Joseph Ott
Joseph Ott, deceased, was a native of Virginia, and was born, October 10, 1806. He was the oldest of a family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters: Joseph, Jacob, Benjamin, Willam, Emanuel, John, George, Mary and Olive (twins), Augusta, and Elizabeth.
Mr. Ott was married at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, September 12, 1833, to Ann, only child of James and Mary (Brooks) Burke, of Loudon County, Virginia. The Burkes were of Scotch-Irish descent. Mrs. Ott was born, June 1, 1812. To their union was born ten children: Mary, born 1835; Clara, born 1837; James C, born 1839; Ann, born 1842, died 1875; Joseph II, born 1845; Francis A., born 1848; William R., born 1849; Loysious K., born 1852; Margaret E., born 1854, died 1857; Byron E., born 1858.
Mr. Ott filled a responsible position in the United States Armory at Harper's Ferry, for more than twenty-five years. He came to Ohio in 1849, but returned to Virginia in 1850. He again came to Ohio the same year. He spent three years at Bloomingburg, and in 1853 bought one hundred and fifty-three acres of land, at White Oak, where the family now reside. Here he died, September 13, 1878, aged seventy-two years. He was a man of integrity, and his death was much lamented.
Jacob Ott, the father of this subject, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1783, and died at Bloomingburg, this county, June 12, 1865. His wife, Elizabeth, died, March 29, 1865, aged eighty years.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County