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From the book entitled: The West Riding of Yorkshire at the opening of the twentieth century: Contemporary biographies
Author: W. Herbert Scott
Editor: W. T. Pike
Publisher: W.T. Pike, 1902
Page 326


W. E. RHODES, second son of Councillor Joseph Rhodes; born December 21st, 1866; educated at Bradford. Sole partner in the firm of W. E. Rhodes and Company, thrown and spun silk, cotton, and worsted yarn agents and merchants, Canal Road, Bradford. Married Mary, daughter of Joseph Wilson, manufacturer, Great Horton, Bradford.