Chapter 3
DESCENDANTS OF JONATHAN RHODE
DESCENDANTS OF JONATHAN RHODE AND MARY HARRIET (ANDERSON) RHODE
1. HESTER RHODE, the first child, was born in Ohio in 1813 but lived less than a year.
2. DANIEL ANDERSON RHODE was born on 6 May 1814 in Ohio and died at Tabor, Iowa, on 3 May 1885. He was married (1st) on 15 April 1837 to Mary McCord (1817-1857) in Indiana; they had seven children. He was married (2nd) to Elizabeth Patent (1814-1874) in Tabor, Iowa; they had no children. The Rhode Cemetery one and one-half miles west of Tabor, Iowa, was used by members of the Rhode families in the early days when the family first came to this part of the country. Later most of the bodies were removed to the Tabor Cemetery. Daniel Rhode, his two wives and two of his children, Jonathan and Eleanor, are buried in this old Rhode Cemetery. The plot is marked by a large monument. (It is said he married a third time to Polly ____________.)
Daniel Rhode was the oldest son of Jonathan Rhode and Mary (Anderson) Rhode. In 1839 Daniel and his wife Mary (McCord) Rhode, along with his parents, brothers and sister and their families, all trekked to the Ozarks in northern Arkansas, where they tried farming. The men folks spent most of their time bear hunting and fishing. At the end of four years they all returned to Indiana except Daniel and his family. His mother Harriet (Anderson) Rhode passed away in Arkansas in 1843 and is buried near Lead Hill, where they settled. It is said that on her death bed she asked the family to promise to leave Arkansas and go back to Indiana.
In 1847 Daniel Rhode and his family trekked from Arkansas to southwest Iowa and settled in what was later Fremont County. He started out with 100 head of steers, for which he paid $8 a head and on the way, sold them to the Mormons, who were on their way to Salt Lake City, Utah, for $100 a yoke.
In the summer of 1851 Daniel Rhode was rejoined in Iowa by his brothers John and Joseph, who trekked by ox teams from Indiana with their families. The three brothers took up adjoining land from the government, located near Tabor, Iowa. At first they lived in log cabins, but later each built a commodious home. Daniel Rhode, along with his brothers, became a prosperous farmer. He was well and favorably known all over Fremont County. He was one of the very first settlers in this part of the country. He was known as "Big Dan" and was a man of great strength and size. He had a very friendly personality and took part in all community enterprises. He had seven children by his first wife, Mary (McCord) Rhode:
I. Jonathan Rhode, who was born in 1839 and who died on 18 July 1854 by being struck by lightning. [Dr. Rhode notes that Thomas Cobb, born in 1872, also died from a lightning strike.] He is buried in the Rhode family cemetery near Tabor, Iowa. (Hiram Campbell is buried by his side.) Jonathan and Hiram Campbell, a neighbor's son, were killed by lightning while they were returning from Sidney, the County Seat, where they had gone for whiskey for the harvest hands, who were cutting grain by hand. The boys had made the trip safely on this very hot day and were in sight of the Rhode home, when a flash of lightning from a very small cloud struck between the two horses which the boys were riding. The horses and both the boys were killed in sight of the harvesters, who were waiting for the boys to return.
Sentiment at this time ran high in Tabor, as most of the early-day settlers of the town of Tabor were radical prohibitionists. It was freely stated by them that the deaths of the boys was the hand of the Lord speaking against the sin of drinking intoxicating liquors. For many years this story was used by some Taborites to promote their idea of religion.
II. Harriet Rhode, who was married in Iowa to William Morris. It is said they went back and forth to the Ozarks in Arkansas and finally died there. They had two children:
(1) Infant daughter, who was buried in Hamburg (Iowa) Cemetery.
(2) Ella Morris (1863-1938), who was buried in Sheridan, Wyoming. She never married.
III. Joseph Rhode, who was born in Arkansas in 1843. He was married on 14 November 1861 to Mary Hatcher, who was born in 1841 or 1842 in Missouri. Her parents were William and Margaret "Peggy" Hatcher. William was born in 1810 in Ohio, and Peggy was born in 1815 in Ohio. They were married in 1834. William was a farmer. Mary's siblings were Isaiah Hatcher, who was born in September of 1834 in Ohio and who was married to Margery ____________; Catherine Hatcher, who was born in 1834 in Ohio; Rebecca Hatcher, who was born in 1844 in Missouri and who was married on 6 November 1859 in Rockport, Missouri, to William J. Dailey; William T. Hatcher, who was born in 1847 in Missouri and who served in the Civil War; Martha J. Hatcher, who was born in 1851 in Missouri and who was married on 7 November 1880 in Mills County, Iowa, to George W. Dimmitt; and Peter M. Hatcher, who was born in March of 1854 in Missouri and who was married in 1889 to Martha E. According to the 1870 Mills County (Iowa) census reports, Mary's sister Martha was living with Joseph and Mary. Joseph was a farmer in Sidney in Fremont County, Iowa. He was killed by Indians in May 1879 on the Powder River in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Joseph and Mary had three children:
(1) William D. Rhode, who was born in Iowa in 1862, and who later lived in Rapid City, South Dakota.
(2) Thomas Rhode, who was born in the Colorado Territory in 1873, and who later lived in Rapid City.
(3) Epha Rhode, who was born in 1879 in Iowa.
IV. Demarius Rhode (1844-1926), who was married in 1862 in Iowa to Jonathan Cobb (1832-1875). He was Demarius's first cousin and was the oldest son of Allice (Rhode) Cobb. They moved to Pike's Peak, Colorado, and then to Alder Gulch, Montana, in the spring of 1863. Several years later, they moved back to Warren County, Indiana, where Jonathan Cobb died in 1875. There were three children.
Demarius then went back to Tabor, Iowa, where she married (2nd) James Lambert and where they lived on a farm. Later they moved to a ranch near Dayton, Wyoming, where he died in 1905. In her later years Demarius lived in Sheridan, Wyoming, where she died in 1925 and where she is buried.
The three children of Demarius and Jonathan Cobb were:
(1) Alice Cobb, who was born in February 1863 and who married Wilbur Williams, who lost one leg by infection when a boy. He worked in the Henry Stevens New York Store in Sheridan, Wyoming. Both are buried in Sheridan, Wyoming. They had no children.
(2) Eva Cobb, who was born in Alder Gulch, Montana, and who married F. E. Williams, who in 1948 and many years previously was a merchant at Spirit Lake, Montana. They had no children.
(3) Thomas Cobb (1872-1920) was born in Indiana; he was married in 1914 to Jessie Otis, who was born in 1885. He went to Gardiner, Montana, the entrance to Yellowstone Park, in 1894. In 1898 he went with Dave Rhode to Alaska. He went back to Alaska in 1899 where he prospected at Valdez until 1909. He then ranched at Sheridan, Wyoming, until he was killed by lightning in 1926. [Dr. Rhode notes that Jonathan Rhode, born in 1839, also died from a lightning strike.] There were three children.
Jessie (Otis) Cobb married (2nd) Lew Adams. They had one child, Duane. In 1955 Jessie was living at Dayton, Wyoming, where she was postmistress.
The children of Thomas Cobb and wife Jessie Otis were:
1. Claire Cobb, who was born in 1916 and who lived in Dayton, Wyoming, in 1948.
2. Jonathan Cobb, who was born in 1917. In World War II he served in the Army Air Corps. He was married to Evelyn Carr. In 1948, he lived in Chula Vista, California, where he was an airplane mechanic.
