Johann Friedrich OTTE

                   NOTE:
    Witnesses to Sophia's 1826 christening were: Sophia Pauli in Lubsee withLudershagen; Johann Pauli in Dersenter (Serrahn Parish); and Christian Pauli in Grunenhof (Ludershagen Parish).
                  

                   OCCUPATION:
    Farmer
                  

                   OCCUPATION:
    Farmer/Landlord

RELIGION:
    John and his wife were members of the German Lutheran Church.

NOTES:
    1. John OTT or OTTO came to USA in 1856 according to the Biographical Record of DeKalb County, Illinois (FHL#997.328 D3B)
    2. John took ship at Hamburg and was about six weeks on the Atlantic. He landed at New York and went directly West to Illinois and located in Big Rock Township, Kane County.
    3. In August 1861 John enlisted in company B. Thirty Sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and went with his regiment to St.Louis, and later participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge, Perryville and Missionary Ridge. He then participated in the Atlantic Campaign, being in various engagements, in one of which he was wounded, being shot through the foot and captured by the enemy in engagement of Stone River. He was teken to Lebby Prison, where he remained some five or six months, was then exchanged, and later sent to St. Louis, but joined his regiment in Tennessee, participating in several battles and skirmishes until the close of the war.
    4. Among other engagements in which he participated were Chickamauga, Kenesau Mountain, Franklin and Nashville. He was finally discharged at Springfield after four years of service.
    5. Returning to Big Rock Township, Kane County, he there remained until the Spring of 1866, when he went to DeKalb County, and purchased forty acres of raw land, on which a small house had been erected.