Henry F. Rhodes Bollinger Co
Mo Biography
- Henry F. Rhodes was born in 1835, on
the old homestead of his father,
Jacob Rhodes.
The latter settle in Bollinger County,
Mo., in 1818,
coming from Lincoln Co, N.C.
He came in company with
three of his
brothers.
They all married in Missouri, and, with the
exception of
Jacob, removed to Madison County, Mo., where they lived and
died.
Jacob
entered 600 acres of land in Lorance Township, Bollinger County,
upon
which he built a cabin, and soon after married Nancy Lincoln,
who bore
six children: J.L. (deceased), Elizabeth (the widow of Eli Deck),
Lucinda E. (deceased), Nancy C. (the widow of Thomas Myrick),
Henry F.
and Caleb W. (who first married Isabel Martin and afterward Mrs.
Clementine Taylor).
Jacob Rhodes was a man of
enterprise and note in
his county, and for more than a quarter of a century served as
justice
of the peace, and was county judge for a long time.
He
was deservedly
popular, and in the early days of Southeast Missouri his
selection of
land brought him considerable wealth.
The site of the
village of Glen
Allen was selected from the original entry made by him, and the
subject
of this sketch is yet selling lots in the village.
His
first wife
having died, a short time before his death he wedded Mrs. Mary
Lorance.
He and she both died during the late war.
Henry F. and
Caleb W. own the
ancestral farm; the former, having added to his portion 200 acres
purchased of the railroad company, now owns 500 acres.
During the
latter part of the war Henry F. was a member of the State
Militia.
He
also manufactured many spinning wheels during the war.
He is a scholar,
and for fifty-three years has remained on the old homestead, and
we
desire to preserve his name in history as being one of two sons
living
of a man who was a pioneer in fact. [p. 843]
Goodspeed's History of
Southeast Missouri, [p. 843]
Contributed by
Joe Crim
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