Bott enjoyed music and was for a time the president of the Beverly Musical Association. His professions aren't completely known aside from the fact that he was employed by the Vaughn Grammar School while one of his obituaries stated he was a store owner in Philadelphia. They had two children, Cordelia (1890-1890) and Howard Jr.
Who was this guy and why was he writing music about the Phillies in 1895? Bott was a Philadelphia native born in 1860 and married Emma Douglass, of Beverly, N.J., in the summer of 1885.
