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William Grant Hottman

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William Grant Hottman

Birth
Missouri, USA
Death
3 Sep 1937 (aged 62)
Butte County, California, USA
Burial
Oroville, Butte County, California, USA Add to Map
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Oroville Mercury Register (Oroville, California) 03 Sep 1937, Friday Page 1: Calls Doctor, Dies Before Help Arrives. A few minutes after telephoning his physician that he had a “bad pain in his stomach” William Hottman, 62, dropped dead in the yard at his home, 1844 Third avenue, at noon today.

When Dr. F.M. Whiting, who answered the call, arrived, he found the body lying in the yard at the home.

Hottman had apparently walked outside the house after calling Dr. Whiting. A neighbor reported she had seen Hottman leave the building unaided.

Dr. Whiting said an autopsy would be held late this afternoon to determine cause of death. Undersheriff Wm. Nisbet said he had been informed by the doctor that death had been caused either by ptomaine poisoning or heart trouble.

Hottman came to the Oroville district many years ago. In those days he was employed as a stage driver between Oroville and Yankee Hill. In later years he operated the Bridge Street Store, opposite the high school, and recently he worked as a clerk in a Montgomery street cigar store.

He had been married to Annie Reagan, a member of a pioneer Oroville family. His wife died 12 years ago. They had no children. Other relatives reside in Kansas.

Funeral services will be announced by the Thomas Funeral Home.
Oroville Mercury Register (Oroville, California) 03 Sep 1937, Friday Page 1: Calls Doctor, Dies Before Help Arrives. A few minutes after telephoning his physician that he had a “bad pain in his stomach” William Hottman, 62, dropped dead in the yard at his home, 1844 Third avenue, at noon today.

When Dr. F.M. Whiting, who answered the call, arrived, he found the body lying in the yard at the home.

Hottman had apparently walked outside the house after calling Dr. Whiting. A neighbor reported she had seen Hottman leave the building unaided.

Dr. Whiting said an autopsy would be held late this afternoon to determine cause of death. Undersheriff Wm. Nisbet said he had been informed by the doctor that death had been caused either by ptomaine poisoning or heart trouble.

Hottman came to the Oroville district many years ago. In those days he was employed as a stage driver between Oroville and Yankee Hill. In later years he operated the Bridge Street Store, opposite the high school, and recently he worked as a clerk in a Montgomery street cigar store.

He had been married to Annie Reagan, a member of a pioneer Oroville family. His wife died 12 years ago. They had no children. Other relatives reside in Kansas.

Funeral services will be announced by the Thomas Funeral Home.

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