Industrialist, Philanthropist. He was an automotive pioneer who founded the Weston-Mott company which built a factory in Flint, Michigan which supplied axles for Buick automobiles at the adjacent Buick assembly plant. His company was sold to General Motors and he served as a General Motors director for the rest of his life. He established the C.S. Mott Foundation in 1926 because of a deep concern about the welfare of his adopted community of Flint. Mr. Mott served three terms as mayor of Flint, Michigan (1912-13, 1918). (bio by: Gary Flinn)  Family links:  Spouses:  Ethel Culbert Harding Mott (1877 – 1924)*  Mitties Butterfield Mott (1892 – 1928)*  Ruth Rawlings Mott (1901 – 1999)*  Children:  Elsa Beatrice Mott Ives (1904 – 1988)*  Charles Stewart Harding Mott (1906 – 1989)* *Calculated relationship