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.