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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Florence Amelia Rhodes

    Florence married William Jennings Sheldon [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Kathleen Sue Sheldon
    2. Bonnie Jane Sheldon
    3. Gloria Jean Sheldon
    4. James Dale Sheldon

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Earl Francis Rhodes was born on 15 Sep 1901 in Hillsdale, Barron County, IN (son of Benjamin Franklin Rhodes and Susan Marah Countryman); died on 30 Apr 1974; was buried in Nappanee, Elkhart County, IN.

    Earl married Florence Almenia Wallace on 13 Sep 1930 in Warsaw, IN. Florence (daughter of Fred Wallace and Ruth) was born on 24 Jan 1905 in Osceola, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Florence Almenia Wallace was born on 24 Jan 1905 in Osceola, WI (daughter of Fred Wallace and Ruth).

    Notes:

    Died:
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    Y
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    Y

    Children:
    1. 1. Florence Amelia Rhodes


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Benjamin Franklin RhodesBenjamin Franklin Rhodes was born on 11 May 1852 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN (son of Joseph Hector Rhodes and Sarah Kite); died on 6 Mar 1916 in Barron, Barron County, WI.

    Notes:

    As a young man he was a circus acrobat according to his grandson
    Harold Rhodes.

    Benjamin married Susan Marah Countryman on 16 Aug 1877 in Argos, Marshall County, IN. Susan (daughter of Margaret Elizabeth Gerard) was born on 25 Apr 1860 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN; died on 20 Apr 1917 in Barron, Barron County, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Susan Marah Countryman was born on 25 Apr 1860 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN (daughter of Margaret Elizabeth Gerard); died on 20 Apr 1917 in Barron, Barron County, WI.

    Notes:

    MOTHER: DEATH: Barron County WI, Death certificate #370 of Susan Marah Countryman, shows mother as Margaret Gerrard.

    Children:
    1. Rolla M. Rhodes was born on 4 Jun 1878 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 2 Dec 1939.
    2. Florence Ethal Rhodes was born on 1 Nov 1879 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 19 May 1963 in Barron County, WI.
    3. Edward Isaac Rhodes was born on 24 Feb 1881 in Argos, Marshall County, Indiana; died on 20 Apr 1943 in Boyceville, WI.
    4. Daisy Dale Rhodes was born on 13 Jan 1883 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 31 Oct 1924.
    5. Clarence Rhodes was born on 13 Nov 1883 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 1 Oct 1940 in Etna Green, Kosciusko County, IN; was buried in Etna Green, Kosciusko County, IN.
    6. Lydia Winifred Rhodes was born on 13 Nov 1886 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 21 May 1967.
    7. Benjamin Rhodes was born on 27 May 1888 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 2 Oct 1901.
    8. Merley Rhodes was born on 7 Dec 1893 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 25 Jan 1894 in Argos, Marshall County, IN.
    9. Verna Marie Rhodes was born on 22 Feb 1895 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 9 Sep 1965.
    10. 2. Earl Francis Rhodes was born on 15 Sep 1901 in Hillsdale, Barron County, IN; died on 30 Apr 1974; was buried in Nappanee, Elkhart County, IN.

  3. 6.  Fred Wallace

    Fred married Ruth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Ruth
    Children:
    1. Ethel Wallace
    2. 3. Florence Almenia Wallace was born on 24 Jan 1905 in Osceola, WI.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joseph Hector Rhodes was born on 11 May 1810 in Urbana, Champaign County, OH (son of William Rhodes and Susannah); died on 18 Oct 1861 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; was buried in Argos, Marshall County, IN.

    Notes:

    Joseph and Sarah (Kite) Rhodes family moved from Urbana in Champaign County Ohio to Hamilton County IN, in about 1835, along with Sarah's father Michael Kite. In the following year they relocated to Boone County near the village of Thornto .it out of the eleven known children of Joseph and Sarah were born there. On March 5, 1852 Joseph H. (Rodes) purchased a farm in Marshall County, IN, for $1,100.00 (Marshall County Deed Book H, page. 509). November of that year he bough t swamp land from the state of Indiana at a $1.25 per acre. In present day Walnut Twp. of Marshall County, IN, Joseph laid out the village of Fremont, on Nov. 6 1856. He named it in honor of Col. John C. Fremont who was voted that day as th e Republican candidate for President. Joseph laid the village of Fremont out along side the community of Sidney. The following year Joseph opened a small grocery store. In 1859 Joseph, along with seventeen others voted to join the two communi ties of Fremont and Sidney into the town of Argos. :Plymouth Pilot-News, Plymouth, Marshall County IN, Nov. 9, 1979 (from the Marshall County Historical Soc., Plymouth IN); Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, McDonald, VOL. 1 , page. 119, 120); History of Indiana, Special Edition for Marshall County, Vol. II, Brant, Fuller & County, 1890, page. 65, 66; History of Marshall County, Indiana, 1836 to 1880, by Daniel McDonald, 1881, page. 145, 146; The Story of Marshall C ounty, page. 44. To this day plat maps of Argos bear the name of Joseph Rhodes. Birth and death date from, Marshall County, Ind., Cemeteries Vol. 2, by Wendel C. and Jean C. Tombaugh, page. 120.

