PETER THOMAS JEFFERSON LOTT (1843-1908) Parents of Ernest, Burton, Waiter, Gertrude, Cornelius and Henry. wife, DELCENA (CROW) LOTT (1859-1926) Peter received an honorable discharge from the 21st Reg. of Penn. cavalry on July 8,1865. A teacher's certificate was issued to him in Pennsylvania in 1873. His membership certificate of the Presbyterian Church of Gettysburg was forwarded to him on April 6,1874. Teacher's certificates were issued to him in Dickinson Co. , Kansas in January 1876, and October, 1876. In March of 1881, he was married to Fila Delcena Crow. To this union the six children listed above were horn. In 1900, they bought the southwest quarter of 18-11-2 (Richiand township, Ottawa County, Kansas) for $1500. The taxes for that year on the quarter section were $20.28; taxes in 1909 were $30.29; in 1919 $56.46; in 1924, $80.93; and in 1931 they were $124.68. Their children grew up and lived in the Bennington community and many of the grandchildren with their families live in Ottawa County at the present. MARKLEY FAMILY HISTORIES This information taken from a biographical history of Central Kansas THOMAS AND ELIZABETH WATSON MARKLEY: Many folks residing in the Bennington area are descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth Watson Markley, also known as Betsey Watson Markley of Cambridgeshire, England. Thomas Markley was one of a large family at the time when one of his brothers drank from a pool of impure water which brought on an attack of cholera that spread throughout the family, carrying away all but four, Thomas being among the surviving members. He came to America in 1853 and located in Niagara County, New York and finally emigrated to Michigan where he died. His wife was of Scottish decent and came to the United States in 1857, with nine of her twelve children. Two daughters had died in their native country and her son, Israel, had come to America the previous year. She located in Lake County, Illinois, and came to Kansas in 1865 to take up land for her family of boys. Here she met the usual experiences of life on the frontier, but was a brave and determined woman. She died in Minneapolis in 1878. This information taken tram a biographical history of Central Kansas published in 1902 ISRAEL MARKLEY: Israel Markley, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Watson Markley, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, May 5,1834. He came to Kansas in 1857, locating in Franklin County where he purchased a tract of Indian or Trustee Land which he held unimproved for seven years. In 1858, he and Jacob Link, who was to become his brother-in-law, took up some land in Saline County, built a cabin and bought some cattle. In 1864, he sold his improvements and took up one hundred and sixty acres of land in the Solomon River Valley. After the purchase he returned to Saline County for his cattle and as he traveled across the country, he slept with his clothes on, fearing an attack from the redmen and equally dreaded jayhawkers. In 1860, Israel Markley was married to Mary Link, daughter of Christian and Catherine Robb Link. They went to Lawrence by oxen in quest of a justice of the peace, there being no one nearer with authority to perform the ceremony. Then they came to Ottawa County and lived in a covered wagon until the cabin was built and sometimes they found their temporary quarters uncomfortably cold. Mr. Markley came to the valley on account of the water power, afforded by the Solomon River, intending to carry on the milling business. In June, 1865, he began to build a dam. There was no grain raised in the locality at that time, but he had faith in the future of the country and realized that the broad level prairies would some day be transformed into rich grain fields. He put in a pair of burrs. His primitive mill had no roof, save a covering of buffalo hides, to protect the stones from the weather. He also built a sawmill of primitive construction. In the first mill, he ground corn and graham flour of the finest quality. His was the first mill in this part of the country and people came for one hundred and fifty miles or more with their grists. The dam which he built was the oldest on the Solomon River, and the second oldest in the state. The dam at Leavenworth being older. From pioneer days, Mr. Markley carried on the milling business, keeping in touch with the  improved methods and with his modern machinery and equipment; he had one of the best mills inthe state RETURN NEXT