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3- 9-1822
6- 8-1822
10-12-1822
10-12-1822
12-14-1822
(6-11-1825)
11-12-1825
6-10-1826
MOTE, con?Tnu^
V/illiam appt to comm
David &ss Smith, Zeno, Markus &Linus rocf West Branch MM, .O,
dtd 10-20-1821
William appt Overseer at Honey Creek mtg
Joseph Si fam get West Branch MM
David &fam get West Branch MIyl, O
Isaiah con his uking too much strong drink
Aaron get West Branch MM, O (already rem)
Isaiah dis mcd
Sarah corppl for att mod &jas^_9^-1826
ChJ
1834, 4, 24, Zeno, s David &Miriam", Ulami
Co., 0,; mat West Branch, Deborah JONES,
dt John Ss Sarah (McKee), Miami Co., 0,,
d 1893,5,17 (Zeno d 1895,4,—)
Ch! Jane b 1835, 3, 17 d 1859, u.i.G
bur West Branch
1836,
1837,
1B39,
1841,
4,
0,
2,
5,
21
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5
John J.
Orrin L,
Ethan A.
Llnnlas
Thos,
Clarkson 1842, 11, 25 d 1878, 6,24
bur West Branch
David b 1844, 10, 23
Daniel H. " 1846, 12, 7
bur West Branch
Anson b 1849, 7, 19
^bur West Branch
Albert
Louis b 1052, 1, 9
1834, 10,« 83. Luke Smith [Motte], s David
Miriam (Mendenhall), Miami Co., 0., b
—,— at West Branchjm Charity J. JONES,
dt Elisha tt Sus anna (Hollingsworth), Miami
Co., 0,, b lai:',6,13 d 1894,6,22 bur West
Branch
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" 1848, 6,26
d 1850, 9,89
Elisha J. b 1836,
9,
21
Arena E.
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s.
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Wm. Aldin
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1840,
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27
Celestia
Susan
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1042,
7, 22
Mary Melons
1!
1844,
11,
17
Arrladne
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1847,
s,
15
Marcus Ben
son
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1850,
3,
29 d
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1891,8, 29
Cordelia
Bayes b 1852, 12, 4
» —> —• David, Jr. d 1817,3,4 bur West
Branch; m Dorcas d 1817,9,17 bur
West Branch
1836, 3, 24. Johin LMotte] Jr., s John & Ra
chel, Miami Co., 0.; m at West Branch,
Lydla IIASKET, dt Isaac & Rebecca, Miami
Co., 0.
, —, —. Marcus m Rhoda STEDDOM
Chs Kirk
Linus b 1840, 1, 28
Samuel
Steddom " 1842, 9, 15
1848, —, —, Linus, s David &Miriam, d 1887,
9,12 bur West Branch; m Hannah GRAVES, d
1881,—bur West Branch
Linus m :nd Rebecca (Reeder) HARVEY, wd
Jehu
1849, 2, £2. Mary m Jehu BALLARD
» . Enos m Martha Ann HERD, dt John
G. & Sarah, d 1856,4,17 bur West Branch
Ch: Alvale
Eugene b 1851, 1, 27
Ledru Rol-
lin " 1853, 6, 22 d 1884, 8,28
1856, 8, 14.
Branch
1858, 8, 8,
Branch
1859, 10, 28.
Branch
1863, 4, 23.
1864, 3, 24.
Edwin
Enos b 1856, 8, 7
> —y Joseph, 3 David Jr., b 1828,10,
18; mMartha P. PAINTER, dt Thos. &Mary,
b 1832,11,6
Ch: Wm. Oscar b 1858, 3, 24
Mary Ellen " 1854, 1, 3
1853, 11, 24. Margaret S. m Solomon HOOVER
1654, 9, 3. Lydla [Motte], 2nd w John, dt
I. HASKETT, d bur West Branch
1 —» —• Samuel T,, s John it Rhoda T.,
b 1826,9,25; m Anna Maria MACY, dt Aaron
& Matilda M., b 1835,8,21
Ch; Lydla
Chloria b 1855,
7, 14
Rhoda
Matilda
n
1857,
7|
16
Louis Kos-
suth
n
1859,
5,
15
Mary
Elizabeth
n
1662,
2,
13
John Frank
lin
II
1863,
6,
5
Enos,s David & Miriam, d bur West
Mary, dt Dr. John, d bur West
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John, s Dr. John, d bur West I
BDNDY I
Elizabeth C. m Joseph J.
Arena E. m Samuel KERSEY
, —, —. Ledru Rollin, s Enos & Mary Ann
(Reed), d 1884,8,28; mMary Olivia DEAN,
of Splceland, Ind.
1931, 2, 88. Lottie d
1807, 5, 83.
1811, 1, 19.
1812, 10, 22.
1813, 6, 24.
1813, 10, 28.
1813, 10, 28.
1813, 12, 23.
1814, 7, 88,
1814, 7, 28.
•p, 1614, 8, 25.
MM
1814, 11, 24.
1816, 10, 24.
