Rhodes

 

This is Sharon's maternal grandmother's side of the family.   The resident historian is Mabel Starcher Chapman, Sharon's first cousin once removed, whom I met at a reunion at Mabel's home in Ripley, West Virginia, the summer of 1994 and who still lives there.    Most of this information so far, however, comes from another of Sharon's first cousins once removed, Dorothy Raines Stalnaker of Dunbar, WV, in Nov 1996 and following, and from the families themselves.  I'm attempting to list here the generations before and since Emmett M. Rhodes.
 


Bulletin, July 25, 1999--This just in from another Rhodes descendant, Mary Jo Dearing:  She has found Emmett M. Rhodes in the 1880 census of Jackson County, WV (next county over to the west from Roane) listed as age 8, along with his siblings, parents, and paternal grandparents.  A quick call to Dorothy Stalnaker substantiated several pieces of the information (Emmett's birth year and a sibling's name), leading me to believe that it is in fact the same family!  I am now in the process of entering these data onto this page.  What fun!   :-)

 Pieces of her posts: 
I have...an 1880 Jackson county census record here that lists Emmett M....age 8. Father is Isaiah and mother is Manda J. with children Agnes, Manuel, Cordelia,Mary A., Ezra,Bennett and Alfred C.   If you have Emmett as having first child in 1890, he would be about 18...possibly the one you're looking for.

...it has W014 beside the family...is another family on this page with same no.
...Alexander age 74 and Mahala age 69, so could possibly be Isaiah's parents...

re... the code numbers... the W is for the location...the other no. is household no., so I would definitely say that the Isaiah and Alexander are related.

Also, here is a page to check out: it is email addresses for people researching Rhodes in Roane county, WVand maybe one of them could help you.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaunknow/vasur_rh.htm

I'm sending these notes copied from the pages of the 1880 census of Jackson Co., WV (W = the district, and 014 = the household).

W014 Rhodes Alexander wm 74 works in Grist mill VA VA VA
                      Mahala     wf   69 wife    keeping house VA VA VA

W014  Rhodes Isaiah           wm 34 Farming WV WV WV
                       Manda J.      wf   36 wife Keeping house WV WV WV
                       Agnes V.      wf   14 dau. WV WV WV
                       Manuel C.     wm 12 son Farm Laborer WV WV WV
                       Cordelia J.     wf   11 dau.             WV WV WV
                       Emmet M.     wm  8 son               WV WV WV
                       Mary A.         wf    6 dau.              WV WV WV
                        Ezra O.        wm  5 son                WV WV WV
                       Bennet          wm   3 son                WV WV WV
                       Alfred C.        wm   1son                WV WV WV

W014 Rhodes Harrison L. wm 27 Farmer WV WV WV 
                      Emily J.     wf 22  Keeping House WV WV WV
                      Mary A.     wf   1 dau.              WV WV WV

W015  Rhodes John W.      wm 54      Farmer     WV VA VA
                       Ann A.        wf  57 wife Keeping house VA VA VA
                       Daniel W.    wm 28 son     Farm Laborer  WV WV VA
                       Miles H.      wm 24 son     Farm Laborer   WV WV VA
                       Salena V.    wf 23 dau.                             WV WV VA
                       Albert B.      wm 21 son     Farm Laborer   WV WV VA
                       Jefferson P.  wm 19 son     Farm Laborer   WV WV VA

W016  Rhodes Ashberry M.   wm 22   Farming WV WV WV
                       Phebe           wf  31 wife           OH OH OH
                       Jasper           wm 2 son            WV WV OH
                       Mattie          wf 1/12 dau           WV WV OH

W017 Rhodes   F.P.   wm 24      Farm Laborer       WV WV WV
                        Mary  wf  22  wife Keeping house   WV WV WV
                        Etta K. wf 1 dau.                           WV WV WV 

W017 Rhodes John J.    wm 54        Farmer        KY KY VA
                      Elizabeth wf 44 wife Keeping House WV WV WV

W017 Rhodes John Wesley     wm 34         Farmer      WV WV WV
                      Mary                wf   29 wife Keeping House WV WV WV
                      Eva                  wf   3 dau                     WV WV WV
                      Dennis              wm 2 son                    WV WV WV
                      Daten               wm 3/12 son                WV WV WV
                      Samuel            wm 83 Father    Retired Farmer WV WV WV
                      Marget             wf 76 Mother                             WV WV WV
 

Hope this helps,
Mary

As always, there is more room for error than for fact, it seems, so if you see anything that is missing, misspelled, mistaken, or just flat wrong, please e.mail me at jmcdgwin@zianet.com or "snail-mail" me at 1845 Anderson Dr., Las Cruces, NM  88001.

John M. Gwin,who married into the family in 1976

Sharon Lynn Hamrick Gwin's LINE:

W014 Rhodes Alexander wm 74 works in Grist mill VA VA VA
                      Mahala     wf   69 wife    keeping house VA VA VA

W014  Rhodes Isaiah           wm 34 Farming WV WV WV
                       Manda J.      wf   36 wife Keeping house WV WV WV
                       Agnes V.      wf   14 dau. WV WV WV
                       Manuel C.     wm 12 son Farm Laborer WV WV WV
                       Cordelia J.     wf   11 dau.             WV WV WV
                       Emmet M.     wm  8 son               WV WV WV
                       Mary A.         wf    6 dau.              WV WV WV
                        Ezra O.        wm  5 son                WV WV WV
                       Bennet          wm   3 son                WV WV WV
                       Alfred C.        wm   1son                WV WV WV
1.--Alexander Rhodes, b. circa 1806 (age 74 in 1880 census); d. ___; m. to Mahala ________ (b. circa 1811--age 69 in 1880 census; d. ____); 8 ch. listed in 1880 census

2.--Isaiah Rhodes, b. circa 1846--age 34 in 1880 census; d. __; m. to Manda J. ___  (b. circa 1844--age 36 in 1880 census); 8 ch. in 1880 census

3.1--Agnes V. Rhodes, b. circa 1866
3.2--Manuel C. Rhodes,  b. circa 1868
3.3--Cordelia J. Rhodes, b. circa 1869

3.4--Emmett M. Rhodes b. 1871; d. ; m. Rebecca Jane Hawkins (b. in Roane Co., WV; d. 23 Nov 19__ at Harmony, WV; d/o  Benjamin Hawkins & Melinda J. Harper) 12 children

3.5--Mary Ann Rhodes, b. circa 1874
3.6--Ezra O. Rhodes, b.  circa 1875
3.7--Bennet Rhodes, b. circa 1877
3.8--Alfred C. Rhodes, b. circa 1879