!"The winter after coming to Dewey Co. (OK) the oldest so n , Remus, was sent back to Kans. to dispose of the thing s they had left there . To save fare he was riding unde r a freight car. The train ran into a blizz ard and when i t finally stopped his hands were frozen to the metal and h a d to be pried loose. He died of pneumonia from the exposu re." (Spanning The Riv er, Dewey County (OK) Historical So ciety; 1976)
The Back Rhodes of Our Genealogy
1879 - 1901 (~ 21 years)
