Rev Thomas Sanders ROTEN[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
1880 - 1969 (89 years)-
Name Thomas Sanders ROTEN Prefix Rev Born 13 Aug 1880 Ashe County, North Carolina [15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23] Gender Male Died 6 Dec 1969 Haywood County, North Carolina [24, 25, 26, 27] Buried 9 Dec 1969 Haywood County, North Carolina - Garrett Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery [28, 29, 30] Person ID I60 Schultheis Last Modified 19 Jun 2021
Father Alexander ROTEN, b. 9 Mar 1852, Ashe County, North Carolina , d. 17 Sep 1915, Burke County, North Carolina (Age 63 years) Mother Rausey Corener ROBINSON, b. 3 Jul 1851, Ashe County, North Carolina , d. 10 Feb 1919, Ashe County, North Carolina (Age 67 years) Married 4 Sep 1872 Ashe County, North Carolina [31, 32, 33, 34]
MARRIAGE NOTES:
Ashe County, North Carolina Marriage - 1800-1900 by Elizabeth Caulder, page 125:
- Married Sep 4, 1872, Roten, Alexander & Rosa Robberson by James Wagg
Family ID F21 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Cora Ida CALLOWAY, b. 7 Feb 1879, Ashe County, North Carolina , d. 22 Nov 1969, Haywood County, North Carolina (Age 90 years) Married 4 Feb 1900 Ashe County, North Carolina [35] Children 1. Ethel Mae ROTEN, b. 28 Jan 1901, Ashe County, North Carolina , d. 14 Aug 1953, Avery County, North Carolina (Age 52 years) 2. Elmer Edgar ROTEN, b. 13 Jul 1903, Ashe County, North Carolina , d. 21 Nov 1986, Macon County, North Carolina (Age 83 years) 3. Ola Rausey ROTEN, b. 22 Aug 1908, Ashe County, North Carolina , d. 20 Mar 1991, Haywood County, North Carolina (Age 82 years) 4. Lawrence Alexander ROTEN, b. 7 Nov 1910, Ashe County, North Carolina , d. 15 Feb 1984, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Age 73 years) 5. Stella Faye ROTEN, b. 4 Jun 1919, Ashe County, North Carolina , d. 27 Aug 2012, Greenville County, South Carolina (Age 93 years) Last Modified 28 Oct 2021 Family ID F18 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos ROTEN, Thomas Sanders - SS-5 ROTEN, Thomas Sanders - Death Certificate
Headstones ROTEN, Thomas Sanders & CALLOWAY, Cora Ida - Gravestone
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Notes
INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
1900 Ashe County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 210, Olds Field Township
- Age 18, married to Cora for 0 years
- Born Aug 1880
- Born in North Carolina, father born in North Carolina, mother born in North Carolina
- Occupation was mechanic
- 4 months unemployed
- Can read, can write, speaks English
- Rents house
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1910 Ashe County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 27, Old Fields Township
- Age 29, married to Cora for 9 yrs
- Born in North Carolina, father in North Carolina, mother in North Carolina
- Speaks English
- Occupation was shop mechanic
- Self-employed
- Can read and write
- Renting house
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Birth certificate of daughter Stella Faye Roten, dated June 1919:
- Age was 38
- Living in Beaver Creek, Oldfield Township, Ashe County, North Carolina
- Occupation was mechanic
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1920 Ashe County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 329, Old Fields Township, Page 163B
- Age 38, married to Cora
- Owned free of mortgage
- Can read and write
- Born in North Carolina, father in North Carolina, mother in North Carolina
- Speaks English
- Occupation was house carpenter, wage earner
- Farm schedule # 245
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1930 Haywood County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 70, Ivy Hill Township
- Rents home valued at $2000
- Age 49, married to Cora I. Age at first marriage was 20
- Able to read and write
- Born in North Carolina, father in North Carolina, mother in North Carolina
- Speaks English
- Occupation was minister, circuit, wage earner
- Not a veteran
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1940 Haywood County, North Carolina census (microfilm):
- HH # 23, Ivy Hill Township, Enumeration District # 44-18
- Lives on Highway 293
- Owns home valued at $1,000
- Age 59, married to Cora
- Education level completed was 1st year of college
- Born in North Carolina, same place in 1935
- Occupation was attendant, garage, own account
- Worked 52 weeks, income not listed
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Obituary published in a Waynesville Newspaper, Haywood County, North Carolina, dated about December 1969:
Rev. Thomas Roten
Waynesville -- The Rev. Thomas S. Roten, 89, of Rt. 5, died Saturday morning at the home of a daughter after a long illness.
