Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa
Originally published 1886, Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, IL
John DOTTS, farmer, section 19, Wright Township, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, December 3, 1839, a son of Phillip and Drusilla (Shober) Dotts, the father a native of Carroll County, Ohio, and the mother of Loudoun County, Virginia. John Dotts was the fourth child in a family of eight. He was reared to agricultural pursuits and educated in the common-schools of his neighborhood. August 22, 1862, he enlisted in the defense of his country in Company C, Eightieth Ohio Infantry, and with his regiment took an active part in the battles of Corinth, Champion Hills, and Jackson; was with Sherman in his march to the sea, and at the grand review at Washington. He was honorably discharged May 29, 1865, having served gallantly as Sergeant of his company. He then returned to his home in Tuscarawas County, remaining there till the fall of 1866 when he came to Wayne County, Iowa, where he lived in Union Township for two years. In 1868 he bought eighty acres of his present farm in Wright Township. His farm now contains 165 acres of land which he has brought under good cultivation. His two-story residence, which was erected in 1885, is one of the finest in the township. The size of it is 28 x 26 feet, built with all the modern improvements and furnished throughout in good style. Mr. Dotts commenced life for himself without means, but has through industry and perseverance gained his present fine property, and by his fair and honorable dealings has won the respect of all who know him. He is a comrade of Messenger Post, G. A. R., of New York, Iowa.
Originally published 1886, Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, IL
John DOTTS, farmer, section 19, Wright Township, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, December 3, 1839, a son of Phillip and Drusilla (Shober) Dotts, the father a native of Carroll County, Ohio, and the mother of Loudoun County, Virginia. John Dotts was the fourth child in a family of eight. He was reared to agricultural pursuits and educated in the common-schools of his neighborhood. August 22, 1862, he enlisted in the defense of his country in Company C, Eightieth Ohio Infantry, and with his regiment took an active part in the battles of Corinth, Champion Hills, and Jackson; was with Sherman in his march to the sea, and at the grand review at Washington. He was honorably discharged May 29, 1865, having served gallantly as Sergeant of his company. He then returned to his home in Tuscarawas County, remaining there till the fall of 1866 when he came to Wayne County, Iowa, where he lived in Union Township for two years. In 1868 he bought eighty acres of his present farm in Wright Township. His farm now contains 165 acres of land which he has brought under good cultivation. His two-story residence, which was erected in 1885, is one of the finest in the township. The size of it is 28 x 26 feet, built with all the modern improvements and furnished throughout in good style. Mr. Dotts commenced life for himself without means, but has through industry and perseverance gained his present fine property, and by his fair and honorable dealings has won the respect of all who know him. He is a comrade of Messenger Post, G. A. R., of New York, Iowa.
Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa
Originally published 1886, Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, IL
John DOTTS, farmer, section 19, Wright Township, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, December 3, 1839, a son of Phillip and Drusilla (Shober) Dotts, the father a native of Carroll County, Ohio, and the mother of Loudoun County, Virginia. John Dotts was the fourth child in a family of eight. He was reared to agricultural pursuits and educated in the common-schools of his neighborhood. August 22, 1862, he enlisted in the defense of his country in Company C, Eightieth Ohio Infantry, and with his regiment took an active part in the battles of Corinth, Champion Hills, and Jackson; was with Sherman in his march to the sea, and at the grand review at Washington. He was honorably discharged May 29, 1865, having served gallantly as Sergeant of his company. He then returned to his home in Tuscarawas County, remaining there till the fall of 1866 when he came to Wayne County, Iowa, where he lived in Union Township for two years. In 1868 he bought eighty acres of his present farm in Wright Township. His farm now contains 165 acres of land which he has brought under good cultivation. His two-story residence, which was erected in 1885, is one of the finest in the township. The size of it is 28 x 26 feet, built with all the modern improvements and furnished throughout in good style. Mr. Dotts commenced life for himself without means, but has through industry and perseverance gained his present fine property, and by his fair and honorable dealings has won the respect of all who know him. He is a comrade of Messenger Post, G. A. R., of New York, Iowa.
Originally published 1886, Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, IL
John DOTTS, farmer, section 19, Wright Township, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, December 3, 1839, a son of Phillip and Drusilla (Shober) Dotts, the father a native of Carroll County, Ohio, and the mother of Loudoun County, Virginia. John Dotts was the fourth child in a family of eight. He was reared to agricultural pursuits and educated in the common-schools of his neighborhood. August 22, 1862, he enlisted in the defense of his country in Company C, Eightieth Ohio Infantry, and with his regiment took an active part in the battles of Corinth, Champion Hills, and Jackson; was with Sherman in his march to the sea, and at the grand review at Washington. He was honorably discharged May 29, 1865, having served gallantly as Sergeant of his company. He then returned to his home in Tuscarawas County, remaining there till the fall of 1866 when he came to Wayne County, Iowa, where he lived in Union Township for two years. In 1868 he bought eighty acres of his present farm in Wright Township. His farm now contains 165 acres of land which he has brought under good cultivation. His two-story residence, which was erected in 1885, is one of the finest in the township. The size of it is 28 x 26 feet, built with all the modern improvements and furnished throughout in good style. Mr. Dotts commenced life for himself without means, but has through industry and perseverance gained his present fine property, and by his fair and honorable dealings has won the respect of all who know him. He is a comrade of Messenger Post, G. A. R., of New York, Iowa.
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