Charles Francis Lott
Charles Francis Lott (1781–1866)[1] was a surgeon in the War of 1812.
Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Lott studied medicine with Dr. Moses Scott.[1] He graduated in Philadelphia in 1805 and settled in New Mills, (later Pemberton) in 1806 or 1807. Overall, he practiced medicine there for thirty years.[1]
When the War of 1812 began, he raised a company of "light horse" and "while he would not accept the captaincy, he served as lieutenant of the company of patriots".[2] During the war, he was an assistant surgeon, with rank of captain in Major Reed's regiment, in the War of 1812.[1] Over the course of his service, he became medical director and assistant adjutant general.[3]
Returning to New Jersey, his practice extended to the furnaces in Speedwell, Hanover and Batsto, and to the County Almshouse. He retired in 1835,[1] and lived in Trenton until the spring of 1836, Lott and his family moved to Quincy, Illinois.[4] In 1837 he went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he practiced for several years and returned to the East, residing in Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, until his death.[1]
Lott married Edith N. Lamb, a daughter of Colonel Jacob Lamb, with whom Lott had six sons and two daughters. One of his sons, Charles Fayette Lott, born July 1, 1824, became a state legislator and judge in Butte County, California.[4] His youngest son, Bushrod W. Lott, born May 1, 1826, went on to become a political figure in Minnesota, and the first mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Burlington County Medical Society (N.J.), Semi-centennial Anniversary of the District Medical Society (1879), p. 16.
- ^ a b George C. Mansfield, History of Butte County, California: With Biographical Sketches of the (1918), p. 411.
- ^ Harry Laurenz Wells, [History of Butte County, California, Volumes 1-2] (1882), p. 192.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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