MM, dtd
1816, 10, 24.
b Ind.
1820, 12, 16.
Ind.
1821, 4, 21.
1821, 10, 80.
MM, Ind.
1882, 4, 20,
1822, 6, 17.
Rhoda Teague
1828, 11, 16. David & s, Luke, Eeno, Marcus &
Linus, roof Honey Creek MM, Ind., dtd
1822,10,18
Timothy con mcd
William Jr. con mcd
William Jr. dis disunity
Jonathan Sr. dis
Jonathan Jr. dis mcd
David, s Jonithan, dis mcd
Timothy dis disunity
William Sr. con mcd
Aaron con mcd
Jeremiah & fam get Lick Creek
Aaron get Lick Creek ili, Ind.
Jc3^n Commons prcf White Water
1816,9,28, to m Eilzabetn Mote
William Jr. get Lick Creek BIM,
David & fam get Honey Creek MM,
Jeremiah dis disunity
•David te fam get Honey Creek
Elizabeth recrq
John Jr. get Union MM, to d
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Genealogy File
MARCUS M3TE
MARCUS ^K?^E
Marcus Mete, son of David and Miriam Mendenhall Mote, was bom June 19, 1817
near West Milton, Ohio . Marcus was a fifth generation birthright American
Quaker. His parents were menbers of West Branch Monthly Meeting of The
Religious Society of Friends.
Mote moved to the Waynesville, Ohio area in the late 1830s. He taught at the
Turtle Creek School in Warren County, Ohio, just southeast of Waynesville in
1836 and 1837. At that time, he attended Quarterly Meeting in Waynesville
(Miami Meeting) vbere at one time he was clerk of the Meeting. Miami Meeting
members protested his art work. Quakers at that time as earlier were traditionally
not schooled in the fine arts.Such interest and vocations were considered "worldly"
and "frivolous" and were not accepted by the religious gmup vhich advocated
plainess in all aspects of daily life. Mote's talents and art work almost got him
dosowned by the Meeting.
While teaching at Turtle Creek School, Mote was taken with Rhoda Steddcm, one of
his students, also a fifth generation birthright American Quaker. Marcus and
Rhoda were married November 11, 1837 at the Orthodox Friends Meeting House at
Waynesville before moving to West Milton vhere the first of their childrai were bom.
The couple retumed to the Waynesville area with their family a few years later.
They resided in a two story brick hcme on the old Middletown Road near Turtle Creek
Friends Meeting House in a neighborhood settled by Rhoda's family. The house still
stands and in 1989 is owned by James Thombury. Marcus planned to use an unfinished
roan in the home for his studio and may have for a short period. However, most of
his work centered in Lebanon, Ohio, Warren County seat, vhere he frequently painted
portraits at the Golden Lamb Inn. He also painted in the surrounding villages vhile
keeping Lebanon as a base for his airt work.
Marcus found it difficult to collect debts. His portrait work was not popular with
the public at first. He tumed to other work to make a living. Mote decorated
stagecoaches for the H.T. Reeks Omnibus Ccnpany at Waynesville. The following is an
excerpt of a letter written by Marcus to his father on "Firstday morning, 11 mo.
6", 1847:
"van. Chenoweth the blacksmith was married a few days ago. I shall
finish H.T. Reeks Omnibus in 2 or 3 days. He has engaged to
build 5 more, 3 of them to go to St. Louis. He wishes me to do
the Ornamenting. I will if he will pay up; but he appears hard
pressed at present. John Hadden only gave him 12 hours to make
arrangements to pay $600, which spoils his arrangements to pay
his hands".
He also drew plans for buildings, nade maps for Quaker Meetings in Ohio and
Indiana, designed election posters and drew advertising pictures of plows,
carriages and fumitrure for various businesses.
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Mote's work included pen and pencil, water color and then oil. He developed
lithography and did daguerreotypes and specialized in "post mortem photographs"
frcm v^ich he frequently painted portaists. His Lebanon, Ohio studio was in a
small brick building adjacent the old Court House on Broadway Street across from
Ihe Golden Lanb Inn. Lebanon's municipal Town Hll in 1989 occupies the site of
the old Court House and Mote's brick studio is gone. At the studio, his first, he
eaught a small group of girls. This was in the 1850s.
Marcus and Rhoda Mote moved their family fran Waynesville to Richmond, Indiana
Deceniber 26, 1866. They transferred their Quaker meeting certificates to
Whitewater Friends Meeting. At Richmond, Mote opened an Accademy of Design and
continued painting portraits.
Mote's techniques began to diminish frcm his paintings along with his touch after
his move to Richmond. His students often assisted with his later paintings
leaving little of his own talent visible.
Mote reopened his Lebanon, Ohio studio in May 1868. During his time in Warren
County he painted at Waynesville, Lebanon, Springboro, Cincinnati, Miamisburg
and Richmond, Indiana. He painted fran 1837 until circa 1892. He painted
hundreds of works including floral and fruit still life, landscapes. Biblical
scenes and large "Panoramas". His mos prolific period seemed to be frcm 1859
to 1867.
