On Roswell Robert Reott’s World War I Draft Registration card of 5 June 1917 he worked as a hydraulic pump operator for Bethlehem Steel Company in Baltimore. He lived with his brother Clayton at 2136 Walbrook Avenue in Baltimore, had been born on 8 July 1891 in Bayfield, Wisconsin, was single, of medium height and build and had dark brown hair and eyes. 1187 On 1 January 1920 Robert R. was a 29 year old, single, motor engineer who lived with his widowed mother and siblings in Butler, Pennsylvania. 1323 He lived at R. D. 4, Butler on 12 April 1956.1326
”R. Robert Reott, 84, of Cliffside Apts, 325 S. McKean St, retired businessman, died this morning in the Butler Veterans Administration Hospital after an illness. He was the owner of Reott's service station and grocery store, Saxonburg Road, which he operated for 24 years until his retirement. He was a member of St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, Butler. A veteran of World War I, he had served in the 11th Infantry, US Army and was a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts of Butler. Born in Bayfield, Wisconsin, July 8, 1890, he was the son of the late Andrew and Katherine Reott. Surviving are his wife, Pearl Finnell Reott; a brother, Clayton Reott of Baltimore, Md, and a number of nieces and nephews.”1324