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Richard Mott |
Richard Mott, photo found in Adam and Anne Mott by Thomas Cornell, 1890 |
Born: 21 July 1804 Mamaroneck, Westchester Co., NY (Premium Point)
Married: 12 Nov 1828 NY
Died: 22 Jan 1888 Toledo, OH
Buried: Mt Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY
FATHER
MOTHER
CHILDREN
1. Mary Mott b. 11 March 1831
d. 02 Nov 1860 |
2. Anna Caroline Mott b. 30 March 1835 |
From Adam and Anne Mott by Cornell, "Richard Mott was a man of simple, but
most kindly and courteous manners, void of all ostentation, but of dignified
presence, above six feet in height, he used to say in earlier life that he was
but five feet thirteen inches, and everywhere and among all classes a gentleman.
His hair was entirely white from middle life, but never showed any signs of
baldness, and in later years when he wore all his beard, which, like his hair,
was white as snow, he was a remarkably handsome man.
He retained all his intellectual vigor and genial spirit to the last, and went
daily to his office in the Bank until a week before he died, and it was in
graceful harmony with the simple manner of his life, that in place of the
carriage he always seemed to prefer to ride to and from the Bank in a one-horse
wagon. It is one of the pleasantest recollections of this present writer, that
with his wife he went from Yonkers to Toledo to share in Uncle Richard's
Thanksgiving dinner on the 24th of 11th month, 1887. And during the ten days
stay in Toledo he read most of the manuscript of this present volume, suggesting
some changes and making occasional corrections in his own hand, in a penmanship
having the accuracy and elegance of copperplate printing, and always specially
enjoining that his own place in these pages should be as inconspicuous as the
truth would permit. And it may be added that the existence of this work is due
to his interest in it. He had always sympathized in these researches, his own
memory contributing many traditions. It was he who first asked to have it
printed, and his will contributed to the cost of it."
Mott, Richard, 1804-1888
Mott, Richard, a US Congressional Representative from Ohio, born in Mamaroneck,
Westchester County, N.Y., July 21, 1804; attended the Quaker Seminary in Duchess
County, N.Y.; engaged in banking in New York City; moved to Toledo, Ohio, in
1836 and engaged in the real estate business and other enterprises, mayor of
Toledo in 1845 and 1846; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fourth and
Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1844-March 3, 1859); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1858; returned to Toledo, Ohio, and engaged in banking and the
real estate business, served as chairman of the citizen's military committee
during the Civil War, died in Toledo, Ohio, January 22, 1888; internment in
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, N. Y."