He borrowed frcm such subjects as "Paradise Lost" for his large panoramas vhich
were executed from the mid to late 1850s. The panoramas were alwasy featured at
Wayensville at the village Opera House. They were also diown in LEbanon at the
Town Hall and city churches.
Mote was formally uneducated in fine art and had no lengthy studies or orservations
of ther artists since itinerant artists didn't stop at Quaker hones. Quakers
discouraged fine art since it was considered too "worldly" and a "mischief". In
his youth. Mote worked with colors made from clay, charred wood, natural
materials frcm the nearby woods and bluing frcm his mother's washtubs. He also
made his own bruches frcm hair frcm a squirrel' s tail.
He did give brief instruction to the nationally recognized Quaker artist/sculptor,
Eli Hairvey. As a young man, Harvey attended one of Mote's lecture seminars at
Wilmington, Ohio. Harvey was one of very few of Mote's students vho became
professional artists.
Mote's family, especially his Quaker mother, discourgaged and ignored his talents
but this didn *t ^elch his deep passion and desire to paint. His mother once
remarked: "I do believe this mischief was bom in thee". Years later she told
Rhoda Steddcm jus before her marriage to Marcus: " Marcus will smear and mark thy
windows continually with pictures, but thou must bear it, with no harshness. That
is a part of his life."
As he became more popular and made money, even the most staid and steadfast
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Quakers sat for their portraits. Quaker subjects sure easily identified by
the plain, unadorned style of dress that v/as popular with them until after
the Civil War. The Quaker plain gray, brown, black and vhite held with
elderly Friends until 1876 or after. Quakers eventaully adopted the Victorian
modes of dress but without jewelry or luscurious ornament.
Mbte painted the local gentry as well as some famous Warren County, Ohio
visitors. ' In November, 1843, he painted two portraits of United States
President, John Quincy Adams at the Golden Lamb Inn. Adams sat for the
portraits \rfiile visiting Lebanon v^en he came "west" to dedicate The
Cincinnati Observatory for Ormsby Mitchel November 5, 1843.
Mote's early works were always signed "M. Mote Artist". These are his best
works, according to authorises. Hiey were unaffected by his distraction
brought on by teaching. ^
One of the catalogue of his paintings in Warren County Historiccil Society
Museum in Lebanon, Ohio is narked: "Lydia A. McGindley's brother-
Waynesville-$35.50". Another dated 1863 simply states to "check vho he
painted in Lebanon-write Masonic Lodge:. Mote did several portraits of Ohio
Governor, Thcmas Corwin. He also painted a neighor's "cow" in carparison.
He was often only paid iron $8.00 to $15.00 per parting.
Mate's portraits are flat in s^jpearance. Probably due to the lack of professional
training. He also had a photography business in LdDanon prior to his move to
Richmond, Indiana and this could account for some of the flatness since he may
have worked frcm photographs in seme instances.
Mote's landscapes cu:e somber and scmevhat dreary. They reflect a primitive sort
of technique coupled with Quaker simplicity. His early assistants at the Academy
in Richmond, Ind. were always wcmen. And he didn't always get along with these
assistants ^o often provided the balance of finishing work in his later pcdintings.
His students were mostly young wcmen. It was fashionable in Waynesville in the
1850 period for young wcmen to attend sewing schools and to take art lessons
where available. I feel that his students developed a style much like his own.
A painting done on tin in a private home in Harveysburg, Ohio has definite
Mote characteristics. The painting of a large vhite bird at the foot of a water
fall was dene by a Hcurveysburg Quaker woman , the grandmother, of Grace Smart Frost
v^o in 1989 is age 91.
Marcus Mote was 5 feet 2 inches tall with light brown hair. He was clean shaven
with blue eyes and a ruddy headthy catplexion and "an eternally youthful look".
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Marcus Mote's ancestors originated in Ireland. In the 18th century, they
moved to England. David Mote, Marcus' father, was the son of Jeremiah Mote
(bom 1769) and Georgia May Butler, daughter of William and Ann Butler, v^o
settled in Miami County, Cftiio in 1802 having moved from Virginia. Jeremiah
was the son of David and E)orcas Nichols Mote vho were also early settlers in
Miami County, Ohio. David was the son of Jcaiathan and Sarah Mote of near
London, England. Jc^iathan and Sarah emigrated to Chester County, Pennsylvania
and then to. Dinwiddie County Virginia prior to 1733.
Marcus Mote died February 26, 1898 at Richmond, Indiana. His great-granddaughter,
Mrs. Lena loms, now deceased, was the last of his direct line to live in
Warren County, Chio.
Researched and Written By
Dennis E. Dalton
Cotmunity Historian.
Mary L. Code Public Library
1989
MOTE
D.Dalton-January 1982
from 1975 notebook
Marcus Mote, Ohio's famous Quaker painter, lived at the home of his
father-in-law, Samuel Steddon, across from a a short distance down
the road from Turtlecreek Friends Meeting House. Marcus was born in
I8I7 and worked much of his painting career in Waynesville where he
was once involved in painting aaiia omnibusses.