3. Otis Cobb, who was born in 1920. Otis served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. In 1948 he was an airplane mechanic at San Diego. He married Maxine Plemen.
V. David Rhode (1848-1935) married Abbey Tray, who was killed in a cloudburst along with their three children in South Dakota, when the family was trekking to the West with a wagon train. In 1882 Dave went to Yellowstone National Park, where he served for fifty years. At one time he operated a livery stable at Livingston, Montana. For many years he was a driver for the famous horse drawn tourist stages in the Park. For two years (1900-1902) he was head packer for General Abercrombie, surveying the Copper River Railroad in Alaska. [Robert T. Rhode and Ann Miller Carr wonder if David might be the driver in any of the following pictures, courtesy of wyomingtalesandtrails.com.]
Returning to Yellowstone Park, he became famous as a big game hunter and guide for sportsmen with his pack burros and horses. He was known as "Uncle Dave" and was a colorful and most interesting character with a great fund of experiences in big game hunting and fishing. During his lifetime he had killed hundreds of elk, as well as most of the other game animals. He was an authority on the out of doors and habits of wildlife. For years he was rated as top guide in Montana.
During his last seventeen years, a cousin Sade (Rhode) Matthews kept house for him and assisted in managing his auto camp at Gardiner, Montana, the Park entrance, where many relatives visited him (including the author in 1930). He died in 1935 at the age of 87. He is buried at Gardiner, Montana.
VI. Harvey Rhode, who married Libbe Lecta in 1875. They had one child:
(1) Pearl Rhode, who was born 1876 and who married (1st) Fred Gaylord and had no children and (2nd) Orville West and had no children. Mrs. Pearl West lived at Tabor, Iowa.
VII. Eleanor Rhode, who was born in 1852 and who died on 24 June 1854 at the age of two years; Eleanor is buried in the Rhode family cemetery west of Tabor, Iowa.
3. ALLICE "ELSIE" RHODE, the third child of Jonathan and Harriet Rhode, was born in Ohio on 24 January 1816 and died on 14 September 1888. She was married on 29 March 1832 at Pine Village, Indiana. She married William Cobb, who was born on 24 June 1805 and who died on 7 April 1895. Both are buried in Quaker Cemetery near Pine Village, Indiana. They were farmers. Allice was a Quaker, and her children were raised as Quakers. [In 2002, Mark Kellam provided the correct date of birth for William Cobb.] (See photographs of William Cobb and Allice "Elsie" Rhode below.)
William Cobb was the son of Seymour and Ester (Lewis) Cobb; Ester was the sister of Mary Lewis, the wife of John Rhode. William Cobb had nine children:
I. Jonathan Cobb (1833-1875), who was buried in the Rhode Quaker Cemetery near Attica, Indiana. He married Demarius Rhode (1844-1926) who was a daughter of Daniel Rhode of Tabor, Iowa. There were three children. Demarius married (2nd) James Lambert. She died in Sheridan, Wyoming, where they lived. There were no children in her 2nd marriage. The children of Jonathan and Demarius were:
(1) Alice Cobb, who married Wilbur Williams. Both are buried in Sheridan, Wyoming.
(2) Eva Cobb, who married F. B. Williams, a merchant at Spirit Lake, Idaho; they had no children.
(3) Thomas Cobb (1872-1920) a rancher at Sheridan, Wyoming, where he was killed by lightning; he married Jessie Otis. They had three children. Jessie married (2nd) Lew Adams. She lived in Dayton, Wyoming, where she was postmistress. She had one child by her second marriage. The children of Thomas Cobb and Jessie Otis were:
1. Claire Cobb, who was born in 1916 and who lived in Dayton, Wyoming.
2. Jonathan Cobb, who was born in 1917 and married. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II and was an airplane mechanic in Chula Vista, California.
3. Otis Cobb, who was born in 1920. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. He was an airplane mechanic at San Diego, California. He married Maxine Plemen.
II. Harriet Cobb (1834-1843), who burned to death, her clothing catching fire from her standing too near a fireplace.
III. Seymer O. Cobb (1837-1839), who died in infancy.
IV. Ester V. Cobb (1839-1874) who is buried in the Rhode Quaker Cemetery near Attica, Indiana. She married Joseph Swan; they had one child:
(1) Elizabeth Swan, who was born in 1874 and who married Joseph Boyer. They lived in Indiana. There were a number of children: Joseph, Maude and others.
V. John Cobb (1841-1901), a farmer who married Amanda Jones; they had no children.
VI. William P. Cobb (1845-1849), who died in infancy.
VII. Albert Cobb (1850-1891), who was a merchant in Warren County, Indiana. In 1885, he married Fanny Rhode, an authority on Rhode history. They had three children:
(1) Murray Cobb, who died in 1939; he married Pari Parton. They had two children:
1. Dorothy Cobb, who married Wallace Knight. They had one child:
a. Jane Knight.
2. Barbara Cobb, who married married Coolman and had one child:
a. David Coolman.
(2) Malcolm Cobb, who married and who lived in Urbana, Illinois. He was a farmer and worked at the canning factory. He had two children:
1. Fann Cobb, who was married but who had no children.
2. Jane Cobb, who was never married.
(3) Albert Cobb, who was born in 1891. He was in the lumber business in Evanston, Illinois. He married Gladys Martin. They had two children:
1. Jesse Cobb, who married and had no children.
2. Russell Cobb, who never married.
VIII. Sarah Elizabeth Cobb, who was born in Pine Village, Indiana, on 23 May 1834, and who died on 10 July 1911. On 2 March 1879, she married at Pine Village, Indiana, David Marion Williams, who was born in 1850 and who died on 21 January in 1921. He was a druggist in Tabor, Iowa. Both are buried in Tabor Cemetery. They had five children:
(1) Fern Williams, who was born on 29 July 1880 and who died on 6 April 1960. She was a librarian at the Tabor (Iowa) High School. She was an avid researcher of Rhode family history. (See a photograph of Fern below.) She never married.
(2) Joyce Williams, who was born on 26 January 1886 and who died on 7 February 1957. She was a teacher. She is buried at Tabor. She never married.
(3) Ralph Williams, who was born on 15 December 1887 and who was married on 3 August 1925 to Ann Schwirtz. He is a pharmacist in Tabor, Iowa; They had one child [additional information available].
(4) Harle Williams, who was born on 13 November 1889 and who, on 7 November 1921, married at Glenwood, lowa, Zula Deacon, who died on 8 December 1945. He was a watch repairer in Tabor, Iowa. They had one child [additional information available]:
(5) Dayre Williams, who was born on 25 January 1895 and who married Juanita Parkison, who died on 26 November 1956. He was assistant cashier at First State Bank in Tabor, Iowa. Dayre died on 16 October 1959. They had two children [additional information available].
Tom Cobb (at right) after a successful day of fishing.
IX. Joseph Thomas Cobb (1856-1928), who was married in 1879 to Magnolia Somerset Fenton (1863-1922). (See a photograph of Tom Cobb, his son, Charley Cobb, his wife, Magnolia Cobb, and his daughter, Kosie Cobb, above.) Tom Cobb was a farmer. They had two children:
Charles Albert "Charley" or "Cobbie" Cobb and his automobile shop.
