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LOUIS ROTT, cashier, Homestead, was born Oct. 22, 1844, in Badenhausen, near Hartz, Germany, a son of Christian and Louise (Mahn) Rott, natives of the above-named place, where the former thoroughly learned the blacksmith’s trade, which later he followed in Pittsburgh for Newmyer & Graff. Mr. and Mrs. Rott had three children: Frederick, Christian and Louis. Louis received his education in Pittsburgh, and learned the retail drug business with W. J. Redcliff, with whom he was six years. He then served sixteen years with B. L. Fahnestock in the same business, and six years ago came to Homestead, where he opened a drugstore, in which he still retains an interest. His excellent character in both social and business circles preceded him, and he is today one of the foremost men of the town. He started the I. O. O. F., of which he has been secretary four years. He is a charter member of Boaz Council of the R. A., the I. O. H., a member of the Golden Eagle, the Stuckrath, and the Masonic fraternity. Since the organization of the First National Bank, Jan. 3, 1888, he has been cashier in that institution. In 1876 Mr. Rott married Arabella J. McCandless, who has borne him four sons: Louis Ed., Robert George, Charles H. and Albert J.