th, 1816.  He spent his early life in
Warren county, Kentucky, and came to Greene county, Missouri, in Decem-
ber, 1845 and settled in Springfield.  He lived there about twenty-one
years, and then moved out upon the farm where he resides.  He has a
fine farm of two hundred acres.  Mr. Gott has been twice married, the
first time to Miss Polly Davis in May, 1837.  She died in March, 1852,
leaving one daughter, Frances A., now Mrs. Robert Miles.  He married a
second time, August 3rd, 1854, Henrietta McKee, a native of Tennessee,
who came to this country in 1851.  They have five children living, viz:
Sarah C., now Mrs. Frakes, John D., Anthony W., A. L. and Mabel H.  Mr.
and Mrs. Gott are exemplary members of the Methodist church.

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