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Note: ce: North Carolina
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Pike, Alabama
Household Members:
Name Age
Alfred Rhodes 1
Andrew Rhodes 15
Daniel Rhodes 4
James Rhodes 50
James Rhodes 19
Jane Rhodes 7
Joel Rhodes 9
John Rhodes 17
Nancy Rhodes 36
Samuel Rhodes 11
Sarah Rhodes 6
William Rhodes 13
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: , Pike, Alabama;
Roll: M432_13; Page: 146; Image: 289.
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1880 United States Federal Census 21 Jun, 1880
Beat #10
Name: James M. Rhodes
Home in 1880: Mitchells, Pike, Alabama
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Isabella
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
James M. Rhodes 50
Isabella Rhodes 50
Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Mitchells, Pike, Alabama;
Roll: T9_29; Family History Film: 1254029; Page: 213.3000; Enumeration District: 150; Image: 0580.
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Married Isabella Blue in 1856
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Note:email to Tommy Horn source unknown re:James M. Rhodes:
He was quite a character who was known to play a lot of pranks and was quite a humerous person.
He was prone to use profanity as I am sure a lot of the soldiers were. Col. Oates(later Governor Oates)
wrote quite a bit about him in his book. Also, William 'Gus'- wrote of a couple of humerous incidents
in his book. He actually rescued William after he had been captured in a humerous series of events.
William was in Oates's home company(G out of Abbeville). William's ancestors are the late Tom McClendon
of the Ozark area who coached football at Ozark and Charles Henderson of Troy back in the sixties.
Note: from Tommy Horn:
James M. Rhodes fought with the 15th Ala. Inf. under Col. William C. Oates(later Governor).
My G Grandfarther Hiram Allen Thompson was 2nd Sargent in Co. I. James M. was in Co. K out of Eufaula.
Co. I was called the "Quitman Guards". They(15th) were recoginized as one of the top infantries in the
Confederate Army(some including Gen. Trimble thought they were the best). They fought with Stonewall
Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Gen. Longstreet.
One of their most noted battles was their near victory at Little Roundtop on the 2nd day of Gettysburg
against overwhelming odds. It is depicted on the 4 hour movie Gettysburg funded by Ted Turner.
James M.(the son born in 1831 and the oldest child of James M.[or William] Sr. and Nancy Mills) was
already out of the household by 1850(he could have already been married to Isabella Blue as he would
have been around 19 at the time of the 1850 census). I'm guessing that James M. is buried close to his
mother where the long string of unmarked graves are at Chapel Hill. I'm having a hard time finding out
who his ancestors are. I can tell you a whole bunch of Samuel Porter Rhodes's ancestors.
There was a long period of time between the deaths of James M.[or William](Sr) and his wife Nancy Mills Rhodes.
He died prior to or close to the start of the Civil War in 1861 and she died in 1894(around 35 years later).
I know of some of Isabella Blue Rhodes's kin folks(they don't have much on her either).
She came from the area between Louisville, Clayton and Union Springs. Blues Old Stand is named after some
of her kin folks on highway 29 between Banks and Union Springs. I have checked both Cemetery records and
cemeteries up that way and found some Blues but not Isabella.
In 1880 they were farming in the Mitchels beat of Pike County per the census(that is around Chapel Hill
Cemetery area). That's why I think they are buried at Chapel Hill near James M.'s mother.
Note:
1850 United States Federal Census 23 Sep 1850
about James Rhodes
Name: James Rhodes
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
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