(1) Charles Albert "Charley" or "Cobbie" Cobb (1883-1931), a garage operator and steam engineer who married Margaret Wagner; they had no children. (See a photograph of Aunt Margaret above. After Charley's death, she married Doc Goddard, a veterinarian. Her name became Margaret Goddard. She was beloved by all who knew her.) (See below a photograph of Charles Cobb running a 1911 Reeves engine with Joseph C. Rhode, his nephew, as a child and another photograph of Charles on his homemade tractor.)
Charley Cobb in back of a group of Pine Village boys.
(2) Kosie Ruby Cobb (1887-1963), who married Seymour Alfred Rhode (Curtis Seymour Jonathan) (1884-1961). (See a photograph of Kosie Cobb below.) Seymour Rhode was a bookkeeper in Pine Village, Indiana, and later held high government positions in Indianapolis. They had one child:
1. Joseph Curtis Rhode, who was born on 21 July 1918 and who died on 10 September 1999. He was a farmer in Pine Village, Indiana, and married Ida Marie Coan, who was born on 11 May 1915 and who died on 16 June 1988. (See photographs of Ida Rhode and her friend Emmajeanette Gill [on right] and Joe Rhode below.) They had two children [additional information available]:
4. JOHN RHODE was born in 1817 in Ohio and died in 1897 near Tabor, Iowa. He is buried in Tabor Cemetery. He was married (lst) on 5 April 1838 in Indiana to Mary Cobb, who died on 29 August 1846 in Warren County, Indiana. They were farmers. There were three children.
[In 2002, Mark Kellam added the following information.] John and Mary Cobb Rhode had a heretofore unknown fourth child that may have been the cause of Mary's death. Mary Cobb Rhode and her unnamed infant are buried in row #7 in Quaker Cemetery in Warren County, Indiana. No name or dates are recorded for the infant. [At this point, we return to Ellis G. Rhode's manuscript.]
John Rhode married (2nd) in Indiana to Martha Scott (1823-1900), who is buried in Tabor, Iowa. They were farmers. There were eight children. [In 2005, Frances McMahill Molsberry and Mark Kellam provided two photographs of John and Martha Scott Rhode.]
John Rhode's parents were Jonathan Rhode, born in South Carolina, and Mary (Harriet) (Anderson) Rhode, who were farmers in Warren County, Indiana. There were five boys and three girls in Jonathan's family. John Rhode's grandparents were John and Mary (Lewis) Rhode, who left their plantation in South Carolina in about 1814, settling in Warren County, Indiana, where they took up land from the government.
John Rhode, with his first wife Mary and small child, Daniel, trekked from Warren County, Indiana, to Lead Hill, Arkansas, in about 1839, along with his parents, brothers and sisters with their families. (See the full story under Jonathan Rhode). In Arkansas they engaged in farming, with hunting and fishing on the side. All the families returned to Warren County, Indiana, in about 1843 except John's brother Daniel. John's second child, Elizabeth, had been born in Arkansas in 1843.
In the summer of 1851 John Rhode and his second wife and five children: Daniel, Elizabeth, Hannah, Joseph and William, along with John's brother Joseph and his family, trekked by oxen teams from Indiana to Fremont County, western Iowa, where they were met by their brother Daniel, who had moved from the Ozarks in Arkansas to Iowa in 1847. The three brothers took up adjoining 160-acre farms from the government at $1.25 an acre, located near what was later to be the town of Tabor in Fremont County. They were among the first settlers in this county. They all lived in log cabins at first. The three brothers, John, Joseph and Daniel, raised large families and became prosperous and prominent citizens of Fremont County.
John Rhode was truly one of the pioneers of the West, arriving by ox team in 1851 over the dusty trails. He took a prominent part in the transformation of a raw and sparsely settled country into today's prosperous and improved farms, busy towns and industries. John Rhode lived to be 80 years of age, and his numerous descendants continue to carry on his example of industry and progress.
[Hal Hatcher provided the following obituary.]
Tabor Beacon
Tabor, Iowa
Friday, July 30, 1897
Uncle John Rhode, mention of whose having received his fourth stroke of paralysis was made in The Beacon two or three weeks ago, died at his home southwest of town last Thursday night July 22.
He was born Sept 12th 1817, in Wayne County, Indiana, and was just nearing his 80th year when he died. Removing from his childhood home at age eight, he settled with his parents in Warren county, Ohio, almost thirty miles northeast of Cincinnati, where he remained until he arrived at his majority and marriage to Miss Mary Cobb, which occurred April 5th 1838. The year following his marriage he removed to Carroll county, Arkansas, a new and unsettled region. After four years he returned to Warren County, Indiana, where after four years stay his faithful wife died. Three children were the result of this marriage, who still survive.
He was remarried to Miss Martha Scott March 9th 1848, she passing from this life six years ago. Of the second marriage were born eight children of which all but two survive to mourn his loss.
He came to this county in 1852 and has since lived on the old homestead one mile and a half southwest of Tabor, completing forty-six years of residence among us. For many years it would doubtless require considerable courage to leave the advantages and satisfactions of the east and found a new home in the wilderness, but inured to hardship and toil of frontier settlements the task of founding a home here forty-six years ago so far from being difficult was much to his own taste and was successfully accomplished. The old settlers, as they look back along the line of his endeavors, are impressed how easily and successfully he advanced in subduing the wilderness; how rejoicing in his strength—daring, active, muscular, a good marksman, never shrinking in the struggles of pioneer life from any deed of exposure in forest and field, you can see as in a panorama how our friend went steadily forward, appearing with modest dignity and credit in every part of his career.
He had a love of fair play, and was emphatically in favor of justice in all his dealing with men. It was not an ideal realized, but was borne out in the life. In this he was singularly fortunate. Thrift "bred in the bone" enabled him to promptly and fully meet all his business obligations—his word was as good as his bond.
As a citizen he was loyal to the core, deeply interested in the affairs of the nation, yet never a political aspirant; an intense lover of justice as well as peace—full of modest, unassuming worth. A remarkable character, a stalwart pioneer, one of the oldest settlers of our county has passed away.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Q. C. Dodd, Saturday morning at 9:oclock at the home and at the Congregational church at 10 o'clock assisted by Rev. Dr. Askins. The remains, attended by a large gathering of relatives, friends and citizens, were laid to rest in the Tabor cemetery.
The sympathy of the community is with the bereaved friends in their loss.
[The obituary ends here.]
The three children by John's first wife, Mary (Cobb) Rhode were:
I. Daniel T. Rhode (1838-1905), who was born in Warren County, Indiana. He went with his parents when a child to Arkansas in 1839, then back to Indiana and then to Iowa in 1851. He was married in Iowa to Sarah Talifero (1852-1915). Although Daniel was a big man, he was known by everyone as "Little Dan." This nickname came to him when a boy, because his uncle was called "Big Dan." [In 2004, Elsie Jane Smith provided a photograph of Daniel T. Rhode, and Linda Stevens supplied a photograph of Sarah Talifero Rhode. In 2005, Frances McMahill Molsberry and Mark Kellam offered a photograph of Daniel A. Rhode and a picture of Daniel T. Rhode and Sarah T. Rhode.]
[On 13 January 2004, Hal Hatcher added this information.] According to the Mills County, Iowa, Tribune for 17 November 1905, Daniel T. Rhode came to Fremont County in 1852. He died 4 November 1905 in Salem (Marion County), Oregon, to which place he had gone to try to improve his health.
