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Born 1867
From Story of Lee County, Iowa; (1914)
ISAAC HENRY HOTT.
Isaac Henry Hott is a well-to-do farmer and stockman, residing on section 6, Cedar township, where his birth occurred in February, 1867. His father was the late Peter Hott, whose demise occurred April 15, 1912, and the last three years of whose life were spent with the subject of this review. Our subject has a half sister living. Mrs. Samuel Huddleston, of Hillsboro.
Mr. Hott was reared upon the home farm and since reaching mature years has continued in the calling in which he was trained as a youth. He owns five hundred acres of land in Cedar township, located on sections 5, 6, 7 and 8, and operates all of it except a tract of one hundred and eighty acres, which he rents. He raises grain and also stock, buying and selling some cattle and hogs in addition to what he raises. He resides upon his farm, forty acres of which was entered from the government by his grandfather. In December, 1898, the house was burned and the subject of this review erected his present fine modern residence. He keeps everything upon the place in excellent condition and his land is under a high state of cultivation.
Mr. Hott was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Yargus in 1887. She was a daughter of Michael Yargus, a pioneer of Henry county, and her demise occurred June 3, 1903. The two children born to that union are: Boyd, who assists in the operation of the home farm and who married Miss Pearl Wright, a daughter of Andrew Wright, of this county; and Edith, at home.
Mr. Hott is a member of the Christian church and is helpfully interested in its work. Politically he belongs to the republican party and fraternally is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, as is his son Boyd. Mr. Hott has ably carried on the work of developing the fine farm, which was begun by his grandfather and continued by his father. He holds to the fullest extent the confidence and goodwill of all who know him, as they recognize in him a man of sterling integrity.
As printed in Story of Lee County, Iowa; (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name Isaac Henry Hott: Peter Hott
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