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

Adam Mott

MOTHER

Anne Mott

WIFE Elizabeth M Smith b. 13 Feb 1804

Richard Mott with his wife Elizabeth Mitchell Smith Mott and two daughters, Cammie and Mary S. Mott From "Ancestors and Descendants of Adam and Ann Mott by Thomas C. Cornell

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."