[On 12 May 2005, Hal hatcher provided this article from The Fremont County
Herald for March 19, 1907: "Retains Gold Nuggets. Daniel T. Rhode, who died in Oregon
about a year ago and who for many years was a resident of Green township two miles southwest
of Tabor, was the possessor of a fine collection of gold nuggets and in the distribution of
the estate his wife was privileged by order of the court to retain these nuggets from being
sold by the administrator. These nuggets have a history if the details could be followed,
but only a mere mention can be made from facts gained by interviewing W. B. Cantwell of this
city, who knew Rhode at Virginia City, Montana in 1864. D. T. Rhode and John Argyle discovered
the Summit district of Alder Gulch on July 4, 1863, and the fame of that noted mining camp soon
spread through the length and breadth of the whole west and thousands of people rushed
thereto, a few to succeed and many to be disappointed. Rhode and Argyle had their claims
which they worked from July until the mining operations stopped on account of cold weather
when they sold out for a sum amounting to perhaps $13,000 a piece. How to get away with
that much money was a question, as the road agents were so bold that it was almost impossible
to get money out of that locality by stage or private conveyance, but Rhode and Argyle hit
upon a plan that was successful. They put the gold dust into buckskin sacks and these sacks
they put inside of the collars they worked upon their mule team. The sacks containing the
nuggets they took care of in some other way and of nights when they camped, they hid these
nugget sacks in the snow and thus they followed that plan until they reached Salt Lake City,
Utah, and from there they came home by the way of Denver, Colo, by more safe protection of
travel."]
[On 13 January 2004, Ann Miller Carr
added this detail.] Daniel T. Rhode was born 18 December 1838
in Warren County, Indiana. Daniel made a gold strike at Alder Gulch,
Montana (later named Virginia City), which was discovered in
1863. In three years thirty million was taken from these rich
deposits. It was always understood that Daniel got his full
share. He was known to be well fixed. He was a farmer near Tabor,
Iowa. There were eleven children. (1) Dora B. Rhode, who was born in 1869.
She married Charles Delaney in 1890; they had two children: a. Viola Delaney. b. Hazel Delaney. (2) Clara M. Rhode, who was born in 1871.
She was married on February 11, 1892, to George Plank, a farmer.
They had three children: 1. Guy Plank, a farmer in Tabor, Iowa, who
married Velma Dyke; they had two children: a. Glen Plank. b. Beaulah Plank. 2, Earl Plank, a farmer in Toppenish,
Washington, who married Lula Blackburn. They had two children: a. Ruth Plank. b. Lyle Plank. 3. Denise Plank. (3) Alonzo Lyman Rhode (1873-1949), a
farmer in Tabor, Iowa, who was married on 7 March 1896 to Lucy
Kemp, who died in 1948. They had five children: 1. Wayne Rhode, a farmer and mechanic. In
1927, he was elected Mayor of Tabor, Iowa. He was married on 9
March 1921 to Inez Taylor. They had two children [additional
information available]. 2. Winifred Rhode, who married Harve Elefon
and had one child [additional information available]. 3. Bernice Rhode, who married Harold
McMahill. They live at Poulsbo, Washington. Bernice verified that
John Rhode served in the Revolutionary War. They had two children
[additional information available]. 4. Harold Rhode, a farmer in Tabor, Iowa.
He married Dola Johnson. They had two children [additional
information available]. 5. Geraldine Rhode, who, on 22 October
1935, married Vernard Foster, a farmer in Tabor, Iowa. They had
two children [additional information available]: (4) Orrin W. Rhode (1875-1876) who died at
1 year of age. (5) [In 2003, Linda Stevens updated
and corrected Ellis G. Rhode's information on this branch of the
Rhode family.] Margaret "Maggie" Alice Rhode,
who was born in April 1877 and who was married on 12 October 1898
to Alonzo "Lon" Kempton (1869-1945), a farmer in Tabor,
Iowa. [In 2004, Linda Stevens provided a photograph of
Margaret Alice Rhode, Alonzo Kempton, and baby Elsward Fay
kempton.] Margaret died in 1969. Margaret and Alonzo
had five children: 1. Elsward Fay Kempton. He was a John Deere
implement dealer in Randolph, Iowa. He was born on 15 February
1901 and was married on 23 June 1922 to Emma Parkison, sister of
Juanita Parkison, who married Dayre Williams (See above.).
Elsward was always known as "Fay" or "E. F."
Elsward and Emma had three children [additional
information available]. Elsward died on 30 September
1996. [In 2004, Linda Stevens supplied photographs of Fay
Kempton. In the first, he is pictured with Harold McMahill, the
driver, who was Fay's cousin-in-law; Edna Watkins; and Ethelwyn
Long. In the second, Fay is standing with his TaylorCraft plane
in 1941.] 2. Lisle Kempton, who was born in June
1904. He was a farmer who was married on 27 November ____ to
Amber Burson; they had three children [additional
information available]. 3. Dale Kempton, who was born on 15 June
1906; he was a farmer in Hastings, Iowa. He married Florence
Petty, and they had two children [additional information
available]. Dale died the same day as his brother
Elsward or the day after in 1996. 4. Scott Kempton, who was born on 10
January 1908; He was a farmer in Tabor, Iowa. He was married on
16 January 1929 to Leta Forney; they had three children
[additional information available]. 5. Alva Kempton, who was born on 6 October
1916 and who was married on 24 May 1941 to Bertha Mendenhall. He
was a mechanic in Tabor, Iowa; they had two children
[additional information available]. (6) Curtis T. Rhode, who was born on 29
October 1879 and who died on 23 May 1917. He was a farmer and
mechanic in Tabor, Iowa. [In 2003, Hal Hatcher noted that
the Mills Co. Iowa Tribune
for June 4, 1917, verified that Jennie Brown was from Thurman,
Iowa.] He married Jennie Brown and had one child: 1. [In 2003, Raymond Reaburn
updated and corrected the information on Eva Rhode.] Eva
Rhode, who married John "Jack" Colin Reaburn, an
accountant in Melbourne, Australia [additional
information available]. Eva was born in Tabor, Iowa, on
9 September 1902 and died in Melbourne on 11 November 1970. Jack
was born in Melbourne on 8 September 1899 and died on 8 July 1987
in Melbourne. Eva and Jack were married in Bakersfield,
California, on 29 March 1924. (7) Jefferson Albert Rhode, who was born on
30 June 1882 and who died on 25 February 1896. (8) Pearl Rhode, who was born in September
1883 and married Fred Garvin, who worked in the oil fields in
Kansas; they had two children: 1. Frederick Garvin, who married and lives
in California. 2. Edna Garvin, who married Allie Walford
of Humboldt, Kansas. (9) John Richard Rhode, who was born on 10
October 1886 and was a mint farmer in Toppenish, Washington. He
married Bertha Brown; they had three children: 1. Gerald Rhode, who died. 2. Ruby Rhode, who married and had two
children. 3. Danny Rhode, who married and had two
children. (10) Ruby Rhode, who was born on 8
September 1888 and who died on 11 December 1891. (11) David Daniel Rhode, who was born on 5
October 1891. He was a farmer in Toppenish, Washingotn. He
married Laura German; they had five children [additional
information available]. II. Elizabeth Rhode, who was born on 13
March 1841 in Arkansas and who died on 29 April 1928. (See a
photograph of Elizabeth Rhode above.) [In 2005,
Frances McMahill Molsberry and Mark Kellam provided a photograph
of Elizabeth Rhode Eccleston and her three sons (above). They
also supplied a photo depicting Clara Stevens Eccleston; Charles
Walter Eccleston; Elizabeth Rhode Eccleston; and Earle Stevens
Eccleston, Sr. (above).] She married
Josiah S. Eccleston (1841-1915). They lived at Roy, Washington.
