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Born 1876
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
HENRY J. BOT (18 87) is manager of and buyer for the Farmers Elevator Company of Ghent. He was born in Uithuizen, Province of Groningen, Holland, October 14, 1876.
In 1887 Henry accompanied his parents to America and Lyon county. The family located in Grandview township, where they owned 480 acres of land. Henry resided on the farm with his parents until twenty-five years of age and then moved to Ghent and bought grain for the Bingham Brothers' Elevator Company until 1910. He then entered the employ of the Farmers' Company and has since 'been with that firm. Mr. Bot is the owner of a farm in Vallers township. He is a member of the Catholic church and the Catholic Order of Foresters lodge. He is the village recorder and was justice of the peace, village treasurer and treasurer of the town board for a number of years.
Mr. Bot was married August 15, 1908, in Holland to Grada Feters. After his marriage he made a trip through Germany, Switzerland, England, Italy, Holland and Belgium. Mr. and Mrs. Bot are the parents of one child, [name withheld], born May 18, 1909.
The parents of our subject are the late William H. Bot and Debora B. (Schrender) Bot. The father died in 1907; the mother resides in Ghent. To them were born the following children: Hero W., Henry J. and William H., of Ghent; Bernard, Renier, John H. and Catherina (Mrs. Joseph Senden), all of Lyon county. One daughter, Theresa (Mrs. Edward Maertens), died in 1908.
The Ghent Farmers Elevator Company was organized in 1909 by the farmers in the vicinity of Ghent and the elevator was built at that time. The capitalization was $10,000. The capacity of the elevator is 20,000 bushels. The company buys and ships grain and sells coal, flour, oil meal, bran, shorts, grain and seeds. In the season of 1910-11 they bought 200,000 bushels of grain. The officers of the company are as follows: President, John Breen; secretary, Edward Maertens; treasurer, Charles Foulon; manager, Henry Bot. These, with Mathew Hennen, John Brewers and Henry Vanhee, constitute, the board of directors.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Charles Foulon (b. 1856) Edward Maertens (b. 1896) John Breen (b. 1849) Mathew Hennen William H. Bot (b. 1880)
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