Elsie married Mark Heisler on 18 Mar 1939. Mark was born on 15 Sep 1907 in Etna Green, Kosciusko County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Jane Heisler
2. Linda Heisler
3. Wayne Heisler
4. Robert Heisler
5. Thomas Lee Heisler

Clarence married Ruby Lillian Vant on 10 Jun 1907 in Ladysmith, Rusk County, WI. Ruby (daughter of Charles Franklin Vant and Elizabeth Ann "Libbie" Good) was born on 29 Nov 1888 in Reedsburg, Sauk County, WI; died on 11 Apr 1978 in Warsaw, Kosciusko County, IN; was buried in Etna Green, Kosciusko County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

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

Notes:

Ran a small sawmill and was a farmer by trade.

Charles married Elizabeth Ann "Libbie" Good on 25 Dec 1885 in Chetek, Barron County, WI. Elizabeth (daughter of Josephus Good and Sarah Ellen Stanley) was born on 19 Jan 1855 in Warsaw, Kosciusko County, IN; died on 8 Apr 1904 in Catawba, Price County, WI; was buried on 9 Apr 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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"

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

Notes:

IMMIGRATION:
From: Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851
Name: Vant, Jacob
Age: 028
Gender: Male
Embarkation: London
Ship: Northumberland
Occupation: farmer
Passengers: 99
RESIDENCE: Kent
Compartment: Steerage
Native Country: England
Destination: USA
Arrival Date: 23 Jan 1849
Transit Type: Staying in the U.S.

IMMIGRATION: Donald Vant of Minneapolis, MN says he was told thru
family stories that the Vants came from the port of Amsterdam, Holland
to Kent, England to work in the coal mines. Family tradition says the
family is from the Netherlands.

Name: Jacob Vant
Year: 1852
Place: Wisconsin
Source Publication Code: 3839.20
Primary Immigrant: Vant, Jacob
Annotation: Most are date and place of declaration of intention to become a citizen; some are date and place of naturalization. Date and place of birth or source of original record may also be provided. Page numbers were supplied by the indexers .
Source Bibliography: KJENDLIE, DONNA. Index to Records of Naturalizations and Declarations of Intent, Book One. Walworth County, WI: Walworth County Genealogical Society, Inc., 2000. [93p.]
Page: 77

Jacob married Mary Ann Corke on 10 Oct 1846 in Westwell By Ashf, Kent, England. Mary (daughter of Richard Corke and Jane) was born on 6 Mar 1830 in England; died on 8 Jan 1903 in La Valle, Sauk County, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came from Kent, England.

Name: Mary A Crumley
Death Date: 08 Jan 1903
County: Sauk
Volume: 02
Page #: 0171
Reel: 121
Image: 1292
Index Volume: -
ImageNum: 100983
Sequence #: 071444
Level Info: Wisconsin Vital Records Death Index.

Notes:

RELATIONSHIP: BIOGRAPHY: THE HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY WISCOSIN,
Published by Western Historical Company, MDCCCLXXX, page 731
Josephus was a teacher in for many years. In his youth while
recruiting students he met Sarah E. Stanley and thay later married.
Later in life he became a preacher. Source: the late Harold Rhodes.

The History of Sauk County, Wisconsin, Western historical company, 1880. Page 731:
REV. JOSEPHUS GOOD, Presiding Elder of the East District of Wisconsin Conference, United Brethren Church ; residence Section 28, P. 0. Valton ; son of John and Ann (Davis) Good ; was born in Preble County, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1829; when about 12 yea rs of age, went to Randolph County, Ind. He was married in this county, March 31, 1855, to Sarah E. Stanley, daughter of Jesse and Annie (Cox) Stanley ; Mrs. Good was born in Indiana; Mr. Good followed the profession of teacher in various place s across the State to Kosciusko County; was licensed to preach in 1860 by the Wesleyan Methodist Church; in 1862. moved to Wisconsin; settled on Sec. 27, Woodland, Sauk County; about 1865, attached himself to the United Brethren Church, and trav eled in Northern Wisconsin as Presiding Elder of the East District of the Wisconsin Conference. Children in the family are Elizabeth A., now Mrs. Samuel Woolsey livinir in Woodland; Josephine, now Mrs. P. Jackson, of Richland County; Heywood, di ed when 20 years of age ; James N., Huldah, Willie B. and Wilbur. He has been Assessor of Woodland one term and Treasurer five years; has 280 acres of land. Politics, Republican.

Josephus married Sarah Ellen Stanley on 31 Mar 1855 in Wayne County, IN. Sarah (daughter of Jesse Stanley and Anna Cox) was born on 29 Dec 1835 in Economy, Wayne County, IN; died on 22 May 1935 in Centralia, Lewis County, WA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

RELATIONSHIP: ABSTACTS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN INDIANA, Part Two,
Edited by Willard Heiss, page 138.
RELATIONSHIP: BIOGRAPHY: THE HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY WISCOSIN,
Published by Western Hstorical Company, MDCCCLXXX, page 731

(Research):Name : Sarah Ellen Good
Death date : 21 May 1935
Death place : Centralia, Lewis, Washington
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Film number : 2023294
Digital GS number : 4222317
Image number : 815
Reference number : 161
Collection : Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960