Francis Horatio “Frank” Stott

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Francis Horatio “Frank” Stott

Birth
Stottville, Columbia County, New York, USA
Death
4 Nov 1900 (aged 68)
Stottville, Columbia County, New York, USA
Burial
Stockport, Columbia County, New York, USA Add to Map
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F.H. at an early age was fascinated by the sea. As a young man he was given a berth aboard the clipper ship Sea Witch, skippered by a family friend, Capt. Robert H. Waterman, (1808-1884), thanks to the family acquaintance with the Aspinwalls, owners of the shipping firm of Howell & Aspinwall. F.H. made enough voyages over several years between New York, San Francisco and the Orient to become the ship's first mate, before family affairs recalled him to Stottville. He retained his love of the sea and for many years was "Commodore" of the Atlantic Yacht Club of Brooklyn. In 1856 he married in Stockport Helen Elizabeth Lathrop (1837-1907), daughter of Capt. Gideon Lathrop (1805-1877) of Stockport, New York.

With his brother Charles H. Stott, he ran the Stott woolen mills in nearby Stottville founded by his father Jonathan Stott. On the opposite side of Claverack Creek from his brother's Greek Revival residence, F.H. built the Italianate homestead Brightside (pictured lower left).

On the encouragement of friend, business associate and son-in-law, William West Durant, F.H. built Camp Stott on Bluff Point, Raquette Lake beginning in 1878. The family returned repeatedly to the Camp until about 1905. Frank H. Stott died in Stottville November 4th, 1900. He and his wife, together with all children except Arthur Curtis and Louis Noble (1875-1926) are buried in the cemetery of St. John the Evangelist in Stockport.
F.H. at an early age was fascinated by the sea. As a young man he was given a berth aboard the clipper ship Sea Witch, skippered by a family friend, Capt. Robert H. Waterman, (1808-1884), thanks to the family acquaintance with the Aspinwalls, owners of the shipping firm of Howell & Aspinwall. F.H. made enough voyages over several years between New York, San Francisco and the Orient to become the ship's first mate, before family affairs recalled him to Stottville. He retained his love of the sea and for many years was "Commodore" of the Atlantic Yacht Club of Brooklyn. In 1856 he married in Stockport Helen Elizabeth Lathrop (1837-1907), daughter of Capt. Gideon Lathrop (1805-1877) of Stockport, New York.

With his brother Charles H. Stott, he ran the Stott woolen mills in nearby Stottville founded by his father Jonathan Stott. On the opposite side of Claverack Creek from his brother's Greek Revival residence, F.H. built the Italianate homestead Brightside (pictured lower left).

On the encouragement of friend, business associate and son-in-law, William West Durant, F.H. built Camp Stott on Bluff Point, Raquette Lake beginning in 1878. The family returned repeatedly to the Camp until about 1905. Frank H. Stott died in Stottville November 4th, 1900. He and his wife, together with all children except Arthur Curtis and Louis Noble (1875-1926) are buried in the cemetery of St. John the Evangelist in Stockport.

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1832-1900

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