They had three children: (1) Charles W. Eccleston (1868-1939), who,
in 1889, married Clara Stevens, who was born in 1870. He was a
mechanic; he lived in Los Angeles, California. They had one
child: 1. Earle S. Eccleston, Sr., who was born on
7 February 1890 and who, in 1918, married Ida Elizabeth Davis
(1889-1944). He was a mechanical engineer. In 1948, he lived in
Los Angeles, California. They had seven children
[additional information available]. (2) Fred Eccleston (1871-1944), who died in
Los Angeles, California. He was a mining engineer in Mexico,
Central, and South America; he never married. (3) Lorin Eccleston, who was born on 19
October 1874; he married Pearl Egner. He was a contractor. They
had no children. In 1948, they lived in California. [In
2002, Mark Kellam added that Lorin's name at birth was John Lorin
Eccleston.] III. Hannah Rhode (1843-1922), who was born
in Attica, Indiana, and died in Porterville, California. She
married (1st) John Tarpenning (1838-1887) a farmer in Vertigre,
Nebraska. They had three children. She married (2nd) Christorpher
Buffington; they had no children. The children of Hannah Rhode and John
Tarpenning were: (1) Lille Tarpenning (1869-1918), who
married John Bruce, a drayman in Vertigre, Nebraska; they had
seven children: 1. Mabel Bruce, who was born in1887. She
never married; she was a teacher for thirty-three years in
Vertigre, Nebraska. 2. William Bruce (1888-1941), who married
Mary Sandoz; they were farmers in Lincoln, Nebraska. They had one
child. 3. Ellen Bruce (1889- ), who married Len
Lovely, a dentist in Vertigre, Nebraska; they had no children. 4. Agnes Bruce (1890- ), who married John
Schwartz, a farmer in Vertigre, Nebraska; they had five children. 5. John Bruce (1892-1946), who married
Blanche Clarke. He was a veterinarian in Vertigre, Nebraska. They
had three children. 6. Harold Bruce (1895- ), who married
Bertha Sandoz; he was postmaster in Vertigre, Nebraska. 7. James Bruce (1904-1906). [In 2002, Mark Kellam added that
John and Hannah Rhode Tarpenning had a heretofore unknown second
child named William Albert Tarpenning, who was born 30 May 1873
in Tabor, Fremont County, Iowa, and who died 5 Oct. 1873 in
Tabor. William Albert Tarpenning is buried beside his grandfather
John Rhode and John's second wife, Martha Scott Rhode, and their
son Joseph Rhode in the Tabor Cemetery in Tabor, Iowa.] (2) John Daniel Tarpenning (1875-1939), who
married Genevieve Eldridge. Genevieve died in 1946. John was a
sawmill owner in Roy, Washington. They had four children: 1. Gerald John Tarpenning, who was born on
4 March 1901 in Lynch, Nebraska, and who died on 16 September
1901 in Lynch. 2. Emerson Harold Tarpenning, who was born
in 1902 and who died on 12 January 1983. He married Olive Smith,
who was born in 1906 and who died in 1982. They had two children. 3. Ernest Lawrence Tarpenning, who was born
in 1903 and who died on 11 May 1964. He married Gertrude Ellis,
who was born in 1907 and who died in 1960. They had one child. 4. Alice Genevieve Tarpenning, who was born
in 1907 and who died in January of 1995. She married Walter
Coffel, who was born in 1906 and who died in 1986. They had one
child. 5. Donald J. Tarpenning, who was born on 21
July 1913 and who died on 10 March 1954. He married Moryne E.
Christensen, who was born in 1915 and who died in 1998. They had
two children [additional information available]. (3) Elizabeth "Bessie" Clara
Tarpenning, who was born in 1884 and who died on 21 September
1968. She was married to Berton J. Cripps, who was born in 1873
and who died in 1940. Berton was a merchant and orange grower in
and near Terra Bella, California. They had no children. Elizabeth
"Bessie" Clara (Tarpenning) Cripps is buried in
Porterville, California. The eight children of John Rhode and second
wife, Martha (Scott) Rhode were: I. Joseph Rhode, who was born in Indiana
and who died at 15 years of age. II. William Rhode (1850-1922), who was born
in Indiana; he never married. IlI. Charlotte Rhode, who was born on 25
July 1852 in Tabor, Iowa, and who died on 30 July 1907. In
February 1882, Charlotte married Will Timson, who was born on 22
October 1849 and died in April 1936. They were farmers near
Tabor, Iowa. They had five children (with three pairs of twins in
descendants): (1) Mary M. Timson (1886- ), who was born
in Tabor, Iowa, and who married Clarence Dyke (1883-1932). In
1948, Mary headed the school lunch program at Anderson, Iowa;
they had eight children: 1. Marjorie Avis Dyke, who was born in
1907; in 1926 she married A. J. Martin, who was born in 1898.
They had three children [additional information
available]. 2. Gladys A. Dyke (1908-1938), who married
Harold Vance Irwin (1907-1927); they had one child [additional
information available]. 3. Glen Odell Dyke, who was born in 1911
and who was married in 1947 to Vera Dugger, who was born in 1919.
They had one child [additional information available]. 4. Clyde Allen Dyke, who was born in 1913. 5. Faye Louis Dyke, who was born in 1915
and who, in 1914, married Catherine Suber; they had two children [additional
information available]. 6. Nina Louise Dyke, who was born in 1917
and who, in 1936, married Carl S. Sliger, who was born in 1915.
They had one child [additional information available].
7. Wilma Marie Dyke, who was born in 1920 [additional
information available]. 8. [Additional information
available.] (2) Cliff C. Timson, who was born 29
September 1895 and who, in 1920, married Pearl Clapper, who was
born on 22 May 1905. They lived at Tabor, Iowa, where Cliff was a
mechanic; they had four children [additional information
available]. (3) Paul Timson, who married ____________.
He had two children [additional information available]. (4) Ella Timson, who married Orville
Clapper, who was a mechanic in Tabor, Iowa. They had one child [additional
information available]. (5) Irene Timson, who was born on 11
February 1896; she married Roy Hiatt, who was born in 1892; he
was a farmer in Tabor, Iowa. They had nine children: 1. Viola Grace Hiatt, who was born on 12
September 1915 and who married Clarence Kelso, a farmer. They had
four children [additional information available].
Viola Grace Hiatt married (2nd) Robert
Booth; they had two children [additional information
available]. 2. William Lyle Hiatt, who was born on 27
March 1917 [additional information available].
