LEROY EVANS LOTT

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Description of Leroy by Phyllis Whitman Lott (2:45)

	Birth		06 August 1877		Lehi, Utah County, Utah
	Christened
	Baptism		13 August 1887
	Marriage		23 December 1900		Lehi, Utah County, Utah		Agnes Adamson
	Endowment		26 June 1950
	Sealed to Parents		BIC
	Death		05 March 1941		Lehi, Utah County, Utah
	Buried				Lehi, Utah County, Utah

Children

Parents

1. Ora Lott

2. Vaness Evans Lott

15 August 1903

(Lehi, Utah County, Utah)

-- Benjamin Smith Lott

3. Merrill Adamson Lott

Leroy Lott --

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4. Peter Howard Lott

-- Mary Abigail Evans

5. Evelyn Lott

6. Agnes Ruth Lott

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(From Descendants of Cornelius Peter Lott by Rhea L. Vance, 1972)

LeRoy Evans Lott was born August 6, 1877, at Lehi, Utah and died March 5, 1941, at the age of sixty-three a respected citizen of the community which he helped to build. He was the son of Benjamin S. Lott and Abigail Evans Lott, both of pioneer heritage and children of pioneer environment. His grandparents knew the hardships and trials of early emigrant days, of life at Nauvoo, of the wagon train exodus across the plains and of the primitive conditions`of early settlement life. Undoubtedly his childish ears were filled with stories of faith and courage, of fruitless struggle, and of hard-won achievement. This background, during his youth, must have done much to give to him ideals of quiet service and achievement which marked his life to its close.

Together with his brothers and sisters he received his early education at the New West Mission school of Lehi, and knew the difficulties of traveling from farm to school in all kinds of weather in order to receive that training. He was early baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the church which his immediate ancestors had helped to establish in this new and untried country.

A study of his life reveals the keynote to be industrious. Idleness he never knew. His zeal for work carried him as a young man into Ruby Valley, Nevada, where he worked for J.W. Smith; into LeGrande, Oregon, at the initiation of the sugar beet industry there; and into various occupations near at home. He worked for the telephone company in the construction and maintenance of its lines, and also for the Telluride Power company, and for the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company.

A love for the soil had been instilled into his very being during his early` life where he received a training with his parents that he used affectively in later years. He chose farming as his life's work, and took pride in doing that work well. Careful policies and close application to the task in hand, marked his efforts at all times, yet he did not hesitate to lend his support to new ideas which he thought would be beneficial to the common good. He served Lehi as City Councilman for three terms, during one of which (1930-1931) he was instrumental in establishing the Municipal Power and Light plant, acting as chairman. He was also one of the early dry farmers of the district.

On December 3, 1900, he married Agnes Adamson of American Fork. His life has been a quiet one, yet in his own way he has made it helpful and constructive. He and his wife had ideals for their children and worked to meet them. He was not of a disposition to shout to his left hand what his right hand was doing, yet often times a widow's heart has been gladdened by an unobtrusive gift of vegetables or by assistance on a piece of necessary work. He was honored and respected, loyal and liberal as a citizen, and beloved as a husband and father.

He passed away March 5, 1941 and was buried in the Lehi City cemetery on March 9, 1941.

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05/17/99