Almira Mott (abt. 1830)

Born about 1830 in Ohio or Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Biography

Almira was born about 1830. She is the daughter of Henry Mott and Phebe Woodruff.

Sources

Ohio Biographies

A Standing History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio by Eugene B. Willard, Daniel W. Williams, George O. Newman and Charles B. Taylor. Published by Lewis Publishing Company, 1916

• Sylvester Humble married Melissa F. Mott, who was born in Adams County. Ohio, a daughter of Henry Mott, who was born in Pennsylvania, April 30, 1799. Henry Mott was a son of Robert Mott, who was probably a native of Pennsylvania, moved from there to the State of Illinois and became an early settler in the Mississippi River valley, in Hardin County, and lived there until his death. Mr. Mott was only a youth when the family moved to Illinois and at an early age left home and engaged in boating up and down the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, operating keel boats. Later he settled in Adams County, Ohio, and lived near Sandy Springs a few years, then came to Scioto County, bought land in lower Nile Township, twelve miles from Portsmouth, and after thirteen years as a farmer there sold out and returned to Hardin Comity. Illinois, lived there seven years and finally returned to Scioto County and lived in Nile Township until his death on August 24, 1846.
• Henry Mott married Phebe Woodruff. She was born in Philadelphia, March 22, 1801, a daughter of Benjamin Franklin Woodruff, who was a native of Pennsylvania and served with the rank of lieutenant in the War of 1812. In 1817 Lieutenant Woodruff moved out to Ohio, accompanied by his family, making the entire journey overland with ox teams and wagons. The Woodruffs located near Sandy Springs in Adams County and that was his home until his death. His remains are buried in the Sandy Springs Cemetery. Lieutenant Woodruff married Jane Sheppard. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1776 and spent her last years in Adams County, Ohio.
• Henry Mott and wife reared nine children: Albina J., Albanus, Almira, Jasper, Melissa, Alvin, William, Phebe, and Clarissa.