The Mote durname has been traced back to England. Historical records
show that Thom de la Mote was a tax payer in Essex, England in 132?
under the rule of King Edward III.
The name originated in France, Mott, Motte and Mote, from De La Motte,
a town of Cotes du Nord, France.
Marcus was of one of the three lines that settled in Maryland. There
were three Mote brothers, Jonathan, John and William who sailed from
Newgate, England on the ship Patapscoe March I7, i?!a I728 and arrived
in Maryland. There were 96 persons aboard.
Jonathan Mote then settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. John Mote
settled in Northern Georgia. William died of smallpox while in service
to the colonial American Army. William was unmarried.
Jonathan later moved to Georgia. He later moved to Iowa and then
moved to Ohio in 1810 settling on I60 acres of land which he farmed
until I860 and then returned to Iowa where he lived out his life on a
600 acre farm and died there in 1873•
^HnaikanxKaxxbaKHxxHxi^^fi A second Jonathan Mote is mentioned in family
records as Jonathan Mote, Jr. born 1790 and died I876. He was twice
married. His first wife was Susanna Kessler and they had 10 or 11
children. His second wife was Catherine Bowman and they had 3 or ^
children. Jonathan and Marcus were cousins.
It is believed that Jonathan was a member of Miami Monthly Meeting
of The Religious Society of Friends at Waynesville.
NOTE: iVIrs. Leonard Bailey, 107^5 N. S Troy-Sidney Road, Piqua, Ohio
^5356 and Mrs. Loren Todd, R.R. # 5f Union City, Indiana-are descendants
of Jonathan Mote.
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the Pee Dee as the waters Mow southward between Montgomery
and Stanly counties. The larger mountains of the range are
Shepherd, Carraway, Back ("reek and Dave's, and can be reached
in a brief drive from OreenstxTo.
Geologists recognize the Uwharries as one of the oldest
mountain ranges in America, advancing two theories; l.st, as of
the Ocoees, thought to be of the pre-Cambrian poriod, or 500
million year.s ago in geological time; 2nd, of the early Paleozoic
Era which reduces their age by a hundred million years.
The meaning of the name is obscure. It may I)c of Indian
origin, or it may bo Welsh.
The Uwharrie Wildlife I^Ianagement area covej-s 1'1,000
acres of National Forest land in Montgomery and Stanly counties,
and is administered cuoperativelv by the North Garolina Wild
life Resources Commi.sslon. ' '
This is the vicinity of North (birolina from whence came the
early families of this vicinitv, the Mast, Hoover, Waggoner,
Mendenhall, Fouts, Waymire, Sheets, Quillan, ('oble.
Some of the Hoover family noted in their writings that they
were born near Shepherd Mountain.
When the party started on Sept. 10, 1801, it was composed
of sixty-four persons, all related by marriage. They chose the
route over the Blue Ridge mountains, thence to Abington, Gum-
bcrland Gap, Crab Orchard and Lexington, crossing the Ohio
River at Cincinnati, thence to Dayton and on north to the vicinity
of the present town of Union, wltere most of them located on both
sides of the river, and a few coming on north into what Is now
Union Town.ship. TIic Stillwater River was then known as tlie
west brand, of the Little Miami. The family names of this group
were Hoover, Fonts, Yount, Waymire, Coble. Mast, Davis, .Mote,
Jones, Parry, Pearson. Newman, .Meinlenhall, Sink.-, Plummer,
Davenport, Waggoner, (Juillan. They eamped at Ridgc\ ille over
the winter and arrived in this vicinity March 20, 1802. David
Hoover, Sr. and David Mast, had made the land entries for tlie
group at Cincinnati on the way north. These people composed
the early membership of Rocky Springs, Mill Creek and West
Branch Quaker Meetings.
SECOND GROUP
The second group to leave North Carolina was composed of
Hutchins, Cox, Curtis, Swallow, Bceson, Watkins, Staley, Gregg,
Davis, Johnson and others. They .started from Rockford, North
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jP"^^lttort '%a5'''ooened ton the l Mo. 7, 1807. It waa set off from Miami Monthly Meeting by au^orlty
-"^^^wiJ^\uarteyiy'Meeting,'Pa., and was the »cond monthly meeting to be established in south-
meeting: for worship had been established at lost Branch about two years earlier.
W Jl ilet of names or Prlendfl who were early members of West Branch Monthly
ffWnry Co^te,-jane Coppoek, John Coppock, Abiather Dayls, Rachel Davis, an elder,
A^eo-i^^reey^i^aBc ttoliingawprth, Jaotes Hollingsworth, Nathan Hollingsworth, Sarah
Hollti«^^^ Hoover, Benjamin Iddings, an elder, Phebe ^
't^S^s!^Me?y ^d:ones, Bamuei-Jones,'-an elder, Mosea Kelly, Betty McCool, Gabriel McCool, Elizabeth
llc6oriAld,-<;bhr«h' McDonald, Caleb Mendenhall, Susannah Mendenhall, Jeremiah rfotg.
