Samuel Schlott died on Section No. 16 SW qtr. Plain township October 14, 1859, age 66 years, 7 mo. 17 da. Mr. Schlott was a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and came to Stark County, Ohio.
In about 1826 and settled in Lake Township where he followed farming when later he came to New Berlin and kept a hotel on the S. E. Corner of the square. He retired from the Hotel in 1850 and for sometime resided on Lot No. 41 where his wife died in 1856.
The last year of his life he had his home with Michael Bitzer on the same lot where he Schlott had kept Hotel. While here, he was afflicted with cancer in his ear. He became desirous to be taken to his daughter Mrs. Soll Lesh, so he was carried through the fields to that place by several of his old neighbors. He lingered a few months and after much suffering passed to the Great Beyond.
He was a man who most of the time seemed to be angry and the writer was always afraid of him. He was very negative of his wife, Rebecca Schlott. He was not church a member, but a staunch Whig, but after the demise of that party, he took little or no interest in politics.
He was the father of Mrs. (Elizabeth) Benj. Lichty, Christian D. Schlott, Mrs. William Lesh, Mrs. John Shook, and a Brother of Jacob, George, Charles, and Richard Schlott. His remains rest in Zion Cemetery.
-The North Canton Heritage, Vol 1, 1805-1940, by Ruth Harpold Basner,page 242.
In about 1826 and settled in Lake Township where he followed farming when later he came to New Berlin and kept a hotel on the S. E. Corner of the square. He retired from the Hotel in 1850 and for sometime resided on Lot No. 41 where his wife died in 1856.
The last year of his life he had his home with Michael Bitzer on the same lot where he Schlott had kept Hotel. While here, he was afflicted with cancer in his ear. He became desirous to be taken to his daughter Mrs. Soll Lesh, so he was carried through the fields to that place by several of his old neighbors. He lingered a few months and after much suffering passed to the Great Beyond.
He was a man who most of the time seemed to be angry and the writer was always afraid of him. He was very negative of his wife, Rebecca Schlott. He was not church a member, but a staunch Whig, but after the demise of that party, he took little or no interest in politics.
He was the father of Mrs. (Elizabeth) Benj. Lichty, Christian D. Schlott, Mrs. William Lesh, Mrs. John Shook, and a Brother of Jacob, George, Charles, and Richard Schlott. His remains rest in Zion Cemetery.
-The North Canton Heritage, Vol 1, 1805-1940, by Ruth Harpold Basner,page 242.
Samuel Schlott died on Section No. 16 SW qtr. Plain township October 14, 1859, age 66 years, 7 mo. 17 da. Mr. Schlott was a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and came to Stark County, Ohio.
In about 1826 and settled in Lake Township where he followed farming when later he came to New Berlin and kept a hotel on the S. E. Corner of the square. He retired from the Hotel in 1850 and for sometime resided on Lot No. 41 where his wife died in 1856.
The last year of his life he had his home with Michael Bitzer on the same lot where he Schlott had kept Hotel. While here, he was afflicted with cancer in his ear. He became desirous to be taken to his daughter Mrs. Soll Lesh, so he was carried through the fields to that place by several of his old neighbors. He lingered a few months and after much suffering passed to the Great Beyond.
He was a man who most of the time seemed to be angry and the writer was always afraid of him. He was very negative of his wife, Rebecca Schlott. He was not church a member, but a staunch Whig, but after the demise of that party, he took little or no interest in politics.
He was the father of Mrs. (Elizabeth) Benj. Lichty, Christian D. Schlott, Mrs. William Lesh, Mrs. John Shook, and a Brother of Jacob, George, Charles, and Richard Schlott. His remains rest in Zion Cemetery.
-The North Canton Heritage, Vol 1, 1805-1940, by Ruth Harpold Basner,page 242.
In about 1826 and settled in Lake Township where he followed farming when later he came to New Berlin and kept a hotel on the S. E. Corner of the square. He retired from the Hotel in 1850 and for sometime resided on Lot No. 41 where his wife died in 1856.
The last year of his life he had his home with Michael Bitzer on the same lot where he Schlott had kept Hotel. While here, he was afflicted with cancer in his ear. He became desirous to be taken to his daughter Mrs. Soll Lesh, so he was carried through the fields to that place by several of his old neighbors. He lingered a few months and after much suffering passed to the Great Beyond.
He was a man who most of the time seemed to be angry and the writer was always afraid of him. He was very negative of his wife, Rebecca Schlott. He was not church a member, but a staunch Whig, but after the demise of that party, he took little or no interest in politics.
He was the father of Mrs. (Elizabeth) Benj. Lichty, Christian D. Schlott, Mrs. William Lesh, Mrs. John Shook, and a Brother of Jacob, George, Charles, and Richard Schlott. His remains rest in Zion Cemetery.
-The North Canton Heritage, Vol 1, 1805-1940, by Ruth Harpold Basner,page 242.
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