Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 2. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 68.

HANS OTT

	Hans OTT of Baker City was born November 24, 1866, in Switzerland, a son of
Jacob and Regula OTT, both of whom were natives of that land where they were
reared, married and died.  In their family were eleven children, of whom Hans
OTT, the youngest, is the only survivor.  He had the benefit of a college
education in his native land, where his youth was spent and where he also
learned the printer's trade.

      When twenty years of age he left home and came to America, the voyage
across the Atlantic proving a most perilous one, for the vessel on which he took
passage encountered a heavy sea and was wrecked, forty-three passengers being
drowned.  Mr. OTT landed safely on American soil and proceeded westward from New
York to Kansas.  After a short time spent in that state he removed to Colorado
where he established a German newspaper doing both the editorial work and the
typesetting himself.  After a period of one year thus spent he disposed of his
paper and in the summer of 1889 came to Baker City, Oregon, where he has since
remained.  After his arrival here he purchased a ranch in the vicinity of town,
which he farmed for several years, meanwhile assisting in the digging of the
thirteen-mile irrigation ditch in Eagle valley.  Selling his ranch in 1909 he
removed to the city, where he was given charge of the cemetery, and during the
three years that he acted in that capacity h!
e has given excellent satisfaction.
     
      In his political affiliations Mr. OTT is a democrat.  He is a member of
the Independent Order of Foresters and has gained a large number of friends in
this community.  He owns a residence and two lots in Baker City, evidences of
industry and thrift and wise investment, and is numbered among the substantial
citizens of this locality.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in February 2006 by Robyn Greenlund.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.