Tlabtiyr Mote, Henry Nqal, Rebecca-Heal, William Neal, Ephralm O'-'^en,
0%Ua^Ptttiy,'^Et»^ PeaTsdn^^Marjr.Pearson, Sarah Pike, Ann Russell, Luranah league, Rebecca league,
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKBTCHEf
end taught twoteras ofschool in Minmi ('•». Hi'lUna: tins lam!.
Im riace where he now resides, in ; lie lia.-' H'H arrt-s <•! laud.
I'liildings f-reci.-d Uktcou. In
be married Miss Catherine, a daughter (»f .Jiwoh LnriiH. wl... uas n
KmtAomery Co. To the union of Mr. and Mrs, Morse •',s vinldivn
flJeen, til., Aldeba. Marv. Clara. Alice. Minerva and Unn, Nl; Mis
I men, having begun life emptv-handcd, but l>y iiKl'.sirv and
4 meaiieroeQt, oonpled with fmgality. he ha.s aeconiplishe<l llio givni ..hu-i-t m
a jjood home—and is now enjoying the shades ot retin-tneni
LTJKS AiTH mote, farmer ; 1'. 0. 'M'opi Milton wa.'. horn Aul' '-l. l^U
1« IUn4(aph Township, Montgomery- Co.. Ol.io ; his parent.-^ were lUivid Mot.- and
lfotam<£«i0ohaU) Mote; ' they settler! first in Montgomery Co, in 1^1 i. but in
-1^ inOV«dto Miami Co. Per^ns bearing the surname Moie (inon- eorreeliy
MoCte> liJOM In marriage ooanection with the family, were nutneneall> larn
and boMaocffispicuoUB part among the first settlers ml nion Umnsini., Mnmn
Oo OWo^aOtonly in olawtag out farms in ttie forest, but aso in making up i a
flart obeieb ed civil orgaidaations; the first emigranta (.t tins name emne ou i
ftOtt near Loodon, to Pennsylvania, swn after it.s first betlleinent. i ie>
^verettana bmttieft. John. Jonathan and William : John went into the , outh. ,
^ MtUad in Northern (leorgia ; William died of sinall-|^.v while in s.-n -
W» of'Dm Colonial army (unmarried); Jonathan remaiiie<l in Iennsylvamu. in-
iwinChiafcor Co,; the eariy settlers in this township bearing the tuinil\ name
Me bit deaomtdanta ; bis son David, who marrie<l Dorcas Nichols also removed
^ 8<ir«d settied in Columbia Co.. Ga,; Ihey had len ehddren b<.rn u>
them, fir aoM and four daughters ; their names and re ative ages an-^ ,
iJiarttM«t. David, Rachei, Jonathan. Mary. "ftiUiam. John,
LMB^^macbed adult age (except. Doreafl. who dietl in childhmd) and weie
up fliSies (except Darid, who died in his 27th yenr) , l.av.,1
Mot« 8a aforetaid, or Grandfather David, as he was cslk-d lived most of his days
on tha bordem of civilization, where much wild game abounded, and therefore
WkMM verr expert in the use of the rifle ; he mentioned, among other lU^ras of
bl*«*P«iSe in hunting, thathe bad killed two deer at ashot thirteen tim.'s.
behad killed three ; this expcrtness inthe use of the rifle was apjw
r^v Imaded down to some of his descendants, a of whom debghWd m
the <Aaae, and could number Abe slain of the wild herds of the foresta t.y t^-
•OMie, and avcn hundreds; in person, he was of medium height, of squau ami
ratbo* heavy build, tboughfnl and given to taciturnity ; he and his wife accompa
^^Tiiidren when they came'to Ohio in^802 ; his mental and ph.^s.eajf^^
-lvan«d. bis st.p being elastic and bis ey.
tiAtotoM UP to the close of life ; he die<l at his son John s of g^tnt s. on the
Mawh, 1817, aged 84 years, being the oldest of
tombip; wife, Dorcas, died the following Noveraiier m bor _6tb
stated, Mid David Mote. Sr., and bis sons and dau^iters and their fame
liea, were atthe first emigranU in these parts ; Jeremiah and ^ iHiam.
bTtbdir frtfeer and mother, came in September. 1802, and the rest soon
TWe part of the county being noted for its many large cold springs, whu h
SJLri tJrwaters, ttip>blmg oyer the rocks, into the time-wom gorgc^
fifty o^ixty fteot on their way to the river, affording many mill pn\ ikges. wen
Jriv sowrfet out and selected for homes and sites for mills ;
those «rSe &rm now owned by Mis. Thomas Vwe ;he built the first ^'nck
there o« this livar, north of Dayton, in 1810. which is still st^njng: he du-d tW
away in April, 1839, of gastric derangement, like his father, in hi.s ^^
be^ofi tbefcmUy name of his descendants remain mthese parm. Wilhatn M.-i. s
bis brother Jonathans on the southwest; Johns «id Jeivmml. s
tems MhSree miles directly south, on the Montgomery Co. line, John a
widely known as Dr. Mote ; the early settlers were uuu h
Iltta^i, cWUt and malarial fevers, fri>m impurities of the atmoj.p!iere h\
DNIOH T0W2»B1P.
