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 tra ct (the original home of their father), near Hoylesville, to Dr. William A lexander and William Richards for $20,000 in gold. He then bought a big p lantation about six miles south of Newton and lived there until his dea th in 1895. He was a devout Lutheran and his body was buried at Salem Chu rch in Lincoln County.
The Back Rhodes of Our Genealogy
1818 - 1896 (78 years)
