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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Emma Lee Rhodes: Birth: 21 DEC 1865 in Graves County, Kentucky. Death: 30 JAN 1885 in Austin, Texas

  2. Isaac Franklin Rhodes: Birth: 12 DEC 1866 in Graves County, Kentucky. Death: 18 SEP 1950 in Dallas County, Texas

  3. Anna Bell Rhodes: Birth: 27 FEB 1868 in Graves County, Kentucky. Death: 26 SEP 1953 in Dallas County, Texas

  4. Dorothy Augusta Rhodes: Birth: 17 JUL 1871 in near Pryorville, Graves County, Kentucky. Death: 19 JAN 1959 in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas

  5. Martha Elizabeth Rhodes: Birth: 28 OCT 1872 in Pryorsburg, Graves County, Kentucky. Death: 14 MAY 1911 in St. Paul Community, Ellis County, Texas

  6. William Hartwell Arnolphus Rhodes: Birth: 4 MAR 1874 in Sedalia, Graves County, Kentucky. Death: 31 MAY 1950 in Las Cruses, New Mexico


Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Evalena Rhodes: Birth: 21 JUL 1880 in Texas. Death: 11 APR 1975 in Texas

  2. Alva Rhodes: Birth: 2 FEB 1885 in Ellis County, Texas. Death: 2 FEB 1885 in Ellis County, Texas

  3. Ira Rhodes: Birth: 2 FEB 1885 in Ellis County, Texas. Death: 3 DEC 1918 in Dallas County, Texas

  4. John Motten Rhodes: Birth: 18 MAR 1888 in St. Paul Community, Ellis County, Texas. Death: 13 MAY 1959 in Dallas County, Texas

  5. Ella Fern Rhodes: Birth: 1 SEP 1891 in St. Paul Community, Ellis County, Texas. Death: 5 MAY 1977 in Amarillo, Texas

  6. Herman Wright Rhodes: Birth: 1 SEP 1891 in Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas. Death: 14 FEB 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas


Notes
a. Note:   Served in the Civil War. He "ran away from home and joined the Confederate Army at the age of 15. He served for 4 years under Colonel Breckenridge. One time during the war, he was about to be captured by Union forces. The only escape was to swim the Mississippi River which he did near Vicksburg, Miss. He swam under water as much as possible." -- Quote from Beckum family.
  Lived in the Wingo-Pryorsburg area when first married.
  "Some time between 1874 and 1880, William James Rhodes and his family along with the William Hartwell Shelton family and others (except for Wm. Hartwell A. Rhodes) left the Wingo, Ky. area and headed for Texas by wagon. After they had traveled about half was it started raining and it got very muddy. The wagons and teams were sold in Memphis, TN. and the family took the train to Mansfield Texas." In another comment, "met Abigail Shelton's family while on the wagon train." -- Quotes from Beckum family.
  "moved his family to Mountain View, Texas and then to Midlothian, Mansfield, TX. area and settled about a mile west of the St. Paul Community Church and cemetery." -- Quote from Beckum family.
  "was Master of the Midlothian Masonic Lodge for the years, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1894 and 1895. His picture still hangs on the wall there." -- Quote from Beckum family.


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