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BIRTH OF JOSEPH'S & MARY EMELINE'S CHILDREN

CHURCH RECORD OF JOSEPH ELMER'S BIRTH 
Father: Joseph Mott, son of Ajadia Mott and Maria C. Marooni **
   born 2 Aug* 1860, Larvazan, Salorm, Italy 
Mother: Mary E. Mott, dau of Jesse J. Kelly and Mary M. Hunt
   born 2 Aug 1868, Perry County, Tennessee
Child: Elmer Mott, son of Joseph Mott and Mary E. Kelly
   born 26 Oct 1886, Morgan, Conejos, Colorado
(Information from Richfield Ward Records of Members 1884-1941, FHL film 2769)

* Note: His wife Mary Emeline was born August 2, 1868. Maybe because her birthdate was so similar to his (Aug 12, 1857), Joseph may have adopted her birthdate as his also. Or maybe he actually didn't know his own birthdate.
**Note: Through DNA testing and extensive research, we now know that his parents names were Egidiantonio Sarli (1817-1860) and Maria Carmela Marone (1821-1869) of Laurenzana, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy. (The Marone surname was key in finding the correct birth family.)

THEIR FOUR SONS 
1) Joseph Elmer Mott born 26 Oct 1886, Morgan, CO; died 22 Mar 1970, Westminster, CO.
2) Joel "Heber" Mott born 8 June 1889, Morgan, CO; died 12 Jan 1960, CO.
3) Jesse Oscar Mott born 25 Dec 1891, Morgan, CO; died 18 Jan 1892, Morgan, CO.
4) Jacob Lyman Mott born 13 June 1893, Manassa, CO; died 24 Oct 1968, Alamosa, CO.

"Elmer remembers his father as a very neat, clean cut, kind man. He remembers Jake running to meet him and being tossed over his head and having good times playing with the boys. Also, his pride in their appearance. He often took them back to wash and comb them over before he would start some place with them. (excerpt from Gwen Mott's letter, January 7, 1973)

from transcript of Elmer Mott's tapes, June 1974:
"I can remember when we set the haystack corral afire. I was about six years old then. . . Me and Alma Kelly went. They wanted to roast some potatoes and we took 'em in the house in the fireplace, and Grandma Kelly would'nt let us roast them. So we took her potatoes and went down to Pa's barnyard and corrals, and there was a haystack in there. And we made a fire to roast the potatoes and it got in the haystack and burnt the haystack, corral, barn, and everything." (1892 or 1893)

"There was some excellent talent in the early days. There were dramas and an orchestra organized by William Woodward. The very first dance orchestra was Jordan Brady, Will Thomas and Joseph Mott. Joseph Mott played the large harp in this first dance band. Whether the other two played anything different from violins is not stated. There were no pianos in the settlement then."   
(page 115, Clarinda's Story of San Luis Valley Roots, by Clarinda K. Sewell)

Joseph Louis Mott died August 4, 1894, about a week before his 37th birthday.  It seems that he died of a telescoping intestine after working hard in the fields.