Gott - Robert C.
Source: H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana. (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 430
Robert C. Gott, farmer and stock raiser, Ladoga, is a son of William and Rhoda A. (SWINDLER) Gott, and one of a family of nine children, five of whom are living, as follows: Letitia, Mary, America, William T. and Robert C., the subject of this sketch. He was born in Scott township, April 24, 1841, and, like his father, was reared a farmer, attending the common country schools till the age of twenty-one. His father then gave him a horse and saddle; this he sold, worked out a year, and then entered the Ladoga Academy, where he remained one year. He then taught school one winter and again went to Ladoga school a year, after which he went to college at Indianapolis, and there completed a commercial course. After that he engaged in teaching in Parke and Montgomery counties.
On October 30, 1865, he married Miss Emily J., daughter of Thomas M. MESSICK. She was born in Ohio in 1837. He then rented the old farm of which he now, through good management and economy, owns eighty acres, an illustration of what good management and perseverance will do. He has three children: Charles C., Queen A. and Catherine E. He is now engaged in farming and stock raising. His father died in 1877, and his mother is still living, and is now in Crawfordsville with her youngest son, Dr. Wm. Gott. - typed by kbz