Stotts, William T.

STOTTS, SPRINGER, SNYDER, SPROW

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Date: 11/29/2008 at 18:05:32

STOTTS, William T.
Lumber merchant; Monroe; as born in Darke Co., Ohio in 1829; when he was 1 year of age, his parents moved to Sangamon Co., Illinois, where they remained until 1840. They then moved to Lee Co., this State, thus becoming one of the pioneer families of Iowa. Our subject remained in Lee Co. until 1873, in which year he came to Monroe. He has been married twice. His first wife was Miss I. SPRINGER; four children by this marriage - Mary (who married H. C. SNYDER), William E., Arimantha and John C. His present wife was Margaret E. SPROW. Mr. STOTTS is a member of the Masonic Lodge at this place. Politically, he is a Democrat. He represents Tabor & Co.; they keep a large stock; their sheds are full of the best finishing lumber, flooring and siding; they have a decided advantage over most lumber dealers in the interior; they own their pinery, therefore save the profit consumed by middlemen; they also keep a large stock of nails, carpenter tools, spades, picks, shovels, paints, oils, lime, hair and building paper, and are prepared to furnish everything for building purposes.
~ Fairview Township Biographies "The History of Jasper County" (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)