Birth Date: 2 July 1823

Death Date: 15 October 1868

Gender: Male

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Alexander Ott, Birth Date: 2 July 1823, Death Date: 15 October 1868, <p>He arrived in Salt Lake on 23 Oct. 1854. His obituary states that he came with his mother, who died en route, but their year of travel in the obituary is incorrect. Based on several sources it appears that he came on the Unknown company in 1854 when his mother died of cholera, and then in the Horton D. Haight/Frederick Kesler Freight Train in 1859.</p>
					
					<p>In 1859, he was the Chaplain, recorder, and historian for the company. His wife was also with him. According to FamilySearch Early Church Information Records, a blessing record given 9 March 1855 by Isaac Morley in Palmyra New York, lists his birth year as 23 Nov 1824 in&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 14px;">Oppeln, Selesia, Prussia Germany. It also lists his mother as Wilhelmina and his father as John M. Ott.</span></p>
					
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Alexander Ott

He arrived in Salt Lake on 23 Oct. 1854. His obituary states that he came with his mother, who died en route, but their year of travel in the obituary is incorrect. Based on several sources it appears that he came on the Unknown company in 1854 when his mother died of cholera, and then in the Horton D. Haight/Frederick Kesler Freight Train in 1859.

In 1859, he was the Chaplain, recorder, and historian for the company. His wife was also with him. According to FamilySearch Early Church Information Records, a blessing record given 9 March 1855 by Isaac Morley in Palmyra New York, lists his birth year as 23 Nov 1824 in Oppeln, Selesia, Prussia Germany. It also lists his mother as Wilhelmina and his father as John M. Ott.

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1847–1868

Alexander Ott

Company Unknown (1854)

Horton D. Haight/Frederick Kesler Freight Train (1859)

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