David Hott Bio Monongalia Co. WV The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II pg 195 David Hott, A. B., M. D., who is established in the practice of his profession at Morgantown, Monongalia County, is one of the representative physicians and surgeons of his native state and a scion of the third generation of the Hott family in West Virginia, his grandfather, Jacob Hott, of French-Huguenot lineage, having settled in Berkeley County, this state, long before West Virginia had been segregated from the mother state of Virginia. David Hott, Sr., father of the Doctor, was born in Berkeley County in 1831, and his wife, whose maiden name was Rachel Hancher, was born in the same county in 1834, she having been of Irish ancestry. David Hott continued his activities as a farmer in his native county until he purchased and removed to a farm in Frederick County, just across the line from his old farm in Berkeley County. There he continued as one of the substantial exponents of farm industry until his death in 1916. His widow passed away in 1919. Doctor Hott was born on the old homestead farm in Berkeley County, November 21, 1873, and was reared in Frederick County, to which the family removal was made when he was two years old. After his well directed public-school training he entered the University of West Virginia, and in this institution he was graduated in 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1902 he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of Baltimore, Maryland, and in the same year he engaged in the active general practice of his profession at Morgantown, which city has since continued the stage of his effective professional service, save for the period during which he was a member of the Medical Corps of the United States Army at the time of the World war. He entered the medical cops in October, 1917, and was first stationed at Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, whence he was later transferred to Fort Hamilton, New York, where he remained until he crossed to France with the Fifty-ninth Regiment of Coast Artillery. With this command he embarked March 27, 1918, and after landing at Brest, France, the regiment proceeded to Villiers-sur-Mare, and saw its first active fighting in the St. Mihiel sector. Thereafter it was in service in the great Argonne Forest campaign, proceeded up the River Meuse, and was at Romain when the historic armistice was signed. Upon the return voyage Doctor Hott landed in the port of New York City, February 15, 1919, and two weeks later he received his honorable discharge, with the rank of captain, his commission as captain having been received when he entered service. He is now a member of the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States Army, with the rank of major. After the close of his patriotic service Doctor Hott returned to Morgantown, where he has since continued his active professional work, in which his success attests alike his ability and his personal popularity. He is a member of the Monongalia County Medical Society, West Virginia State Medical Society, Southern Medical Society, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Doctor Hott married Miss Alene Vance, daughter of George and Mary (Scott) Vance, of Morgantown. Their one child, George David, was graduated in the Morgantown High School, and is a member of the class of 1923 in the University of West Virginia.