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In the 1907 history of DeKalb County, volume II, the author wrote: Samuel Rote has found in the rich agricultural resources of De Kalb county the means not only for a livelihood but for the acquirement of a comfortable competence, for here he has spent his entire life, having been born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1844, while today he owns a well improved farm of eighty acres on section 26, Mayfield township. His parents, Henry and Esther (Carpenter) Rote, were born in Pennsylvania. The father, hearing favorable reports concerning the new and rapidly developing west, made his way to this state in 1856, and followed farming in Mayfield township. Samuel Rote acquired his education in the common schools of Mayfield township while spending the days of his boyhood and youth under the parental roof. He was early trained by his father to the duties of the home farm, assisting in the work of the homestead property until starting out upon an independent business career, at which time he chose the occupation to which he had been reared and this has continued to be his source of revenue to the present time. He is now the owner of a well improved farm of eighty acres, situated on section 26, Mayfield township, and here he is engaged in raising the cereals best adapted to soil and climate and through the careful cultivation of his land he is rewarded each year with rich harvests, his products finding a ready sale on the market, where they command the highest prices. Mr. Rote was married February 18, 1868, to Miss Christina Yonkin, and their union has been blessed with a son and daughter: George C, who follows farming in Mayfield township; and Alice, now the wife of Robert R. Renwick, a resident farmer of this township, and whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. While believing firmly in the principles and policy of the republican party, Mr. Rote has never been active in political ranks, and aside from serving as pathmaster for one term, has never filled public office, preferring to give his time and attention to his private business affairs. Mrs. Rote is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Sycamore, and Mr. Rote attends its services. He is well known in De Kalb county, where his entire life has been passed, and is recognized as a most honorable and trustworthy citizen, well deserving of mention among the highly esteemed residents in a work of this character. References
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