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HENRY C. LOTT, farmer, Sec. 10, Town 21; P. O. Le Roy; born in Jefferson Co., Ind., June 2, 1829. His father, Jesse Lott, was born in Clark Co., Ky., July 15, 1800. He emigrated to Indiana with his parents at an early day, about the year 1812, where he entered land, and now lives upon land upon which he entered upwards of half a century ago. He was married in Indiana, to Elizabeth Heaton; she was born in Virginia, and died in Indiana, August, 1853. The subject of this sketch was raised on his father’s farm until 28 years of age, when he emigrated to Illinois, and located in Dale Township, McLean Co., in October, 1861. Here he followed farming until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Co. F, 94th I. V. I. He served in the campaigns of Arkansas and Missouri, and was engaged in the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark. In the spring of 1863, he was sent down the Mississippi to Milliken’s Bend; then crossed the Mississippi River at Warrenton, and joined the army of Grant, then in the rear of Vicksburg, taking a position upon the extreme left of the army, and continued the siege until the capture of Vicksburg, upon July 4, 1863. Upon the 12th of July, he went up the Yazoo river, and, after the capture of Yazoo City, went down the river to New Orleans; then to Texas; from there to Mobile Bay, where he was engaged in the capture of Fort Morgan and Spanish Fort. In the spring of 1865 he was sent to Galveston, Texas, where he was mustered out of service, and received his discharge at Springfield, Ill., Aug. 7, 1865. He then farmed upon rented land for five years, and, in 1870, purchased his present place of 120 acres, where he has since lived. His marriage with Susan A. Phillips was celebrated Dec. 25, 1856; she was born in Jefferson Co., Ind., May 17, 1832; they have six children by this union — Charles G., born Oct. 18, 1857; Franklin P., Sept. 8, 1860; Florence N., July 20, 1866; Leleah U., April 20, 1869; Jennie H., Oct. 14, 1870; Annie E., Sept. 14, 1872. Mr. Lott is a Republican in politics, and has always supported the Republican Party since its organization. He has been a strong temperance advocate for the past quarter of a century. He has been a member of the M. E. Church for upwards of eleven years, Mrs. Lott having been a member at that time. Mrs. Lott was a daughter of Robert Phillips. He was a native of North Carolina; he removed to Kentucky when 3 years of age; he married Rebecca Graham; she was a native of Tennessee. They were the parents of thirteen children, all of whom lived to grow up and become the heads of families, and all lived until April, 1879, when the circle of the children was broken by the death of the oldest brother. Mr. Phillips died in Indiana in 1857; Mrs. P. died Dec. 29, 1878. When Mr. Lott was 21 years of age, he was employed by the month upon a flat-boat, running from Cincinnati to New Orleans, taking down from fifty to one hundred tons of provisions, hay, etc.; the boats cost from $100 to $200 to build, and, upon reaching New Orleans, would be sold for old lumber; he would then work his passage back upon steamboats, and worked in this business for a period of seven years.