. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). IN MEMORIAM Just previous to the going to press of this report the wires flashed the news of the death of Institute Conductor Fred E. Gott. There- fore, I hasten to record therein this tribute. Mr. Gott was bom October 13, 1851, at Beach wood Farm, Spencerport, Monroe County, where his grandfather settled early in the nineteenth century, when western Xew York was a new country. Something over a year ago Mr. Gott was offered an attractive price for this farm and, although he had no sons to succeed him and wa
. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). IN MEMORIAM Just previous to the going to press of this report the wires flashed the news of the death of Institute Conductor Fred E. Gott. There- fore, I hasten to record therein this tribute. Mr. Gott was bom October 13, 1851, at Beach wood Farm, Spencerport, Monroe County, where his grandfather settled early in the nineteenth century, when western Xew York was a new country. Something over a year ago Mr. Gott was offered an attractive price for this farm and, although he had no sons to succeed him and was beginning to experience the heart trouble which proved fatal, he refused the offer and chose to die where he had lived and labored. Here his life was spent. He drained the fields which were unproductive and thus increased their yield manyfold, and planted orchards. All this he did while burdened with debt; but lived to see his outlay justified and to enjoy the fruits of his labors. He was educated at Spencerport public schools, Parma Insti- tute and Brockport Normal. For thirteen years he was justice of the peace. In 1891 he was elected supervisor of the town of Ogden and held the office seven years. In 1892 he was a delegate to the ISTational Republican Convention at Minneapolis. In the fall of 1896 he was elected to represent his district in the Assembly. He was a member of the Grange, also of Etolian Lodge, 'No. 479, F. & A. ]\I. For over thirtv years he has been a member of the First C^ongregational Church at Spencerport and was at one time superintendent of the [1559]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York (State). Dept. of Agriculture; New York State Agricultural Experiment Station; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Albany : State of New York, Dept. of Agricu
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