BIO:  Peter Bott, Sr., York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, West Manchester Township, Pg 199

PETER BOTT, SR., was born August 31, 1801, and is the son of Peter and Elizabeth (Zeigler) 
Bott.  The grandfather of our subject, John Bott, of Germany, was father of four children:  
Eve, Susanna, Elizabeth and Peter, all born in West Manchester Township.  Our subject’s father, 
Peter Bott, had born to him nine children:  Jacob, Peter, John, Adam, William, Henry, Mary, 
Eliza and Mary.  The father of Mrs. Peter (Zeigler), Bott was Killian Zeigler, a native of 
Germany, who came when young to West Manchester Township.  Peter Bott, our subject, was married 
November 9, 1826, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Smyser, of this township, 
and to him have been born ten children, viz.:  Michael (married to Louisa, daughter of George 
Julius), Louisa (wife of Samuel Menough), Sarah (wife of Peter Yost), Eliza A. (wife of William 
Smyser); Caroline (wife of John Smyser), William H. (married to Lucy Hoke), Anna M. (wife of 
Joseph Martin), Peter J. (married to Sarah Hoke), Alice A. (wife of Dallas Julius) and Edward 
C.  Our subject, at the age of eighty-four, is leading a retired life on his homestead of ten 
acres.  The family are members of the Lutheran Church.