stagDADt w&tar and decaying timber ; be being the only doctor inUhm Mte, Ml
time waa much Uken np in adminiBtering to tfae aicfc and affiicted; beeeeS laiap
praotioal expenence in that dav; there was agreater mortaittr in hia after iS
tied in life, fVom pulmonary dweaae. Jereeiiah a
childrra had married aad aetti
also aocouDted a good norae among the sick, and more ofaready vrltar tfaimonll.
nary in that early day. he waa Clerk or Secretary of the Meoik' Mwlllli Neal>
log at Weat ilraarh in ita flrat ornnization, and the old dNieek aatrnMe Ma to hia
handwriting . Ma wife waa Mary Botler, a native of DurbaaaWra, Bi^aad ; tbay
had the feHnwtag cbtMren born to them, William, Darid. A*im, Aoa and
I>orc*a <twtoa died in infency), Jeremiah, iMiah. Mary, Suaaaaa, SMab, ffhUiM
Hannah and Ranoh, all of whom grew to mature age, were manM aa4 had toM^
lies ; be ramfved to Vigo Co., Ind., where he died in1820, aged M yean j tMr
sons aad dangbtera nearly all remained and lived in that Stake DidW JCMtob
Jr., ana of Jeremiah, married Miriam Mendenhall, daughter of n.UK«,^
Mafdenltad, and seUled in Randolph Township, Montgomery Co., a4tototo8 Mto^
Co.,' daey had five children (eons) bom to them, viz., Luke Smitfe, daM^aieaa,
Limu aad Kaoe, who all grew to adult age, married and settled iaitfh.f to
beretoovad to Vigo Co., Ind., but, onaccount ofmalarial fevers, thskallBgtodk ldl
the early settlers in those Western prairies, be returned toOhio totha fettafIsE
and settled in this township ; be was a prominent member of tha did fctoijr
Chttrob sk We^ Branch, as its records show; he lived ona <htm, btd a ear.
{^ter shdfs bciag handy with tools; be made house fhmiture, wockkd feekgfhto
time St tfar carpenter's trade and inthe machine-shop, setting upaMflBbMy dJf
woMen-milte : M taught, also, hia eldest boysthe useof tools; btDoa dMBt
had eaployoasat enough in rough weather in his shop; be often sgokaAr^ 'w
advaaseges be labored under by lack of more literary knowledge; very ^pW-afJfth
early Settlers had any opportunity for school learning, save in the <
menu he pmdted by what little be did get, and was aooonsfeed
t«a(A wiuir i< tfae early schools, and was carefel that his ebftdyei
better nlutetieiiU advantages than he had ; be died at his own hnim
1Dg th«'^h unto lot at West Branch, Sept. 23,1862, inthe70thyearof bto*i
his mm* live In thatvicinity. Luke Smith, the fild«et,marriedCliaritoJf«" —'
of Klishtt firom South Carolina, inOctober, 1834 ; tbetr ohuii w•««.
Areo^ K.. VUiiam Alden, Celestia S., Mazy M., Arrie L., N. BsosoaaMM
B.. tbwo SOWN and five daughteri; the eldest, Elisha J., isa pbotagnplMl^j
hraiK'to'H. is Hii^imond, Ind.; William A. is a portrait patotar to tbt Ml
. both i^lain»*ag to do no work of the ordinary clSM; the daughton MO-I
floral and 'wuamental work. L. S. Motte is the odgtoator of aoMl
^i^ds of fruits; the k>ve of the IM
cultrm- >)f fioerfruits and fiowen, with him, f4>peArs to beinpglato
ha\'tnf «Ui#M and practiced medicine when vounger to htoIttto
prefiatvi to ha* r>ame. but oflater years be declines foU^ng this
in «>vs« •! ommm in women and children. Marcus Motte, toird mwcf
n of note, also paints in superior style fimits
i-hoirv • t' iJMdk "«vupotlos was innate in him, having followed fk
The S»»f.ily «-aUwv acted for longevity, also for tiw^t irait of
siona aawi arc' k,; m • ludgment free of all bias (rf mind, by
There a'c ?. . « this large family oonnectioa bes
]i\ing tbr -- »at tkis writing; the greater part....
IiKliaas and b • wiA^wapd. Some families aze in Batow^
Park*- • rm.. tor.- >.<1 •. few to Illinois. Mary lies intsned to
ut WeMt Rr«w% I-rMi grandfetfaer David and wife aadi
Mtlliasii. Jesa' iuhJ daaghters Mary and
dr> ti. grawlctitidni'M «•« nwt ut prMbend rqxw bewiSik
M>>te i ti.- Ki.ri\ Hettleatent and its family cMHHfl.
htxiy of UiikI Mr :th of Milton to the countyline, and for haVfe
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BiriUKAPHfCAL BKETi'Ht>
west and oortb of Ihe village ilrtu. ^ i! Uiis i-
|Mrt hmfmmd Mt of their haada.