3. Elvin George Hiatt, who was born on 15
October 1918; he was a farmer. 4. Leslie Bryson Hiatt, who was born 5
December 1920; he was a farmer [additional information
available]. 5. [additional information
available] 6. [additional information
available] 7. [additional information
available] 8. [additional information
available] 9. ? IV. Jonathan Rhode (1855-1920), who was a
farmer near Tabor, Iowa. He married Lenora Richards, and they had
three children: (1) Alice Rhode (1881-1930), who was born
in Mansfield, Kansas and graduated from Tabor College; she was a
teacher in the Tabor schools for ten years, a member of the
Congregational Church, a singer, and an active member of musical
circles. She never married. (2) Mabel Rhode (1883-1941), who was a
teacher in Tabor, Iowa; she never married. (3) John Rhode, (1895- ), who was a
mechanic and farmer in Tabor, Iowa. He married Mildred Chantry;
and they had four children [additional information
available]. [Hal Hatcher examined the books of
burials in the Fremont County and Mills County Cemeteries. The
line dividing the two counties runs through Tabor, Iowa;
therefore, information on the Tabor Cemetery is found in both
counties' books. After the Fremont County cemetery book was
published, the Fremont County Historical Society, Box 299,
Sidney, Iowa 51652, mailed to all purchasers of the cemetery book
a supplement of those in unmarked graves. Hal found in the
supplement a William Henry Rhode, no dates given, in lot 20,
section 4. He discovered therein a reference to an obituary for
William Rhode on January 23rd, 1922. He found a Della Rhodes, May
5th, 1934, listed in the supplement. Furthermore, he discovered
the following names of Rhodes in unmarked graves: Alice Eva,
Jonathan Caleb, Lydia Leonora (sic) Richards, Mabel Grace, and
Semour. Both Della and Semour do not appear to have been listed
in Ellis Rhode's history of the family. Mabel Grace and Alice
Eva, however, may be two of the children of Jonathan Rhode
(mentioned above), and Jonathan Caleb and Lydia Leonora Richards
probably are Jonathan and Lenora Richards Rhode (mentioned
above). William Henry Rhode probably is the son of John and
Martha Scott Rhode (mentioned in Roman Numeral II above.) In
August of 2003, Hal found an obituary for Maggie Rhode, listed
below. Through cemetery records and the obituary, he proved that
she was married to John Duncan Rhode, not "James"
Rhode, as Ellis gave the name. In the process, Hal also found the
correct spelling of Maggie's last name. The Tabor Cemetery
records suggest that Harry, who was born and who died on the same
day, 27 September 1894, may have been John and Maggie's son.] V. John Duncan Rhode (1857-1896), who
married Maggie Dunsdon. They had no children. VI. Harriet Maria Rhode. (1860-1932), who
rnarried W. E. Asman (1862-1929), who was a farmer. They had
thirteen children: (1) Frank Asman (1884-1909). (2) Fred D. Asman (1885-1937), who married
Lessie Vanetta; they had two children: 1. Vera F. Asman, who married Guy Forney, a
farmer; they had one child. 2. Carrol G. Asman, an electrician who
married Ruth Lininger; they had two children. (3) Louella Asman, who married Warren
Clapper, a farmer in Tabor, Iowa. They had three children [additional
information available]. (4) Goldie Asman (1888-1911), who married
Earl Clapper, a farmer. (5) Hazel Amman (1889- ), who married
Vernon Wyant, a farmer; they had two children [additional
information available]. (6) Guy E. Asman (1891- ), a farmer who
married Maude Vanatta. They had two children [additional
information available]. (7) Walter E. Asman (1893- ), an
electrician who married Nellie Dalton; they had two children [additional
information available]. (8) Elizabeth Asman (1895-1898). (9) Jonathan Scott Asman (1897-1900). (10) Alice Asman (1889- ), who married
Steven Diehl, a farmer; they had six children [additional
information available]. (11) Malcoln Asman, who was born in 1902
and who married Alice Bryant; they had nine children. (12) Albert Asman, who was born in 1903 and
who married Nell Grimsley; they had seven children. (13) Beaulah Asman, who was born in 1906
and who married Albert Cherry; they had three children
[additional information available]. VII. Eliza Jane Rhode (1862-1905), who
married Oliver Timson, who died in 1942. He was a farmer; they
had seven children: (1) Benjamen Clyde Timson, who was born on
18 July 1892. (2) Maggie Muriel Timson, who was born on
30 November 1893; she married LeRoy S. Dyke, and they had five
children [additional information available]. (3) Lawrence Earl Timson, who was born on
30 November 1893. (He and Maggie were twins.) He married Vyrle
Hampton. He was a mechanic for the Tabor High School garage. He
had two children [additional information available]. (4) Alta Ruth Timson, who was born on 2
September 1895 and who married Edgar Elmer Garrett, a farmer;
they had four children: 1. Helen Ailene Garrett, who was born on 28
March 1915 and who married Edgar Davis; they had one child. 2. Pauline Ruth Garrett, who was born on 14
August 1916 and who married Leonard Edwards, a carpenter in
Glenwood, Iowa; they had three children [additional
information available]. 3. Elmer Earl Garrett, who was born on 7
May 1918. He was a Lieutenant in the Air Corps and was killed in
action in the South Pacific on 3 December 1943. 4. [additional information
available] (5) Joseph Dundan Timson, who was born on
18 August 1898. (6) Geneva Louise Timson, who was born on
13 January 1901 and who married Asa Smith; they had two children [additional
information available]. (7) Helen Louisa Timson, who was born on 9
July 1903, and who married Joseph Fenwick. They lived at
Glenwood, Iowa; they had no children. VIII. Walter Ulysses Rhode (1864-1930). He
never married. He lived near Tabor, Iowa. 5. JOSEPH RHODE. (See Chapter 4.) 6. HANNAH RHODE was born in 1821 in
Indiana, and she died in Warren County, Indiana, in 1862. She was
married in 1814 to Robert McCord (1821-1888). Hannah Rhode's
father was Jonathan Rhode, who was born in South Carolina and
settled in Warren County in about 1825; her mother was Mary
(Anderson) Rhode. Hannah and her husband were farmers in
Warren County, Indiana. Their farm was located about one mile
from the old original John Rhode homestead. In 1948 the old
original McCord farmhouse was still standing but not lived in. A
great grandson, Marshall Anderson, operates the farm. There were
eight children: I. Harriet McCord (1846- ), who married
Robert Hurst (1842-1921) and who married (2nd) Ester Rhode
(Joseph Jonathan John). She lived in Indiana. She had one child
by her first marriage: (1) Grant Hurst, who was born in 1871. II. Elizabeth McCord (1848-1934), who
married Isaac Jones. They had three children: (1) James Curtis Jones, who married Clare
Grames; they had four children: 1. Mary Jones, who married Dr. McGilvray. 2. Isaac Jones, who married Beaulah
Jackman. [Beaulah Jones lived across the street from Dr. Rhode
while he was growing up.] 3. Ruth Jones, who married Arthur
Baumgardner. 4. Herman Jones, who married Irene Pierce. (2) Hannah Elizabeth Jones, who married
William Anderson. They had three children: 1. Malcolm Anderson, who married Ethel
Martindale. 2. Marjory Anderson, who married Lester
House. 3. Marshall Anderson, who married Mildred
Rice; in 1948, Marshall was farming his great grandparents' old
farm. (3) Ada Alice Jones, who was born on 10
March 1877 in Pine Village, Indiana, and who died on 23 March
1933. She was married on 6 January 1897 to Arthur "J"
Eberly, who was born on 2 February 1877 in Pine Village and who
died 15 January 1937; they had one child: 1. Isaac Allen Eberly, who was born on 22
July 1898 in Pine Village, Indiana, and who died on 1 January
1983 in Oxford, Indiana. He was married on 21 May 1924 to Thelma
Phyllis Brown. She was born 24 May 1899 in Warren County,
Indiana, and died 11 January 1982 in Oxford, Indiana. (4) Clement Joseph Jones, who married Mary
Elizabeth Garlan; they had six children: 1. Ada Jones, who married Rolla Frash. 2. Addie Jones, who married Arba Brutus. 3. Robert Jones. 4. Nancy Jones, who married Ralph Harvey. 5. Hazel Jones, who married Jacob Baker. 6. Glen Jones, who married Ester Kell. III. James Wilson McCord, who was born in
1849; he married Sarah Pearson. The family moved to Hanford,
California, in l893. They were farmers, and they had six
children: (1) Elsie Jane McCord, who was born in
1879. (2) Bessie E. McCord, who was born in 1880.
