J. A. Rott, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 149-150 in "History of Dakota 
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				J. A. ROTT, M. D. 

	Although Dr. J. A. Rott has been located in practice in Big Stone 
City for only two years, yet he has gained a large practice and stands 
well in the community which he has elected to make his home. He had the 
advantage of study in the old world, for he was born in Vienna, 
Austria, September 6, 1849, a son of Charles and Caroline (Wiesinger) 
Rott, who were likewise natives of Vienna and there spent their entire 
lives. The father was born in 1808, while the mother was six years his 
junior, her birth having occurred in 1814. They were married in 1840 
and became the parents of nine children, the son J. A. being the sixth 
in order of birth. The father acquired his education in Prague and 
received the LL. D. degree, after which he practiced as an attorney and 
also was chief justice. He became a well read man and gained a 
competence but through giving financial aid to a friend he lost all his 
means. Both he and his wife were communicants of the Catholic church, 
in the faith of which they died, the former in 1880 and the hatter in 
1866. 

	Dr. J. A. Rott was accorded the best educational advantages that 
were obtainable in the old world. He pursued a course in the University 
of Austria at Prague, later studied in Paris, France, and then at 
Vienna, where he was graduated in 1872. He then became an interne for 
four years in the General Hospital in Vienna, and for two years was in 
the Maternity Hospital there, while for one year he did work in the 
Children Hospital at that place. This gave him a practical knowledge of 
medicine and surgery, which, added to his knowledge gained in colleges, 
ranked him with the best read men in medicine in his locality, For 
fifteen years he engaged in practice in his native country, and then in 
1887, believing that better opportunities awaited him in the United 
States, set sail for the new world. Landing in New York city, he there 
engaged in the practice of his profession during the succeeding four 
years, after which he went to Little Rock, Arkansas, and practiced six 
years. He next spent five years in Conway, that state, after which he 
spent a short time in Pukwana, South Dakota. He then removed to Eureka, 
where he continued in practice six years prior to his removal to Big 
Stone City, arriving there in 1913. During this brief period he has 
built up a good practice, for the general public recognizes his worth 
and ability and he has become one of the well known practitioners in 
this part of the state. 

	Dr. Rott was married, in 1896, to Miss Ada Francisco, of New 
York, at Minneapolis, Minnesota, the wedding ceremony being performed 
by Archbishop Ireland. They now have one son, Alfred, who is in school. 
Mrs. Rott is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics 
the Doctor is independent. In the line of his profession he has a 
creditable military record, for prior to his emigration to the new 
world he served in the army as a surgeon during the years 1878 and 
1879. He also keeps in touch with the advance that is being made along 
the line of medicine and surgery through his membership in the 
Physicians and Surgeons Medical Society and the American Association of 
Progressive Medicine which is a society composed of thirty thousand 
surgeons of high rank throughout the United States. He is a man of 
culture and wide learning and his ability and skill have frequently 
been demonstrated in the successful handling of a number of complex 
medical problems. Although his residence in Big Stone City covers but a 
brief period he has already gained a wide acquaintance there and is 
highly esteemed not only as a practitioner but as a citizen and friend.