IhsMlifasof Samuel and Francie Joues, frinn Wull
an tbsH f#lbt Pattys andsome othern are rulaU'ii to tti-
', (Mah tmd Joseph Meodenball. wbu live^l near \\>'t
)'/ieas^Pli'*a* Mswdeiihau, who w&a tbe son of Jamca ^vuiU-^h^ll Wli<> wiic
Aaidb, «mthe aon of Jobo McodeubAll. the euii^ismf Fr^ l/tiirlanji
TUs MiCsM^tement is made to shorten a lon^
back tfaiisifl.dnii or five geneiations of tliis family mAssprica Aj»o4(
lies before me. ruuniug back t<> thr Id-fh
BttM wiiMPiXicded, at that remote period. Mile dc Milo.
iaos*JSOSMtly» MUdieahaU. Some branebes of the faiuiis )n
IMMd-ltQiis.af neUing up to the present time; but tin ^py^rVpsii
it The f^ilj resilience in Great liritain Wis A Wiitsht T^'
town aiKl^klbti^ where tbev liveiJ. took the family uanir
TbOSS-.tlSO bcothera, Caieb and Joseph, married sistA-r-^^UaarvCvia
QardlWi)* -Hw MMMleahaiiaemigratcHl to Pennsylvania fi& .sam^
tiusJNnaiWeBtoAmstioa. and were residents ofChi-Hter Oft rt'l-y
the albcwMMd bsothsra, went south, where bis wife ami part \
bytbs^idiiflMiBGsQrgia, during one of the wars with the <'u'
bsdlSMWout pnMpecting in the Northwest Territory earl^
tturmgb tbs Miami Valley ; he cajne to Ohio the next spriiid
WsyBemtito> Warren Co., he removed into what was afU?rw CouM'^/
jbUowing Bsjttember (1803) and settled on the farm now '/At€d by T\
His brotbfiSjJoaeph came out the next spring (1803).
The chikben of Caleb Mendeuhall wea' Miriam (wib' ^fi<|
mother of.tbs writer of these notes), Gritllth. William. Su^. A'w-
{TboouksVCaffiar (Thomas), Caleb, Charity (Watts). IllKxta >f ati>
soas all uamovsd to Indiana and died there, and part of the dn > -rs
the iaatare liviiig, of all the family, at this writing.
Joseph Mendenhall's children were Mary (IJiown). T.-.e-'. Ru-.-
dlsQfl, Lydta(McDonald), Anna (Ma(.\v), Ruth (Bolinger). KiitiM - {kee :
(Cosspton) a^ Joseph ; all deceased except three daugbtor^
The characteristics of those two brothers above name<l »• .»i-
in many points. Caleb was more disposed to study. (}uietu-'
spending considerable of his time in reading and acquiring
only had a limited education. Joseph, on the other hand, was stir- ru';i)u
ruming around, seeing to his farming and other l>iisiness • < (> w .
the finer f^uita, and brought with him from North Carolina h.>w
ap(^e<seed; frcun these he raised trees for his orchard, which pr^X'^a.-ed p-
Tarietiea.t Hie apples, in that early day, were known far and »^r hp '
the country ; so it was an easy matter ibr bim to dispose of u » «nr]>i
was noted aa the first tanner in those parts, though pcrliap* '> kiu>i<
about the trade than his brother Caleb; he generally hired '>•- wor>
when ready ibr ule, it had none of the finish or completcne!\> it
has in our day, neither was it deyoid of that pleuliful liquid w-
kind termed the "sole." Bui people were impatient of delnwi lu dr\
and, as this was the only tan-yard iu reach, they would ru<^ t-ayiim
pound for tincture of bark. Hence, Joseph was enabU^^i from t
to add acreage to his landed estate, from tliis certain incom*
" •BftlfKtod Am Nutuckft.
t Th* ladam, Nmraadbwr tta»lr HranivM In tb^ ffTQDliif, Abot and killed Aide, ^-laet -hiii,
•toM tor ha &aer, who wu (rlodlof on ox, uid tbi- m.itkcr out In the mliklUH --i. ab< n- ali-
•DWt. TbofhBillrl^iCAttered, fledand Morottd tbeatelTM. Thn dorkoeta of (fa e-'Ril:
la OMtklag Ibelr OOMpe,all exoepl Joeeph; be wm kiuieked down and taken prltf.--'.' »n<l wo* t
«Me mnthi, tm MMpaed by bit Atber.
