DR. THOMPSON ROTEN (1828 - )
Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri Biographical Record, 1896:
A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson Co., Missouri -- Thomas Roten
Success is not a matter of genius, but a sound judgment, ability and perseverance, and that Dr. Roten is numbered among the leading physicians of Kansas City is due to his possession of these characteristics. The record of his life is deserving of a place in the history of his adopted state, and we gladly give it a place in this volume.
The Doctor was born near Scottsville, Kentucky, 10 August 1828, and is a son of John and Anna (McReynolds) Roten. His father was a farmer by occupation, and was also a native of Kentucky, his birth having occurred in Allen County, 27 November 1800. In 1830 he removed with his family to Putnam County, Indiana and located on a farm. In 1843 he removed to Platte County, Missouri where he made his home until 1851. He died in 1887 at the ripe old age of eighty-seven years. His wife passed away some years previously. Their family numbered seven children, but only two are now living, the other besides himself being Mrs. Elizabeth C. Ferrill, a resident of Dayton, Missouri, and the widow of Milton Ferrill, who died in 1895. The Doctors paternal grandfather was Nehemiah Roten, a native of South Carolina, who removed to Kentucky when a young man. In that state he died at the extreme old age of one hundred and ten years. The maternal grandfather, James McReynolds, was also a Kentuckian, and died at the age of sixty-five years.
The Doctor was reared in Putnam and Hendricks Counties, Indiana and took advantage of the opportunities offered by the public schools to acquire an education. After his removal to Missouri he taught school for five years, and in 1848 took up the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Hunn, of Platte County, Missouri. After his admission to practice he opened an office in Oxford, Missouri where he remained until 1862, when he attended medical lectures in the St. Louis Medical College, and was graduated from that institution with the class of 1859-60. The following year he removed to Barry, Clay County, Missouri and from Clay County them moved to Bates County. In 1876 the Doctor moved to Appleton City, St. Clair County, Missouri and practiced there until 1882, when he moved to Odessa in La Fayette County, where he remained four months, and purchased property at Garden City, Cass County, where he practiced until November 1889, when he removed to Kansas City, his present home. Here he soon built up an excellent practice and has always enjoyed a lucrative business.
The Doctor has been married twice. In 1849 he was joined in wedlock with Miss Ruth E. Nevill, of Wellington, Missouri, and to them were born eight children, but only three are now living: Mrs. Julia A. Burch, of Bates County, Missouri; Mrs. Elizabeth F. Lytle, of Kansas City; and Mrs. Emma Nolan, of St. Joseph, Missouri. In 1878 the Doctor was united in marriage with his present wife, Mrs. Lourenna M. Bowling, nee Turner, formerly of Appleton City, Missouri. They have a pleasant home at No. 906 Independence Avenue, where the Doctor also has his office. He and his family attended the First Christian church, and he is deeply interested in all that pertains to the moral, educational and material welfare of the community.
St. Clair Co., Missouri History, 1883, page 1010:
History of Appleton City - The physicians are W.E. Shelton, P.E. Calmes, M.B. Kincheloe, T. Roten and C. E. Wing.
1850 Platte Co., MO Census Parkville:
30 October, Line 42
13/13 Thompson, Rotent, age 26, male, Clerk, $200 real estate, born KY, married within the year
Ruth Rotent, age 19, female, born MO, married within the year
Julia A., age 6/12, female, born MO
1860 Gentry Co., MO Census Township No. 65:
Page 247, line 37
1643/1639 Thompson Rhoten, age 35, male, Physician, $1000 real estate, $3000 Personal estate, born KY
Ruth, age 30, female, born MO
Julie, age 10, female, born MO, attended school
Sarah, age 9, female, born MO, attended school
Wm. T. Rhoten, age 4, male, born MO, attended school
Henry I., age 3, male, born MO
Elizabeth F., age 1, female, born MO
1860 Gentry Co., MO Census Township No. 65:
Page 247, living next door to Thompson Rhoten
John Rhoten, age 60, male, farmer, $1200 real estate, $3070 personal estate, born KY
Barbara Ann, age 56, female, born KY
Elizabeth C., age 17, female, born MO
John H. Rhoten, age 21, male, born IA, married within the year
Elzah, age 17, female, born MO, married within the year
1870 Worth Co., MO Census Green Township:
Page 9, Line 38, 13 August, Allendale P.O.
