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Notes for Simon RUBOTTOM

This was in the Rubottom family of America, book by T. W. Rubottom. It was written by Denis Montgomery, Nephew of Clarence and Roxie Rubottom. It states that Simon was the one who came over from Wales, instead of what we know now was actually Thomas Rubottom, who married Phebe Dixon. I do not see a date when this was written.
Alaine Rubottom, Preciado
Madera, California

HISTORY OF THE RUBOTTOM FAMILY AND WAYNE COUNTY
Simon Rubottom cameos from Wales to Chatham County, North Carolina, some time prior to 1770. The exact date not known. He was single when he came to America and came over with his uncle.
Simon was a surgeon in the Revolutionary War under General George Washington. Little is known of the medical training, however, it is believed that he had medical experience in Wales, as a young man, before coming to America. In those days men took up the practice of medicine as a vocation if the desired, or had an aptitude for learning about the common ailments of people, without actually attending a school of medicine, which were few at that time.
The name of Silmon wife is not known. He was married and living in Chatham County, North Carolina in 1770, where his son Ezekiel was born. Simon died in North Carolina.
Ezekiel Rubottom was the son of Simon Rubottom, born in Chatham County, North Carolina in 1770.v *
Ezekiel was married first in North Carolina to Miss Bettis, the daughter of a Dr. Bettis, a survivor of the Revolutionary War.
Ezekiel brought his family to Tennessee in 1803. The name of Ezekiel and Miss Bettis's children are not known, or when his first wife, Miss Bettis died. He went back to North Carolina after living in Tennessee for two years. It is believed Miss Bettis died in Tennessee and Ezekiel went back home to North Carolina.
In the early part of 1806, Ezekiel came to Missouri, to the area now known as Patterson. He came in a party with Elijah Bettis, Ransom Bettis, Overton Bettis, Elijah Matthews and a Mr. Alston, from North Carolina. These men were all related by blood or marriage. The Bettis boys were Ezekiel's brothers-in-law, brothers of his deceased wife, Miss Bettis. Elijah Matthews and Mr. Alston were brother-in law of the Bettis boys also.
The first settlement in Wayne County was where Patterson now is. The village was known as "Isbell's Store" before becoming known as Patterson. The first settlers were Joseph Parish, Thomas Ring, David Logan, Charles Logan and Robert A. Logan. They came to the Patterson area from Kentucky in 1802.
Ezekiel Rubottom met Joseph Parish's daughter, Parmelia, and took her as his second wife in 1810. Ezekiel went back to North Carolina during the year of 1806, and brought his property to Wayne County, to make his home. He entered eighty acres of land in what is now known as Lower Lake Creek, near the mouth of Big Lake Creek, where the creek runs into the St. Frances River. Joseph Parish entered land near where Patterson now is, and Robert Logan's land adjoined his. Charles and David Logan and Thomas Ring, entered land on the St. Frances River. Isaac E. Kelly, Tillman Smith, James Caldwell, And Frances Clark also settled in the Patterson area about this time.
Ransom Bettis married Polly Kelly in 1811 and lived and settled near where old Greenville was located. Elijah Matthews and Mr. Alston settled on Otter Creek. A short time after settling on Otter Creek, Elijah Matthews and Mr. Alston became involved in some difficulty over a domestic problem. In a fight, Matthew struck Alston on the head with a hand spike, killing him. Matthew was tried for murder but claimed he acted in self-defense and was acquitted.
Ezekiel Rubottom was a man of considerable wealth, was known as a leader, and extraordinary ability to get things done. He brought slaves with him to Missouri from North Carolina. The slaves cleared the land of timber that he entered in Wayne County, with only crude hand tools.
Ezekiel was a gunsmith and a blacksmith by trade when he came to Wayne County. He worked for the Indians and successfully carried on trade with the Indians that inhabited Wayne County at that time, Principally the Delaware Tribe. The Delaware Indians were friendly and brought to the early settlers immense quantities for furs and skins, which they traded for powder and shot, or sometimes trifles that delighted their hearts, but were of little value. Ezekiel Rubottom was a favorite with the Indians among the early settlers in the county. He was credited with the fact that friendly relations existed between the white settlers and the Indians, due to his work and trade with them.
