Fourth Generation

14. E. Titus Rhodes was born on 30 Mar 1830.

E. married Barbara Brittain.

Children from this marriage were:

   27 M    i. Charles H. Rhodes .

Charles married Effie Heavner.

   28 F    ii. Carrie Rhodes .

Carrie married Lemuel Shuford.

   29 F    iii. Mamie Rhodes .

Mamie married Charles Yoder.

15. Jacob Henry Rhodes was born on 23 Jul 1833.

Jacob married Nancy Hoke.

Children from this marriage were:

   30 F    i. Ella Rhodes .

Ella married Dr. R. B. Killian.

   31 M    ii. George P. Rhodes .

George married Mary Seagle.

+ 32 F    iii. Katie Rhodes .

   33 M    iv. Robert Rhodes .

Robert married Mary Killian.

18. Caleb Rhodes was born in 1818 and died in 1896 at age 78.

General Notes: Caleb Rhodes was a frugal, intelligent, public-spirited citizen. He liv ed in Gaston for some twenty-five years after his first marriage, until 18 67, when he and his brother, Melchi Rhodes, sold the Rhodes gold mine tract (the original home of their father), near Hoylesville, to Dr. William Alexander and William Richards for $20,000 in gold. He then bought a big plantation about six miles south of Newton and lived there until his death in 1895. He was a devout Lutheran and his body was buried at Salem Church in Lincoln County.

Caleb married Myra Hoffman on 27 Aug 1840. Myra was born in 1822 and died in 1871 at age 49.

Children from this marriage were:

   34 F    i. Sarah Jane Rhodes .

Sarah married Dr. J. F. Smyer on 15 Jan 1879.

+ 35 F    ii. Dora Emily Rhodes .

   36 M    iii. Christian William Rhodes .

Christian married Elizabeth E. Mauney on 28 Dec 1893.

+ 37 M    iv. John Melancthon Rhodes was born on 29 Aug 1849 and died on 20 Apr 1921 at age 71.

Caleb next married Hester Ann Heedick after 1871.

21. Melchi Rhodes was born in 1827 and died in 1892 at age 65.

General Notes: Melchi Rhodes (1827-1892), son of Christian Rhodes, II, had in him the urge for adventure, for before he reached his majority he joined a gold see king group of young men to go to far away California to find fortune in gold mining, and after a six months' voyage, via Cape Horn, they reached San Francisco and he got a job paying $25.00 a day as overseer of the water way used for washing gold. Within three years he returned home, choosing the perils by land rather than the perilous sea voyage in a sail boat. Each of the party brought three broncho ponies, one to ride, one to carry food and another to carry baggage and bedding, for there were no hotels on the way, and after six months he arrived at home with his cash, all in $20.00 gold coins, carried in a buckskin belt.
He then for a while taught school in Gaston. One day a pupil was called forward for punishment and when ordered to remove his coat the boy refused to obey, whereupon the teacher undertook to take it off, but finding no shirt under the coat, sent the boy to his seat saying, "That is punishment enough."
Mr. Rhodes married to Carolina Killian, April 3, 1855, and settled on the plantation near Salem Church in Lincoln County. In 1861 he enlisted as a Confederate soldier and when peace finally came he returned home, cast down because his fortune, invested in Confederate bonds, was absolutely lost. Like many another Southern soldier, with a brave heart he determined to solve his problem by hard work and economy and amassed a good e state. He was a Lutheran in faith, loyal to his church and a generous giver to every worthy cause.

Melchi married Caroline Killian on 3 Apr 1855.

Children from this marriage were:

   38 F    i. Cecelia Elizabeth Rhodes .

Cecelia married John G. Little on 17 Sep 1905.

+ 39 M    ii. Oliver P. Rhodes .

   40 M    iii. Edward R. Rhodes .

Edward married Bessie Irene Heedick on 27 Feb 1926.

22. Catherine Rhodes .

Catherine married Eli Pasour.

The child from this marriage was:

   41 M    i. E. Grant Pasour .