Joseph R. Rhodes

1844 - 1906  (61 years)

• Name	Joseph R. Rhodes
  Birth	15 May 1844	Thorntown, Boone County, IN
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Apr 1906	Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN
  Burial	17 Apr 1906	Jacoby Cemetary, Center Twp., Marshall County, IN
  Person ID	I20	Carl
  Last Modified	20 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Joseph Hector Rhodes,   b. 11 May 1810, Urbana, Champaign County, OH d. 18 Oct 1861, Argos, Marshall County, IN (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Sarah Kite,   b. 1811, Rockingham County, VA d. 3 Dec 1874, Argos, Marshall County, IN (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1831	Urbana, Champaign County, OH
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret A. Cox,   b. 20 Jul 1852   d. 4 Jun 1925, Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	27 Apr 1869	Marshall County, IN
  Children	1. Alta M. Rhodes,   b. Abt 1874, Marshall County, IN   2. Effie L. Rhodes,   b. Abt 1879, Marshall County, IN
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014

  
  

• Notes

  Served in the Civil War. Joseph R. Rhodes served in County C, 48th Indiana, the same company that his brother George was in. According to his dicharge he enlisted Jan. 15, 1862 in Marshall County IN, at the age of 19 yrs. Also he was 5' 7 1/2" tall, had dark eyes, light hair and complexion, and stated he was born in Boone County IN (information from the Indiana State Archives). According to his obit. in the Bourbon Advance (Bourbon, Marshall County, IN) Apr. 18, 1906, Joseph R. Rhodes was apparently murdered.