Do you have any idea which Gilberts moved to Sarcoxie and started a flower farm? The name Sarcoxie Mo rings a bell. Archibald and Elizabeth Robertson Gilbert were the parents of William Crawford Gilbert and several siblings the oldest born in Roane Co TN the rest including William. William and his wife Nancy Jane Wormington Gilbert lived in Bowers Mill MO until about 1877 when William built a board house out on the prarie where Stott City is now. There was nothing there then.. He then built a bunch of board houses out there and sold them. Everyone was amazed at the idea of building so many houses. He sold them all and was in Pierce City Lawrence Co Mo in 1882. Possibly at his in laws Jonathon "Hawley" and Sarah Ferguson Wormington. In 1884 they were living in Eureka Springs Arkansas. William bought some land there and built a lumber mill there. This is where his luck turned. He was careless with his boundrys and built half of his mill on city property. It was a financial didaster. He had to tear the building down and never did rebuild it. I really appreciate all the information about Bowers Mill and Stott City. I wonder if it was one of Willam Crawford Gilberys brothers that went to Sarcoxie? Patricia Lindsay Clemons

I WAS WRONG< It was Gilbert WILDES, that started Nursery in sarcoxie Sorry Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <LndsayRose@aol.com> To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > Do you have any idea which Gilberts moved to Sarcoxie and started a flower > farm? The name Sarcoxie Mo rings a bell. > Archibald and Elizabeth Robertson Gilbert were the parents of William > Crawford Gilbert and several siblings the oldest born in Roane Co TN the rest > including William. William and his wife Nancy Jane Wormington Gilbert lived > in Bowers Mill MO until about 1877 when William built a board house out on > the prarie where Stott City is now. There was nothing there then.. He then > built a bunch of board houses out there and sold them. Everyone was amazed at > the idea of building so many houses. He sold them all and was in Pierce City > Lawrence Co Mo in 1882. Possibly at his in laws Jonathon "Hawley" and Sarah > Ferguson Wormington. In 1884 they were living in Eureka Springs Arkansas. > William bought some land there and built a lumber mill there. This is where > his luck turned. He was careless with his boundrys and built half of his mill > on city property. It was a financial didaster. He had to tear the building > down and never did rebuild it. > I really appreciate all the information about Bowers Mill and Stott > City. I wonder if it was one of Willam Crawford Gilberys brothers that went > to Sarcoxie? > > Patricia Lindsay Clemons > >