Notes for Simon Noel RUBOTTOM

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Notes for Simon Noel RUBOTTOM

In the biographical section of Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri, there is a sketch about Simon N. Rubottom. On page 1088 is found the following, "Dr. S. N. Rubottom, a practicing physician and surgeon of Cane Creek Township, was born at Greenville, Wayne County, in 1833, and is the son of Ezekiel and Amelia (Parish) Rubottom. The father was born in Chatham County, N.C., in 1770, and was married first in North Carolina to Miss Bettie, daughter of Dr. Bettis, a survivor of the Revolutionary War.
Mr. Rubottom brought his family to Tennessee in 1803, and he was married the second time in 1810 to the mother of Dr. S. N. He was a gunsmith and blacksmith by trade and worked some for the Indians. He died in 1857. He was once or twice a member of the Legislature, when it convened at St. Charles. He was also for several years county judge and justice of the peace, etc. He was a life-long Democrat, and a man of considerable influence. His father was a native of Wales, and a soldier in the Revolutionary Way. Mrs. Amelia Rubottom was born in Richmond, VA, and was the daughter of John Parish. She died in 1844. Dr. S. N. Rubottom was the seventh of eight children. He attended the common schools in Missouri, and from the age of fourteen to twenty lived with Dr. V. M. Capp, a brother-in-law. Subsequently he began the study of medicine, and took one course at the St. Louis Medical College. In 1861 he began practicing at Greeneville, and has continued practicing ever since with success. He was married in 1859 to Miss Eliza, daughter of John and Elsie Wisecarver, and a native of Cape Girardeau County. Her people were early settlers of Butler County. To this union were born seven children. In 1866 the Doctor
settled on his present farm, which consists of 120 acres on Cane Creek, sixteen miles northwest of Poplar Bluff. He is an earnest worker for the cause of education, is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Farmers' Alliance."

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