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.

“Elias Rhodes was born in Breckinridge County, April 3, 1828, and is the son of Elias and Margaret (Mattingly) Rhodes, natives of Virginia and Maryland, respectively”. To read the entirety of the article follow this link: Biography of Elias Rhodes, of Breckinridge Co., KY