!Funeral services at Shiloh Baptist Church which was acro s s road from old homestead purchased by her father for he r grand-father.
!From (Marionville Free Press, Wednesday, 20 Mar 1985, pa g e 9; "Back in the 'good ole days'"... by Betty (Martin) H enry), this is an ar ticle about the Bradfield area of Ston e County which is in the NW corner o f the county near th e Lawrence County line: Following is a list of Annual Enum er ation of the School district, for the year 1896; listin g the parent or guardian 's name first and then the childre n -- M.R. Newman/Nella Newman.
!From (Crane Chronicle/Stone County Republican, Thursday , 1 4 May 1987; "Good Ole Days" by Betty Henry); "xxx - Al l that is left of the m emories of a log cabin built near t he Shiloh Baptist Church (in the Bradfiel d community) ar e pictures. The Thomas Newman and Martin Rufus Newman fami li es were believed to be one of the earliest settlers in n orthern Stone County an d Bradfield community according t o the abstract and which it states tha t Thomas Newman purc hased 80 acres (west of Shiloh Baptist Church) from Mar ti n Rufus Newman for the amount of $1.25 per acre and totalin g $100. The transa ction took place 24 May 1886 and the si gnature of Robt. McCulloch was on the do cument as Stone Co unty Register of Lands. - Later years, many people in t h e Bradfield community remember Nellie Zink, daughter of M artin Rufus Newman, wh o lived on the property up until he r death. She was in her late ninetie s at the time of he r death. Portions of the 'ole log house' were left standi n g as part of an outside dwelling in back of the present p roperty of Leafor d and Lucille Gold, who were so kind to s upply information and picture for thi s article. xxx"
The Back Rhodes of Our Genealogy
1889 - 1979 (90 years)
