This is where it all began - for me, anyway! Rothville, Missouri. The town is actually on most maps and described in Wikipedia  Growing up it was a safe, friendly very small town. We had a Baptist and a Methodist church, our own school, post office, Grange Hall, and bank. And there was Philip's Service Station and Standley's Store. Everyone knew everyone! I once said to some out-of-town people I worked with, "The town was so small I either dated all the young guys or was related to them, and in some cases both!" Well - that was an exaggeration, but it made my point. It was a great place in which to have grown up and somehow it enabled me to adapt, fit in, and grow no matter where I later lived.  Here are some pictures of life in Rothville. The photo above is of a road now called Ingalls Road; but growing up, we called it Carpenter's, or Garr's, or Buck's Road - depending on who you were talking to. The farm on the left is Clara Lou Garr Bowlin's farm.

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Rothville Elementary School

Rothville Elementary School, Retirement Party of Ms. Watkins. My research found a Chariton Courier clipping from August 10, 1910  that list Ms. Jessie Watkins as a teacher in Brunswick, Missouri. I remember my first father-in-law James Elliott telling me his teacher was also Ms. Watkins.  chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88068010/1910-08-26/ed-1/seq-1/

Please contact with any photos or more information regarding Miss Jessie Watkins or any other Rothville School photographs you are willing to share.