The area was not known as Wayne County at this time. This was the territory of New Madrid. In 1815, the Territorial Legislature passed an act dividing the Territory of new Madrid and forming Lawrence County.
In December 1818 an act was passed forming Wayne County from a part of Cape Girardeau County and a part of Lawrence County. The new Wayne County was often spoken of as the "State of Wayne" due to its size.
Ezekiel was one of the five commissioners appointed to fix upon a site for the first public buildings in Wayne County. The other commissioners were Overton Bettis, James Logan, Solomon Bollinger, and William Street. Until the Seat of Justice was located, the courts were ordered to be held at the home of Ransom Bettis.
The first Wayne County Court House was a two story, hewed log building, built in 1819, on the bank of the St Frances River, on Spanish Grant No. 787, in Greenville. This building stood until 1849 and was then replaced by a brick structure, which burned five years later in 1854. The building was rebuilt, and completed in 1856. This building burned in 1892.
Ezekiel Rubottom was elected to the State Legislature in 1882 and served two terms. He also held the office of county Judge, County Treasurer, and Justice of the Peace, for many years. He was a member of the Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge. He was a man of considerable influence in the county. He died in 1857 at the age of 87. His wife Parmelia, died in 1844 during the cholera epidemic.
Ezekiel Rubottom's second wife, Parmelia (Parish) Rubottom was also known as Amelia. Her father, Joseph Parish, Was born near Richmond, Virginia and served seven years in the Revolutionary War. He was in all of the principle battles that were fought under General Green and was at the siege of Yorktown. He lived to be 86 and his wife to age 87.
Dr. S. N. Rubottom** was a son of Ezekiel and Parmelia Rubottom. He was born in 1833 in Greenville. His parents had moved to the town of Greenville from their farm west of town after Ezekiel was elected to the state legislature. The Capitol of Missouri was then at St. Charles, Missouri, on the Missouri River. Dr. Rubottom was the eleventh child of Ezekiel and Parmelia Rubottom. His mother died in 1844 when he was eleven years of age.
After his mother died, he lived the next nine years, until he was 20 years old, with his brother-in-law, Dr. V. M. Capp. He began the study of medicine and attended St. Louis Medial College one term. he began practicing medicine in Greenville in 1861. In 1859 he married Miss Eliza Wiscarver, the daughter of John and Elsie Wiscarver of Cape Girardeau County. They had seven children.
In 1866 Dr. S. N. Rubottom moved to a 120 acre farm on Cane Creek, 16 miles northwest of Poplar Bluff. He was an earnest worker for the cause of education, a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Farmers Alliance. He died in the decade of the 1800's, exact date not known***.
Lafayette Rubottom was a pioneer farmer in Wayne County, the son of Ezekiel and Parmelia (Parish) Rubottom. He was born November 1, 1824, on land entered by his father, about 2 1/2 miles west of Greenville.
In 1888, when Lafayette was 64 years old, he owned 280 acres of land and lived on the farm. He was considered one of the best farmers in the county. He had slaves and had considerable wealth by standards in the latter part of the 19th century. His property was neat, well kept and he produced livestock and crops from the land above average for the community and county.
In 1862, Lafayette enlisted in Company A, Eleventh Missouri Infantry. After serving twelve months, he was transferred to the Cavalry and served faithfully for 2 years and three months.
Lafayette Rubottom married Martha Creasy of February 7, 1850, by whom he was the father of six children, Ezekiel C. Rubottom, Mary E. Rubottom, Frances P. Rubottom, Richard M. Rubottom, Benjamin H. Rubottom and Sallie P. Rubottom. After Lafayette's death, Benjamin Rubottom continued in the same tradition of his father, one of the better farmers in the county.
Ezekiel C. Rubottom was also a successful farmer and Baptist Minister in Wayne County. He went to Texas to make his home.
Ben H. Rubottom was born August 7, 1965 on the farm. He first married Phoebe Edwards on November 16, 1893. To this union three children were born: Clarence L. Rubottom on August 12, 1894, Gladys, May 30, 1896, who died at age of 1 year, 7 months and 2 days on January 1, 1898, and Raymond Rubottom, November 5, 1893. Raymond Rubottom went to Colorado and later went to California and reared a family. He married Hazel Hughs in December, about 1919 or 1920. Phoebe (Edwards) Rubottom died November 13, 1898.
