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ROBERT L. HOTTEL, of Hagar, Reynolds & Hottel, merchants and grain dealers, post-office Sarcoxie, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, Dec. 30, 1840. His parents, Lewis and Mildred Hottel, were natives of Virginia. His father was born Jan. 15, 1808, and died April 21, 1879, in Newton county, Mo. His mother was born Aug. 15, 1809, and died April 19, 1853, in Lawrence county, Mo. Subject moved with his parents to Lawrence county, Mo., when about two years of age. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. Subject grew to maturity in Lawrence county and engaged in agricultural pursuits until the breaking out of the war. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in the state service and continued until the spring of 1863; he then enlisted in Company C, Fifteenth Missouri Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. He was mustered out at Springfield, Mo., June 30, 1865. He then returned to Lawrence county, and soon after came to Sarcoxie and engaged in the mercantile business with Messrs. Willbanks and Schooling, under the firm name of Willbanks, Hottel & Schooling. He disposed of his interests in a few months and engaged as clerk for Gilbert Schooling in the same business. In March, 1871, he again commenced farming and followed that calling several years. On March 8th, 1880, he engaged in his present business. He was married in Jasper county, Mo., Aug. 3, 1869, to Miss Rhoda, daughter of Wm. and Elizabeth Simmons, of Sarcoxie, but natives of Tennessee. Mrs. H. was born Dec. 10, 1846, in Bradley county, Tennessee. This union has been blessed with two children: Edgar Vinton, born May 27, 1870, and Henry Frank, born Oct. 13, 1876. Mrs. H. is a member of the Methodist Church; Mr. H. is a member of the I. O. O. F, and Masonic orders. Mr. and Mrs. Hottel have a pleasant home surrounded with a wide circle of friends and enjoy the fullest confidence and esteem of all.