Descendants of David Barrow Ferguson
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64. David Benton Ott (Nancy Williams Ferguson , David Barrow ) was born on 10 Mar 1842 in Middleburg, Clay Co., Indiana. He died on 30 Oct 1920 in Tropic, Garfield Co., Utah.

The following is from Heartthrobs of the West, Vol. 10:

"Duncan's Retreat was a small settlement located on the north bank of the Rio Virgin, about four miles east of Virgin City, three and one-half miles west of Grafton, and fifteen miles east of Toquerville. It was first settled in 1861 by Chapman Duncan and others, and during that and the following year, some fertile lands skirting the river were taken possession of, but these good lands were soon washed away by the action of high water in the Rio Virgin, and most of the settlers became discouraged and moved away. Other settlers moved in until the place contained about a dozen families, who built their first log cabins where the village of Duncan's Retreat later was built. The name of the place was suggested from the fact that the first settler, Chapman Duncan, retreated to other parts of the country after the floods during the winter of 1861-1862. In 1864, William Theobald was placed over the group as Presiding Elder at Duncan's Retreat. In 1866, the place was temporarily vacated because of Indian troubles, but re-settled in 1868. After the resettling, William Martindale presided in the little settlement for some time; he was succeeded by Joseph Wright, who died in 1873, and was succeeded in the branch presidency by Samuel Stansworth, who was succeeded by Moses Gibson (Moses W. Gibson), who was succeeded by David B. Ott, who in 1888 was succeeded by William Wright. In April, 1891, Duncan's Retreat was a small branch of the Virgin Ward, and as most of the settlers moved away because of continued floods, which washed away their lands, the place was abandoned. In 1930, nothing was left of Duncan's Retreat except fragments of the foundations of one or two houses, and three pear trees, still bearing fruit. The present federal highway passes directly over the site where formerly stood the Duncan L. D. S. meeting house.

In the early summer of 1864, Joseph Wright, a cattleman and butcher by trade, who lived at Duncan's Retreat, a small hamlet on the Virgin river about three miles due east of Virgin City, sent his son, William, and another young man, David Ott, both in their early twenties, to the coast over the route through Las Vegas, Nevada, and on through San Bernardino to the coast. They were to purchase a thresher consisting of a separator and the horsepower motor. What an adventure for two young men to travel over five hundred miles, alone over deserts, through canyons and over mountain passes infested with Indians. They had to go by pack train because they would each have to drive a part of the threshing machine home. They had to take six animals with them because it would need two teams to pull the separator over the two mountain passes and one team on the horsepower machine."

David married Hannah Normington ¹ on 22 Oct 1865 in Duncan's Retreat, Washington, Utah. Hannah was born on 10 Aug 1849 in Burnley, Lancaster Co., England. She died on 23 May 1917 in Tropic, Garfield Co., Utah. She was buried on 25 May 1917 in Tropic Town Cemetery, Tropic, Garfield Co., Utah.

BIRTH: General Register Office, Somerset House, London #652511
Tropic, UT Ward Records FHL F#027,364

They had the following children:

	234	M	i	Fredrick David Ott was born on 28 Mar 1867 in Duncan's Retreat, Washington, Utah. He died on 21 Oct 1867.
	235	M	ii	Thomas Ott was born on 4 Dec 1868 in Duncan's Retreat, Washington, Utah. He died on 13 Dec 1893.
	236	M	iii	Joseph Alma Ott 1, 2 was born on 12 Dec 1871 in Duncan's Retreat, Washington, Utah. He died on 19 Jan 1896 in Deseden, Germany. He was buried on 22 Jan 1896 in St Pauls Cemetery, Deseden, Germany.
				Joseph married Elizabeth Jolley 1, 2 on 19 Oct 1895 in St.George, Washington Co., Utah. Elizabeth was born on 19 Jan 1878 in Mt.Carmel, Kane Co., Utah. She died on 7 Apr 1970 in Pocatello, Bannock Co., Idaho. She was buried on 11 Apr 1970 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Shelley, Bingham Co., Idaho.
+	237	M	iv	James Robert Ott was born on 3 Jan 1873. He died on 4 Jul 1952.
+	238	F	v	Nancy Ott was born on 18 Mar 1875. She died on 10 Oct 1939.
	239	F	vi	Mariah Ott was born on 2 Feb 1877 in Duncan's Retreat, Washington, Utah. She died in Jun 1879.
	240	M	vii	Richard Ott was born on 23 Mar 1879 in Virgin, Washington Co., Utah. He died on 25 Mar 1938 in Tropic, Garfield Co., Utah.
				Richard married Christabel Jolley on 11 Oct 1905. Christabel was born on 17 Apr 1884 in Mt. Carmel, Kane, Utah. She died on 29 Dec 1945 in Tropic, Garfield Co., Utah.
	241	F	viii	Hannah Elizabeth Ott was born on 3 Mar 1881 in Duncan's Retreat, Washington, Utah. She died on 12 Jul 1958.
				Hannah married Marion Frost on 25 May 1904. Marion was born about 1881.
	242	F	ix	Lovenia Ott was born on 8 Feb 1883 in Duncan's Retreat, Washington, Utah. She died on 25 May 1930.
				Lovenia married Francis Marion Jolley on 15 Mar 1911. Francis was born about 1883.
+	243	M	x	John Ott was born on 30 Jun 1885. He died on 21 Jan 1948.
	244	M	xi	Stillborn Ott was born in Aug 1887 in Duncan's Retreat, Washington, Utah. He died in Aug 1887.
+	245	F	xii	Mary Ellen Ott was born on 29 Jul 1889. She died on 19 Mar 1978.
+	246	F	xiii	Blanche Ethel Ott was born on 12 Dec 1891. She died on 9 Jan 1974.

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