Ben H. Rubottom married Sallie Hunter, a sister of Joe Hunter, a long time resident of Wayne County, now deceased. Sallie had three other brothers; John Hunter, Frank Hunter and Will Hunter. To the union of Ben and Sallie Rubottom, three children were born; Roger Rubottom, Ira Rubottom, and Robert Eli Rubottom. Ben Rubottom died on September 21, 1917 on the farm where he was born, at the age of 52 years.
Clarence L. Rubottom, the son of Ben and Phoebe (Edwards) Rubottom, is now retired and residing in Silva, Missouri. He has lived his entire lifetime in Wayne County. He was Sheriff of Wayne County from 1937 to 1941. He was a Deputy Sheriff for twelve years. He worked for the U.S. Government, Corps of Engineers from April, 1941 to April of 1958 when he retired. Clarence is a weather observer for Greenville, reporting weather to Memphis and Columbia Stations.
Carrying on the farming tradition of the Rubottom Family, Clarence is an excellent gardener and growing one of the best vegetable gardens in the vicinity he lives.
Clarence Rubottom married Roxie Ward of August 12, 1917**** Three children were born of this union. Thomas Benjamin Rubottom, Phoebe Elizabeth Rubottom and William Ward Rubottom.
Thomas B. Rubottom lives in Memphis, Tennessee and is employed by the U. S. Government Corps of Engineers, and at the age of 55 will have thirty years of service. First born Thomas B. Rubottom was born March 3, 1919And he married Wanda Barrett on February 14, 1948. They have no children living, having had one daughter, Mary Jean, who was born in 1963 and who died in infancy. Thomas B. Rubottom's home in Memphis is certainly a showplace due to the well-kept lawn and shrubbery, caring on the tradition of the Rubottom's who preceded him with the same talent.
Third born; William Ward Rubottom was born June 17, 1930, at Greenville, Missouri and now resides in Cahokia, Illinois. He is employed at St. Louis, Missouri by the Nooter Corporation where he is a foreman and a respected employee of the firm. William Ward married Jean Davis and of this union two children have been born: William Michael Rubottom was born in 1952 and a daughter, Debra Kay. Bill is an excellent worker with metal being able to make tools and utensils from raw material showing the talent that Ezekiel Rubottom, who came to this county in 1806 as a gunsmith.
Second born, Phoebe Rubottom, was born April 5, 1921 at Greenville Missouri. She married Jim Lentx and now lives at Salva, Missouri. She has one daughter Connie.
Connie married Norman H. Hansen, a United States Navy career man and of this union, tow children: Cheryl Anne and Clarence were born.
This concludes eight generations of the Rubottom family going back to Simon ( actually Thomas) Rubottom, who was born in Wales. At the present time Clarence Rubottom and his wife Roxie, are the only Rubottoms now residing in Wayne County when at one time in the early history of the county, there were probably as many as fifty Rubottoms living in the county, who played a large part in the settlement and development of the area, economically, politically and otherwise serving their community and county in many ways.
The Rubottom family name has had various spellings: Ruebottom, Rhubottom and Rubottom, since the Rubottom's have been in America. The name originated from Roebotham which in Welsh history means "form residence in the depressed ground frequented by the deer". The name sprung up in Wales in the same district as Shufflebotham, Winterbottom, and Ramsbotham, somewhere in the Southeast corner of Lancashire. The first recording of the surname Rubottom was in 1546 where the marriage of Robert Rowe married Dorothe Robottom at St. Michael's Cornhill. In addition to the marriage of Dorothe Robottom recorded in 1546, Oliver Robotham is mentioned as living in Wales in 1592 and Thomas Rowbotham living in Lancashire in 1613. The name was changed from a previous spelling to Rowbotham because they dwelled in the rough valley.
The writer of this story has an interest in the history of the Rubottom family in the land homesteaded back in 1806, because he grew up from the age of one year to twenty-one years on the farm known as the "Ben Rubottom farm".
Compiled by Dennis Montgomery, nephew of Clarence and Roxie Rubottom...
* Please do not confuse Simon with Thomas Rubottom, who was actually Ezekiel's father.
** Simon Noel Rubottom
*** He died December 6, 1906
**** Clarence Rubottom would not take the responsibility of raising Robert Eli Rubottom who was 11 years old at the time of his father's death, He sent Robert away to live with foster families in Colorado.

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