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Joseph R. Rhodes

Male 1844 - 1906  (61 years)


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

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

    Family Margaret A. Cox,   b. 20 Jul 1852   d. 4 Jun 1925, Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 27 Apr 1869  Marshall County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Alta M. Rhodes,   b. Abt 1874, Marshall County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Effie L. Rhodes,   b. Abt 1879, Marshall County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location
    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.


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