Archives for: August 2007
08/31/07
Rhodes/Roads Marriage Records of Duplin County North Carolina
Thanks to Wayne Rhodes of the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia for bringing us the following data. Check out their website at www.jmlibrary.org.
A new page, the name says it all "Rhodes/Roads Marriage Records of Duplin County North Carolina", its at http://rhodesfamily.org/rhodes_duplin_nc.htm
All the best, Carl
08/19/07
A new PhpGedView database: Descendants of Capt. Henry Rhodes
Captain Henry Rhodes (1739-1814), s/o gunsmith Henry Rhodes, was definitely Brethren even though he was an officer in the Rev. War. He was born in Berks Co., PA and went with his parents to Frederick Co., MD. Gunsmith Henry was Lutheran who changed to brethren and proselytized among his neighbors to the point that they officially complained in ca 1750. So he moved his family first to the Hagerstown, MD area and then onto Brothers Valley Twp. in western Bedford Co., PA in 1762. This was later to become part of Somerset Co. He was one of the original members of the Stoneycreek Brethren Church founded there in 1762. Capt. Henry took a large contingent of settlers west to KY in 1785 and settled in that portion of Nelson Co. that was later Muhlenberg Co. His home built in 1795 still stands. Interestingly, that group eventually became English Brethren.
The Captain Henry Rhodes database contains 298 individuals, 78 surnames
91 families.
Here the address: http://phpgedview.rhodesfamily.org/index.php?ctype=gedcom&ged=capt_henry_rhodes.ged
08/15/07
Biography of Daniel Rhoads from Anderson, Indiana, 1893
The following is a quote from the biography: "a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, and born November 8, 1839, is the son of Benneville and Mary Rhoads, who for years made their home in the Buckeye State. The father and mother were both natives of Buck County, Pa., and were descendants of lines of sturdy ancestors who from the early settlement of the United States".
To read the article in its entirety go here:
http://rhodesfamily.org/bio_daniel_rhoads.htm
08/06/07
Revisionist History
I visited an internet cafe on Sunday. While there I discovered a web page that in reading it, I couldn't contain myself with laughter. They are quotes taken from history reports and tests from America's finest high schools and colleges. Here is examples of couple of the passages:
Queen Elizabeth was the "Virgin Queen." As a queen she was a success. When she exposed herself before her troops they all shouted "hurrah."
Franklin discovered electricity by rubbing two cats backwards and declared, "A horse divided against itself cannot stand."
This page makes me wonder if we are not spending enough on teaching history in our schools.
The link: http://www.dribbleglass.com/Jokes/history.htm
Enjoy
08/04/07
More eyewitness accounts, but of a wider range of time periods.
The site is called "Eyewitness to History". Here it is:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
Eyewitness accounts of early American settlement and exploration
The site is called "American Journeys". A great tool for early American history. A John Rhodes is mentioned on page 71 of "An Account of Two Voyages to New-England, Made during the Years 1638, 1663", by John Josselyn, (1630-1675)
Here is its link:
http://www.americanjourneys.org