She lived on a farm in Hanford, California. (3) Sarah A. McCord, who was born in 1885.
She lived on a farm in Hanford, California. (4) Hope McCord, who was born in 1888. (5) Ruthie Dell McCord, who was born in
1890. (6) Nellie McCord, who died in infancy. Reference: The descendants of John Rhode were provided
by Fern Williams of Tabor, Iowa. IV. Eleanor McCord, who was born in 1850
and who married Agustas Gephart, a farmer; they had ten children: (1) Charles Gephart. (2 ) Minnie Gephart. (3) Agustas Gephart. (4) Isaac Gephart. (5) Elizabeth Gephart. (6) Eleanor Gephart. (7) Ben Gephart. (8) Erv Gephart. (9) Robert Gephart. (10) Anna Gephart. [On 10 January 2004, Ron Eberly added
this photograph depicting Robert Allen Eberly, Allen John
"Cricket" Eberly holding Dewitt Talmadge Eberly, Mary
Winifred Eberly, and Emily Jane McCord Eberly (standing). The
picture must have been taken around 1894 or 1895 because Winnie
was born in 1892.] V. Emily Jane McCord, who was born on 14
February 1852 in Warren County, Indiana, and who died in 1935 in
Pine Village, Indiana; she was married on 8 September 1889 to
Allen John "Cricket" Eberly, who was born on 7 July
1849 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and who died 20 September
1923 in Pine Village. They had four children: (1) Robert Allen Eberly, who was born on 30
August 1890 in Pine Village, Indiana, and who died on 13 March
1972 in Logansport, Indiana. (2) Mary Winifred Eberly, who was born on 4
May 1892 in Warren County, Indiana, and who died on 16 July 1965
in Pine Village, Indiana. (3) DeWitt Eberly, who was born on 30
December 1893 in Pine Village, and who died on 31 January 1972 in
Pine Village. (4) J. Bolden "Boldie" Eberly,
who was born on 12 May 1896 in Warren County, Indiana, and who
died 29 November 1962 in Williamsport, Indiana. VI. Joseph Harvey McCord, who was born in
1855; he was a farmer. He married Mary Addie Hall, who was born
in 1866 and who died in 1940; they had seven children: (1) Robert Allen McCord. (2) Edward Grant McCord, who was born in
1886. (3) Mary Elizabeth McCord, who was born in
1887. (4) Addie Adella McCord, who was born in
1888. (5) Eleanor Jane McCord, who was born in
1891. (6) Josie McCord, who was born in 1894. (7) Louis Hall McCord, who was born in
1900. VII. Jonathan McCord, who was born in 1858.
He married Anna ____________. They lived and died in Hanford,
California; they had three children: (1) Nina MoCord. (2) Eileen McCord. (3) Robert McCord. VIII. Zadie Alice McCord (186O-1860) died
in infancy. 7. CALEB RHODE, the son of Jonathan
and Mary (Anderson) Rhode, was born in Indiana in 1822 and died
in Warren County, Indiana, on 25 January 1882. He married
Elizabeth McCord, who was born in 1830 and who died in Warren
County on 14 June 1880. She was the daughter of James McCord, Sr,
and her brother Robert McCord was the husband of Caleb Rhode's
sister Hannah. Both Caleb and his wife, Elizabeth, are buried in
the old Rhode Quaker Cemetery near Attica, Indiana. Caleb Rhode and his wife were farmers in
Warren County, Indiana. Their farm was just across the road from
the old homestead of his father and mother, Jonathan Rhode and
Mary (Anderson) Rhode. The old original Caleb Rhode house was
still standing in 1948 and at that time was occupied by a
great-granddaughter and her husband, who operated the place as a
dairy farm. There were nine children: I. Samuel Rhode, who was born on 13 April
1847, who was married on 9 September 1868 to Melissa Melton, and
who, according to Civil War pension records, died on 29 May 1918.
They had four children: (1) William Alva Rhode, who was born in
1870. (2) Ona Elizabeth Rhode, who was born in
1872 and who died in 1957. (3) James Webster Rhode, who was born on 16
March in 1884. (4) Eunice Esther Rhode, who was born on 16
March in 1884. (James Webster and Eunice Esther were twins.) II. Jonathan Rhode, who was born on 19
November 1848. He was married on 14 March 1872 to Cordelia
Cottingham. They lived in Benton County, Indiana. They had one
child: (1) Alma E. Rhode. III. James K. Rhode, who was born on 5
August 1850 and who died on 5 October 1922; he was married on 3
April 1873 to Sarah McKinzie. [In 2001, Elsie Jane Smith told
Dr. Rhode that James K. Rhode always was called "Poker
Jim."] James K. and Sarah lived in Warren County,
Indiana. They had four children: three daughters and one son.
