Reinier J. Bot

As printed in 1912

REINIER J. BOT (1886) owns and farms 300 acres of Grandview township's best farm land and makes his home on the northwest quarter of section 22, where he has a very comfortable dwelling.

It was in Holland that our subject first saw the light of day, and the date of his birth was October 23, 1866. The boy was brought up on his father's farm, attended the country schools, and did his share of the farm work. In 1886 the family came to this country and the father bought land from B. F. Jellison in Lyon county. The boy was twenty years of age when the family located on the south half of section 11, Grandview township, and he made his home with his parents until he was married in 1896.

In November of that year he married Julia Maertens, the wedding occurring in Ghent. His wife is a native of Belgium. To this union nine children have been born, Henry, William, Anna, Edward, Ida, Emma, Bertha, Alfonsis and Maria.

After his marriage Mr. Bot bought a quarter section of land three miles south of Minneota and made that his home seven years — until buying his present farm nine years ago. He is conducting his farm with profit and is one of the community's progressive citizens. Mr. Bot and his wife are members of the Catholic church.

The subject of this sketch is a son of William H. and Debora (Schroeder) Bot. The father died on his Grandview township farm in 1907 and the mother lives in Ghent with her son Hero. The elder Bots were the parents of the following children: Hero, Bernard, Reinier J., Cathrena, Henry, John and William.

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.