Draft:Job Routh
American cotton planter
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Job Routh (c. 1762-December 12, 1834)[1] was an American cotton planter based around Natchez, Mississippi. He was one of the wealthiest cotton planters in the United States, and
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Biography
Job Routh was born around 1762 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina to Jeremiah Routh Sr. and Margaret Matilda Routh. When he was eight years old, he reportedly almost drowned in the Potomac River and was saved by a family dog. In honor of this, Routh commissioned a cast iron sculpture of a Newfoundland dog for the family cemetery.[2]
Routh came to Natchez from Kentucky in March of 1790.[3] That year, he received a land grant of 180 acres by Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet in Natchez.[4] He became one of the largest landowners and slaveholders in the antebellum South. In the 1790s, he constructed a mansion called Routhland. The home was inherited by his daughter Mary, who married General Charles G. Dahlgren. The house was struck by lightning and burned down in 1855. The Dahlgrens constructed Dunleith in its place.[5] In 1824, Routh's son John constructed Routhland on one of Job Routh's plantations.[4]
In 1805, Routh constructed a plantation house and hunting lodge called Winter Quarters in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. The plantation was so named because the residents lived elsewhere during most of the year but came south for the winter.[6] Routh's granddaughter Julia Augusta Williams Nutt married Natchez planter Haller Nutt, and inherited Winter Quarters.[7]
Routh married Ann Madeline Muller, and the couple had nine children: Anna, Caroline Matilda, Elizabeth, Francis, Jane, John, Mary, Sarah, and Stephen.[3]
Routh died on December 12, 1834, and was buried in the family cemetery near the present-day site of Dunleith.[2]