A retired Methodist minister, he served many churches in Western North Carolina. He was a native of Asheville [should be Ashe County] and lived in Haywood for 38 years.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Jack Moody and Mrs. Leon Henry, both of Waynesville; three sons, Elmer E. of Franklin, Lawrence of Waynesville and Floyd F. Roten of Brighton, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs Thomas Jenkins and Mrs. Ralph Tripplett, both of Warrensville; 15 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Dellwood Methodist Church.
The Rev. Harley Dickson and the Rev. Dan Ward will officiate. Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Thomas Henry, Joe Mood, William and Thomas Roten, Austin and Paul Buchanan.
The body will remain at Garrett Funeral Home until the hour of services. The family requests that flowers be omitted.
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Interview of Stella Roten Francis by Chris Schultheis, dated August 1997:
- Took to preaching as follows: Terrible lighting storm and standing under tree with brother Walter. They decided to take shelter in a shed when lighting hit the tree and splintered it.
- Attended Trinity College
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Sources - [S194] Ashe County Heritage - North Carolina, Volume II, Family History # 239.
- [S309] Our Kin, Page 93.
- [S253] Social Security Number Application (SS-5), SS-5 for Elmer E. Roten.
- [S155] Franklin Press, Obituary of Elmer Roten.
- [S251] North Carolina Vital Statistics, Ashe County, Delayed Birth Certificate of Lawrence Alexander Roten.
- [S251] North Carolina Vital Statistics, Ashe County, Birth Certificate of Stella Faye Roten.
- [S251] North Carolina Vital Statistics, Ashe County, Delayed Birth Certificate of Elmer Edgar Roten.
- [S264] North Carolina Vital Statistics, Macon County, Death Certificate of Elmer Edgar Roten.
- [S251] North Carolina Vital Statistics, Ashe County, Delayed Birth Certificate of Ola Rose Roten.
- [S394] Waynesville Newspaper, Obituary of Cora Calloway Roten.
- [S394] Waynesville Newspaper, Obituary of Lawrence A. Roten.
- [S231] Skyland Post, Obituary of Martha Kilby Calloway.
- [S231] Skyland Post, Obituary of Charles J. Calloway.
- [S571] Ancestry.com. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 [database on-line], Death Certificate of Ethel Roten Buchanan.
- [S371] Lynda Gibbs, Personal records, Birth Certificate of Ola Rose Roten.
location - [S248] Social Security Death Index.
date - [S251] North Carolina Vital Statistics, Ashe County, Delayed Birth Certificate of Lawrence Alexander Roten.
location (North Carolina) - [S251] North Carolina Vital Statistics, Ashe County, Birth Certificate of Stella Faye Roten.
date (1881)/location - [S251] North Carolina Vital Statistics, Ashe County, Delayed Birth Certificate of Elmer Edgar Roten.
date (1880)/location - [S253] Social Security Number Application (SS-5), SS-5 for Thomas S. Roten.
date/location - [S394] Waynesville Newspaper, Obituary of Thomas S. Roten.
date (1880) - [S390] Photograph of headstone by Christopher Eric Schultheis.
date (1880) - [S571] Ancestry.com. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 [database on-line], Death Certificate of Thomas S. Roten.
date/location (NC) - [S248] Social Security Death Index.
date (Dec 1969)/location - [S394] Waynesville Newspaper, Obituary of Thomas S. Roten.
date/location - [S390] Photograph of headstone by Christopher Eric Schultheis.
date (1969) - [S571] Ancestry.com. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 [database on-line], Death Certificate of Thomas S. Roten.
date/location - [S273] Stella Roten Francis, personal interview.
location - [S390] Photograph of headstone by Christopher Eric Schultheis.
location - [S571] Ancestry.com. North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975 [database on-line], Death Certificate of Thomas S. Roten.
- [S326] Paul Phipps, Personal records.
date/location - [S366] Thelma L. Miller, Personal records.
date/location - [S309] Our Kin, Page 92.
date - [S221] Ashe County, North Carolina Marriages - 1800-1900, Page 125.
date/location - [S334] 1900 Ashe County, North Carolina Census, Microfilm, HH # 208, Olds Field Twsp.
date (1900)
- [S194] Ashe County Heritage - North Carolina, Volume II, Family History # 239.