I Think also part of GILBERTS, moved to SARCOXIE and started FLOWER farm. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul E. "PJ" Jackson, Sr. <pj@istnet.net> To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > Just for clarification; Bowers Mill and Stotts City were totally different > towns about a half-dozen miles apart. I say "were"; Stotts City is still > around and in fact experiencing a little revival -- the Stearnsy Bears are > manufactured there and a lot of traffic through Stotts City has been > generated by this industry. > > As I recall, Bowers Mill was an older town, west of Stotts City on the > prairie. My dad recalls going there for "singing schools". Stotts City, > where he grew up, is a few years over 100 years old. It was originally named > Belle Plain; later called Pax; in 1898 (I think) it was renamed for its > founder, Capt. Green C. Stotts. The old Stotts home is still standing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: LndsayRose@aol.com <LndsayRose@aol.com> > To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 4:41 PM > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > > > >I have heard of BOWERS MILL.. My Grandfather was born there I think it was > >near to where Stott City is now. YOU MAY THANK JOHN WYLIE GILBERT b. MY > >GRANDFATHERS BROTHER born 1878 who so patiently explained the details of > the > >family history to me. He listed HIS birth place as the future site of Stott > >City. He also told me Bowers Mill was No More. > > His father William Crawford Gilbert built an early version of the tract > >homes on the prarie out by Stott City. A series of little board homes, > that > >sold well and made a great impression on the populace of the area, My > >grandfather was born April 20, 1869 Actually the Gilbert children born in > >Bowers Mill were born from 1867 to 1876. As I said, Uncle John listed his > >birth place a little differently so I take it might not the Bowers Mill > >location but my memory tells me that Stott City is a good place to look > > I would be quite interested in information you find on Bowers Mill. > > Patricia Lindsay Clemons > > > >

Could you be thinking of Gilbert Wild? He had the Gilbert Wild Nursery at Sarcoxie Mo.. Mary Courtney bob L cunningham wrote: > I Think also part of GILBERTS, moved to SARCOXIE and started FLOWER farm. > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul E. "PJ" Jackson, Sr. <pj@istnet.net> > To: <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 8:06 PM > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > > > Just for clarification; Bowers Mill and Stotts City were totally different > > towns about a half-dozen miles apart. I say "were"; Stotts City is still > > around and in fact experiencing a little revival -- the Stearnsy Bears are > > manufactured there and a lot of traffic through Stotts City has been > > generated by this industry. > > > > As I recall, Bowers Mill was an older town, west of Stotts City on the > > prairie. My dad recalls going there for "singing schools". Stotts City, > > where he grew up, is a few years over 100 years old. It was originally > named > > Belle Plain; later called Pax; in 1898 (I think) it was renamed for its > > founder, Capt. Green C. Stotts. The old Stotts home is still standing. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: LndsayRose@aol.com <LndsayRose@aol.com> > > To: MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com <MOLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 4:41 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] LOST BOWERS MILL > > > > > > >I have heard of BOWERS MILL.. My Grandfather was born there I think it > was > > >near to where Stott City is now. YOU MAY THANK JOHN WYLIE GILBERT b. MY > > >GRANDFATHERS BROTHER born 1878 who so patiently explained the details of > > the > > >family history to me. He listed HIS birth place as the future site of > Stott > > >City. He also told me Bowers Mill was No More. > > > His father William Crawford Gilbert built an early version of the > tract > > >homes on the prarie out by Stott City. A series of little board homes, > > that > > >sold well and made a great impression on the populace of the area, My > > >grandfather was born April 20, 1869 Actually the Gilbert children born in > > >Bowers Mill were born from 1867 to 1876. As I said, Uncle John listed his > > >birth place a little differently so I take it might not the Bowers Mill > > >location but my memory tells me that Stott City is a good place to look > > > I would be quite interested in information you find on Bowers Mill. > > > Patricia Lindsay Clemons > > > > > > >