They lived in Attica, Indiana. [What Dr. Rhode takes to be a
garbled line in Ellis G. Rhode's history may suggest that the
son's name was Seymour Rhode. It may also imply that this is the
Seymour who married Bessie McKenzie, which Ellis spells
"McKinzie." See Chapter 2.] IV. Wade John Rhode, who was married on 7
October 1875 to Mary Ann Shackleton. They lived in Boswell,
Indiana. V. Webster Rhode, who was married on 23
November 1879 to Martha Cecilia Metsker. VI. Alice Rhode, who was married on 18
September 1884 to Frank Adair, who was a photographer, and who
took several photographs of Rhode family members and their
relatives. They lived in Hoopeston, Illinois. [In 2001, Elsie
Jane Smith told Dr. Rhode that Alice's name does not appear on
Frank Adair's tombstone in the Quaker Cemetery but that Alice is
buried with him, nonetheless.] VII. Hannah Arvilla Rhode, who was born on
7 September 1861 and who died on 23 February 1931; she was
married (1st) on 7 September 1879 to George Bailey; she married a
second time. VIII. Ellen Rhode, who was married on 18
August 1877 to James Shackleton. IX. Emma Jane Rhode, who was born on 12
June 1864 and who died on 10 September 1886. She was married on
18 August 1881 to John Steadman. [In 2001, Elsie Jane Smith
provided information now incorporated in the above data on Samuel
Rhode and his children, brothers, and sisters.] 8. SEYMOUR T. RHODE was born in
Indiana on 13 February 1825 and died near Attica, Indiana on 22
January 1874. He was married on 1 May 1849 to Lucy Benge, who was
born on 8 February 1830 in Indiana and who died in Pine Village,
Indiana, on 29 March 1907 at the age of 77 years; she is buried
by her husband in the Rhode Quaker Cemetery. She was a daughter
of Thomas and Dorcas (Bales) Benge. (See a photograph of Lucy
Benge Rhode below. See also an old photograph that may depict
Seymour T. Rhode.) A Fourth of July celebration
outside the original schoolhouse in Pine Village. Seymour Rhode's father and mother, Jonathan
and Harriet (Anderson) Rhode, in company with their parents John
and Mary (Lewis) Rhode, came to Ohio in about 1814, then removed
to Warren County, Indiana, near Attica, in 1826, where Jonathan
Rhode in 1828 and 1831 took up 360 acres of government land. Seymour T. Rhode always lived on the
homestead that his father had taken up. He was the youngest of
eight children. He, like his father and grandfather, was a
Quaker. In politics he was a Republican. He was a man of business
ability and made a success of agricultural pursuits, adding to
the original farm until it contained 600 acres, all under
cultivation. After the death of Seymour Rhode in 1874,
his wife, Lucy (Benge) Rhode continued to operate the farm with
the help of the children until 1889, when a son, James N. Rhode,
took over, first renting then buying the farm in 1907. Lucy (Benge) Rhode resided in Warren County
nearly 75 years, journeying there with her parents, Thomas and
Dorcas (Bales) Benge in the winter on sleds when she was an
infant. She was a member of the Methodist Church in which she was
an active and faithful member. She is buried beside her husband
in the Rhode Quaker Cemetery near the old homestead. There were six children born to Seymour
Rhode and his wife Lucy (Benge) Rhode. All were born on the old
Jonathan Rhode homestead. I. Jonathan T. Rhode, who died on 17 June
1851 in infancy. (See a photograph of the Pine
Village School above. It was completed in 1902.) II. Jonathan D. Rhode, who was born in 1852
and who died on 30 March 1895. He was married to Emily Milligan,
a sister of the wife of his brother William C. Rhode; she was
born in 1857 and died in l942. Emily Millikin changed the family
name from Millikin to Milligan. She went by Emmy Milligan or Emma
Milligan. Jonathan D. Rhode was a farmer in Warren County,
Indiana; they had no children. After Jonathan died, Emily
Milligan married (2nd) Robert Butler, an auctioneer in Warren
County, Indiana. She built the Christian Church in Pine Village
in 1901. (See a photograph of the church below.) III. William Curtis Rhode, who was born in
1852 and who died in 1931. He was married to Jane Milligan, who
was born in 1855 and who died in 1932. [Jane Milligan was a
sister to William James Milligan, whose autobiography is part of
this website. Jane was known as "Jen" or
"Jenny."] He was a farmer in Warren County,
Indiana. (See a photograph of Jen Milligan Rhode and William
Curtis Rhode below.) They had four children: (1) Bertha Rhode, who was born in 1880 and
who died in 1947. She married John Claypool, a chemist who was
born in 1881. They moved to Long Island, New York. Either they or
one or both of their children moved to New Jersey. (See a
photograph of John Claypool, Bertha Rhode Claypool, and their
children, Jean Evelyn Claypool and John William Claypool, below.)
They had two children: 1. Jean Evelyn Claypool, who married Walter
Donovan [additional information available]. 2. John William Claypool. (2) Charles J. Rhode, who was born in 1882
and who died on 28 October 1973. (See a photograph of Bertha
Rhode and her brother Charles J. Rhode below.) Charles J. married
Vyna Parker, who was born in 1889. He was a farmer near Pine
Village, Indiana. They had two children: 1. Junice Corinne Rhode, who died on 5 July
1982. (See a photograph of Corinne with her mother and father,
Charles J. and Vyna "Vinnie" Rhode below.) She married
Homer Carlile. They had two children [additional
information available]. 2. Charles Jay Rhode, who died on 13
January 1996. [Dr. Rhode notes that Joseph Curtis Rhode and
Charles Jay Rhode--who was known as Jay Rhode--were good
friends.] (3) Seymour Alfred Rhode, who was born in
1884 and who died in 1961. (See a photograph of Seymour A. Rhode
above.) He married Kosie Ruby Cobb, who was born in 1887 and who
died in 1963. (See below a photograph, taken by a relative, Frank
Adair, of Kosie as a girl playing with doll furniture built by
her uncle, Tommy Fenton, who was a blacksmith. Tommy is famous
for having designed the horseshoe that made Dan Patch a winning
racehorse. As of 2001, Dr. Robert T. Rhode was the owner of the
doll furniture.) Seymour Rhode was a bookkeeper but is best known
for occupying high positions within the Republican Party. For
much of his political life, he resided in Indianapolis, Indiana.
He and Kosie Cobb had one child: 1. Joseph Curtis Rhode, who was born on 21
July 1918 and who died on 10 September 1999. He married Ida Marie
Coan, who was born on 11 May 1915 and who died on 16 June 1988.
(See a photograph of Joe and Ida Rhode below.) They had two
children [additional information available]. (4) Marshall C. Rhode, who was born in 1888
and who died in 1965. (See a photograph of Marshall and his 1917
Moline tractor below.) He married Anna Ritenour. His occupation
was that of a farmer near Pine Village, Indiana. They had no
children. IV. Joseph Frank Rhode, who died in 1875;
he was about eleven years of age. V. James N. Rhode, who was born in 1863 and
died on 23 December 1950. He was married to Effie Sailor, who was
born in 1866 in Alesworth, Indiana, and who died on 3 September
1951. In 1889 he and his wife rented his father's farm, the old
original homestead of his grandfather, Jonathan Rhode, and, upon
his mother's death in 1907, he bought out the other heirs. James
N. Rhode was widely known over the State of Indiana as a
successful farm operator and held the official title of
"Master Farmer." His son, Lee Rhode, was associated
with him and eventually took over the active management of the
600-acre farm and livestock business. (See a photograph of James
N. "Jimmy" Rhode below.) James N. Rhode, until his death at the age
of 87, resided with his wife on the old homestead and took an
active interest in farm and community activities.
"Jimmy," as he was called, was the
"Patriarch" of the Rhode descendants in Warren County,
Indiana. He was well known to Rhode descendants around Tabor,
Iowa, where he made a number of visits. James N. Rhode and his
wife were married 61 years and had three children: (1) Lee Rhode, who was born on 10 July
1890; he arried Kathryn Zimmerman, who was born on 3 December
1889. He farmed with his father and was manager of the Warren
County Rural Rlectrification Program; he had one child [additional
information available]. (2) Celia Rhode, who was born on 6 April
1896. She married Leo Hunter, who was born on 13 July 1890 and
who died in 1957. Leo was a farmer near Williamsport, Indiana.
They had two children: 1. Glenna Deane Hunter, who was born on 16
October 1920 and who married W. E. Pfeifer, an optometrist in
Attica, Indiana. They had two children [additional
information available]. 2. [additional information
available] (3) Glenn N. Rhode, who was born on 28 June
1898 and who married Frances Ambler, who was born in 1901. Glenn
was a farmer who lived near Pine Village, Indiana. He had no
children. VI. Celia Rhode, who was born on 12
November 1868 and who died on 11 March 1942; she married Ira
Sailor, who was born in 1863 and died in 1940. He was a farmer at
Williamsport, Indiana. They had two children: (1) Georgia Sailor, who was born in 1892
and who married Earl Steele, who was born on 14 0ctober 1886.
Earl was an accountant in Oxford, Indiana. They had two children: 1. Beatrice May Steele, who was born on 19
January 1914; she married George Holbrige. [Dr. Rhode wonders
if the name should be George Holbridge.] They lived at
Quincy, Illinois. 2. ? (2) John Sailor, who was born on 19 April
1898 and who married Marguerite Driscoll. He ran a hardware
store. They resided in Frankford, West Virginia. They had two
children [additional information available]. 