{AoB oae 0^ tiMie,the "SUIIwatttr Swr<>t," hU Krande^n, L, 8. Mute, rvpr-Ktuvd ibu<ic t>
IlijSr. W^piig, ri(., "Mole'i Sweet ** and"Oleitla '
MARCUS MOTE
MARY L. COOK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Ohioana Room
Genealogy Verticil File MOTE
Marcus Mote, son of David and Miriam Mendenall Mote, was born
June 19, 1817 near West Milton, Ohio. His parents were members
of West Branch Monthly Meeting of The Religious Society of Friends
(Quakers). Marcus was a fifth generation birthright American
Quaker. His Mote ancestors originated in Ireland and in the 18th
century moved to England. David Mote was the son of Jeremiah Mote
(b. 1769) and Georgia May Butler daughter of William and Ann Butler,
(J. and par.)first settlers in Miami County Ohio in 1802 moving
there from Virginia. Jeremiah was the son of David and Dorcas Nichols
Mote who were the first settlers in Miami County, Ohio. David was
the son of Jonathan and Sarah Mote of near London, England. Jonathan
and Sarah moved to Chester County, Pennsylvania and then to Dinwiddie
County Virginia where David was born in 1733.
Marcus taught at Turtle Creek School in Warren County, Ohio 1836-37
and attended quarterly Meeting at Waynesville being clerk at one
time which lead to a protest of his art work and nearly got him
disowned by the Meeting. Rhoda Steddom, also a fifth gneraltion
American Quaker, was a pupil at Turtle Creek School. Marcus married
her November 11, 1837 and they moved to West Milton where there sons.
Kirk Linus and Samuel Steddom were born. They returned to Warren
County where Henry, Jennis and two babies who died in infancy were
born.
Marcus planned to use an unfinished room in his home on Turtle
Creek for a studio but since most of his work-centered at Lebanon
instead he painted there working in neighboring villages. He also
found it difficult to collect debts and he turned to other work to
make a living. He decorated stagecoaches for the H.T. Reeks
Omnibus Company at Waynesville:
Following is an excerpt of a letter written by Marcus
to his father "Firstday morning 11th mo. 6" 1847"
"Wm. Chenoweth the blacksmith was married a few days
ago. I shall finish H.T. Reeks Omnibus in 2 or 3 days He has
engaged to build 5 more, 3 or them to go to St. Louis. He wishes
me to do the Ornamenting. I will if he will pay up; but he
appears hard pressed at present. John Hadden only gave him
12 hours to make arrangements to pay $600, which spoils his
arrangements to pay his hands."
He also drew plans for buildings, made maps for Quaker Meetings in
Ohio and Indiana, designed election posters and drew advertising
pictures of plows, carriages and furniture for various businesses.
His work included pen and pencil, water color and then oil. He
developed lithography and did daguerreotypes and specialized in
"post mortem photographs" from which he frequently painted
portraits. He opened a studio in Lebanon first in a small brick
building adjacent the old Court House on Broadway (now site of
Town Hall) where he taught to a small group of girls.
Marcus and Rhoda Mote moved from Waynesville to Richmond, Indiana
December 26, 1866 where they reauested certificates for them and
children from Whitewater Friends Meeting. Marcus opened an Accademy
of design and continued painting portraits.
Mote's techniques began to diminish from his paintings along with
his touch after his move due to teaching. His students assisted
with his later paintings and this left little of his own talent
visible.
Mote reopened his Lebanon, Ohio studio in May 1868. During his
time in Warren County he painted at Waynesville, LEbanon, Springboro,
Cincincinnati, Miamisburg, and Richmond,Indiana. He painted
from 1837 until circa 1892. Painted hundreds of paintings, including
floral and fruit still life and landscapes and Biblical scenes and
large "Panoramas". He seemed to be prolific from 1859 to 1867.
Mote was untranied and had no observation of other artists since
itinerant artists didn't stop at Quaker homes. Quakers discourgaged
fine art since is was considered too "worldly" and a "mischief".
Mote worked with cloros from clay, charrred wood, natural materials
from the nearby woods and bluing from his mother's washtubs. He
made his own brushes from hair from a squairrel's tail.
His family, especially his Quaker mother, discouraged and ignored
his talents but he had a deep passion and desire to paint. His
mother once said: "I do believe this mischief was born in thee."
Years later she remarked to Rhoda Steddom just before her marriage
to Marcus: "Marcus will smear and mark thy windows continually
with pictures, but thou must bear it, with no harshness. That is
a part of his life".
As he became more popular and made money, even the most staid,
steadfast Quaker sat for their portraits.
Marcus was 5 ' 2" tall with light brown hair, clean shaven, blue
eyes, ruddy healthy complexion and an eternally youthful look.
His early works were always signed "M.Mote Artist". These are his
best works, according to authorities, before he was "distracted by
teaching".
One of the catlogue of his paintings in Warren County Historical
Society Museum is marked : "Lydia A. McGindley's brother-
Waynes vi 11e-$ 35 . 50" . Another dated 1863 simply states to "check
who he painted in Lebanon-write Masonic Lodge". He did several
portaits of Governor Thomas Corwin. He also painted a neighbors
"cow". He was often only paid from $8.00 to $15.00 for a painting.
Marcus Mote died February 26, 1898 at Richmond, Indiana.