This Site is Dedicated to Our Forebears, and their Descendants
1. | Elsie Jeannette Fremont Elsie married Ernst Herman ,Sr. Werner [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
2. | Jesse , Sr. Rhodes Fremont was born on 15 Jun 1881 in Barron, Wisconsin (son of Jason D. Rhodes and Angeline Tow); died on 12 Nov 1972 in Galveston County; Texas. Notes: Jesse Fremont Rhodes left Kokomo Indiana in about 1917 and dropped his last name Rhodes and was thereafter known as Jesse Fremont. When his eldest son, Jesse, was born he was known as Jesse, Sr. and his son as Jesse, Jr. Jesse, Jr. also hd named Jesse whose middle name was Bryan, and two other sons, David Jennings and Paul Glen. Jesse married Helen Jeannette Middleton on 6 Oct 1919 in Galveston, Galveston County; Texas. Helen was born on 17 Jun 1896 in Galveston, Galveston County; Texas; died on 18 Jan 1983 in Texas City, Galveston County; Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Helen Jeannette Middleton was born on 17 Jun 1896 in Galveston, Galveston County; Texas; died on 18 Jan 1983 in Texas City, Galveston County; Texas. Notes: On April 21, 1908, Helen and her brother and sister were taken by their mother to the Lasker Home for children in Galveston, Texas. Their mother told them to get into Frank's little farm wagon and she walked them to the orphanage.
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4. | Jason D. Rhodes was born on 3 May 1834 in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio (son of Joseph Hector Rhodes and Sarah Kite); died on 7 Jul 1909 in Kokomo, Howard County;Indiana. Notes: Jason D. Rhodes was born on 3 May 1834 in Urbana, Champaign County, OH. He died on 7 Jul 1909 in Kokomo, Howard County, IN. He was buried in Crown Point Cem., Kokomo, Howard County, IN. Served in the Civil War in Company F of the 89 Regimen t of Indiana Jason married Angeline Tow on 5 Sep 1861 in Howard County, Indiana. Angeline (daughter of William Tow and Elizabeth Young) was born in Nov 1847 in New London, Indiana; died on 17 Jan 1917 in Culver, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Angeline Tow was born in Nov 1847 in New London, Indiana (daughter of William Tow and Elizabeth Young); died on 17 Jan 1917 in Culver, Indiana. Notes: Buried at Crown Point Cemetery
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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] |
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
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10. | William Tow was born about 1819 in TN. Notes: Died: William married Elizabeth Young. Elizabeth was born about 1828 in IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Elizabeth Young was born about 1828 in IN. Notes: Died:
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If we know where we came from; we way better know where to go. If we know who we came from; we may better understand who we are