R. W. Shotts and Mary C. DeWalt

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Husband R. W. Shotts ¹

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           Born: 11 Jun 1845 - Clarion Co, PA 1
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         Father: Henry Shotts (      -1847) 1
         Mother: Sarah Steelsmith (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 17 Feb 1866 1

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Wife Mary C. DeWalt ¹

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           Born: 25 Nov 1850 1
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         Father: Michael DeWalt (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Susan Walter (      -Bef 1915) 2

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1 F Lillie Shotts ¹

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2 M Burl Shotts ¹

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3 F Aola Shotts ¹

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4 M Sylvester Shotts ¹

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5 M Andrew Shotts ¹

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6 F Jennie Shotts ¹

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7 F Susie Shotts ¹

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8 F Blanche Shotts ¹

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9 M Howard Shotts ¹

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General Notes: Husband - R. W. Shotts

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During his boyhood and youth he attended the common schools, and remained with his mother until fourteen years of age, when he started out in life for himself, working one and one-half years for Judge Proper, of Forest County, Pennsylvania, for $5 per month. He then went to Golinza Mills, Forest County, where he helped to haul the first logs ever sawed in that mill. At this time he was not large enough to yoke his team of oxen, but for eighteen months he toiled there for $5 a month. His next position was with the David Gill mills in the same county, where for a year he received $10 per month for his services, and the second year double that amount. He then returned to Clarion County, and engaged in cutting stave bolts at $20 per month, remaining one year, thence going to Golinza Mills, where he teamed for $1 a day. A Clarion County farm was the next scene of his labors, after which he formed a copartnership with Colwell Hoover, and for six months they worked as jobbers in Golinza Mills. His next occupation was teaming for his brother at $2 per day. At the end of two years he settled on a farm in Clarion County, near Tylersburg, later moving to Porter Haskell's Mill, where for two years he put in logs on contract. He next returned to Forest County, where he put in square timber, running it to Pittsburgh. From there he went to Lucinda Furnace, Clarion County, where he continued logging for C. Leeper & Co. The west had some attraction for Mr. Shotts, and he passed a year and a half in Decatur County, Iowa, but returned to Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and resumed logging for C. Leeper & Co. After ten years at this he purchased a farm, but remained on it only a year, thence moving to Leeper, where he built a store, and also a flouring-mill. He carries a complete line of hardware, dry goods and groceries, conducted a flouring-mill, and also was engaged in lumbering in Lewis County, Washington.
Politically he was a Republican; religiously he adhered to no denomination, but his wife was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a member of the I. O. O. F.

He and his wife had eleven children; nine were still living in 1898.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1436.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 633.