    Joseph married Sarah Kite on 25 Sep 1831 in Urbana, Champaign County, OH. Sarah (daughter of Michael Kite and Catherine Dofflemyer) was born in 1811 in Rockingham County, VA; died on 3 Dec 1874 in Argos, Marshall County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sarah Kite was born in 1811 in Rockingham County, VA (daughter of Michael Kite and Catherine Dofflemyer); died on 3 Dec 1874 in Argos, Marshall County, IN.

    Notes:

    After the death of Joseph, Sarah worked as a housekeeper. She also sold off lots in the town of Argos, which were left to her by late husbands estate. The last land record found on Sarah (Kite) Rhodes was
    on 17 Nov 1873, when she sold land in the town of Argos (recorded in Deed Book 8 pg. 395 in the Marshall County Courthouse at Pymouth IN).
    Her remaning property was later seized by the county sheriff and sold for deliquent taxes.
    OBITUARY: from a news paper, The Bourbon Mirror, (Bourbon, Marshall County IN) Dec. 10 1874 "From Argos ---- Died of brain fever, on 3d inst., the widow of Joseph Rhoads. She was a consistent member of the Chistian church, and leaves a large circle of relatives and friend to mourn her loss".: From a news paper, the Marshall County Repubican, (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) Dec. 10 1874 "Argos Items ---- Died, on 3d inst., Mrs Rhodes, aged 63 years"

    Children:
    1. Lemuel Rhodes was born on 7 Aug 1833 in Urbana, Champaign County, OH; died on 9 Oct 1910 in Plymouth, Marshall County, IN.
    2. Jason D. Rhodes was born on 3 May 1834 in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio; died on 7 Jul 1909 in Kokomo, Howard County;Indiana.
    3. Mary Rhodes was born on 6 Mar 1837 in Hamilton County, IN; died on 25 Aug 1907 in Argos, Marshall County, IN.
    4. Elizabeth Rhodes was born about 1839 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 24 May 1904 in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN.
    5. George Washington Rhodes was born about 1842 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 7 Mar 1885 in Argos, Marshall County, IN.
    6. Joseph R. Rhodes was born on 15 May 1844 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 15 Apr 1906 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN; was buried on 17 Apr 1906 in Jacoby Cemetary, Center Twp., Marshall County, IN.
    7. Michael Rhodes was born on 10 Apr 1846 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 28 Aug 1907 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN; was buried in Aug 1907 in Chetek, Barron County, WI.
    8. William Rhodes was born on 25 Dec 1850 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 19 Sep 1928 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN.
    9. 4. Benjamin Franklin Rhodes was born on 11 May 1852 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 6 Mar 1916 in Barron, Barron County, WI.
    10. Susan Rhodes was born about 2 Dec 1853 in Marshall County, IN; died on 27 Nov 1906 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN.
    11. Isaac Rhodes was born on 1 Feb 1855 in Marshall County, IN; died on 17 Nov 1921 in Greensberg, Decter County, IN.

  3. 11.  Margaret Elizabeth Gerard was born in Dec 1839 in Decatur County, IN (daughter of Barnabas Gerrard and Elizabeth "Betsy" Foley); died on 7 Aug 1909 in Etna Green, Kosciusko County, IN.

    Notes:

    PARENTS: CENSUS: Oct. 1850, Marshall County, IN, d. 15/1, r. 160, p.
    493, Barnabas Gerard.

    Death recored in: Kosciusk Book 11 1908-1913 Guardians Reports Page 123

    Children:
    1. 5. Susan Marah Countryman was born on 25 Apr 1860 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN; died on 20 Apr 1917 in Barron, Barron County, WI.
    2. Rose B. Countryman was born in 1863 in Marshall Co, IN.


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