67/68 Roten, John H., age 31, white male, Physician, $1400 real estate, $400 personal estate, born IN, over age 21
Elza, age 30, white female, keeping house, born MO
Henry, age 1, white male, born MO
John S., age 9, white male, born MO, attended school
Hattie V., age 3, white female, born MO
Thompson, age 2, white male, born MO
Hallie, age 6, white female, born MO
1880 St. Clair Co., MO Census - Appleton Twp, Appleton City:
Page 25, Dist. 6, ED 225, 12 June
221/227 Roten, Thos., white male, age 54, married, Physician, born KY, both parents born KY
Laurena A., white female, age 43, wife, keeping house, born MO, both parents born KY
Chas. P., white male, age 24, son, single, attended school, born MO, father born KY, mother born MO
Emma L, white female, age 15, daughter, single, attended school, born MO, father born KY, mother born MO
1880 Cass Co., MO Census Dayton Township:
Dist. 6, ED 91, Page 23, 10 June
9/9 Ferrill, Jas. W., white male, age 38, married, Physician, born MO, both parents born KY
Elizabeth C., white female, age 37, wife, married, keeping house, born MO, father born SC, mother born KY
10/10 Ferrell, Mortelles, white male, age 67, married, born KY, father born KY, mother born SC
May J., white female, age 63, wife, married, keeping house, born KY, father born KY, mother born MD
1880 Worth Co., MO Census Green Township:
Dist. 7, ED 285, 5 June
25/25 Willhite, Robert, white male, age 36, married, farmer, born MO, both parents born KY
Elisabeth, white female, age 35, wife, married, keeping house, born OH, both parents born PA
Lillie M., white female, age 11, daughter, single, attended school, born MO, father born MO, mother born OH
Oscar, white male, age 8, son, single, attended school, born MO, father born MO, mother born OH
Francis, white male, age 2, son, single, cannot read or write, born MO, father born MO, mother born OH
Crow, Hellen, white female, age 25, boarder, single, Teaching School, born IA, both parents born OH
25/26 (house on Robert Willhite land)
Roten, Elisa, white female, age 40, sister, widowed, Home with Brother, born MO, both parents born KY
John S., white male, age 18, son, single, farmer, attended school, born MO, father born IN, mother born MO
Hattie V., white female, age 13, daughter, single, at school, attended school, born MO, father born IN, mother born MO
Thompson E., white male, age 12, son, single, attended school, at school, born MO, father born IN, mother born MO
1900 Cass Co., MO Census Dayton Township:
Dist. 6, ED 30, Page 8B, line 70, 23 June
163/164 Ferroll, Elizabeth C., head, white female, born January 1844, age 56, widowed, 0 children, 0 living, born MO, father born SC, mother born KY, can read & write, speaks English, owned home free
1900 Bates Co., MO Census Pleasant Gap Township:
Dist. 6, ED 18, Page 4B, Line 80, 11 June
74/76 Burch, James, head, white male, born January 1849, age 51, married 28 years, born MO, both parents born VA, farmer, unemployed 0 months, can read & write, speaks English, owned mortgaged farm, farm # 71
Julia A., wife, white female, born March 1850, age 50, married 28 years, 4 children, 3 living, born MO, father born IN, mother born MO, can read & write, speaks English
Russell, Ray, foster son, white male, born March 1889, age 11, single, born MO, father born IN, mother born IL, attended school 2 months, can read & write, speaks English
74/77 Wolf, Frederick, head, white male, born December 1865, age 34, married 4 years, born OH, father born Germany, mother born PA, farmer, unemployed 0 months, can read & write, speaks English, owned mortgaged farm, farm # 72
Stella, wife, white female, born November 1873, age 26, married 4 years, 0 children, 0 living, born MO, both parents born MO, can read & write, speaks English
1910 Cass Co., MO Census Dayton Township:
Dist. 6, ED 32, Page 7B, Line 52, 30 April
129/129 Ferrell, Elizabeth, head, white female, age 66, widowed, 0 children, born MO, father born SC, mother born KY, speaks English, Church & Care, can read & write, owned home free
Appleton City Cemetery Records:
ROTEN, Ruth E. b. 31 January 1830 d. 03 March, 1876
ROTEN, Sarah A. b. 07 September 1851 d. 19 September
1880
