>Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 13:26:38 -0600 >From: richard watkins <vcwgeni@sbcglobal.net> >Source: RHODES-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Rhodes and Simpson > > >to jrhodes100@aol.com >to Jim Rhodes > >I was interested in your e-mail about your Rhodes being from Hawkins Co Tenn., although my Rhodes ancestors were from Muhlenberg Co, Kentucky, some could have migrated in that area. > >i.e. Joseph circa 1745-1799, >his son Jacob circa 1775-1850 and >his son John N. 1820 - 1877 (my great-grandfather) >all presumed born in Muhlenberg. John N. moved to Union County, Cobden, Illinois area in 1840's and built two log cabins, which both are still standing and in the family today. John N. & Elizabeth Martin Rhoades had 10 children, including my grandfather William Thomas born in Union County. >William Thomas married Fannie Barnett Simpson - and her family was from Hawkins Co Tenn He had a half sister, Sally Virginia Cloud (which I have been unable to prove the connection only word of mouth). Sally Cloud married Samuel Moore either in Hawkins Co or Union Co, Ill, but lived their married life in Union Co. Sally came to Hawkins Co when my grandmother Fannie was 5 or 6 and brought her back to Illinois after her parents died. > >My question is: Have you run across a Henry Simpson and/or Mary Melvina Dunn Simpson in your findings of the Rhodes families in Hawkins Co? > >I have taken the "Distant Crossroads" genealogy magazine from Hawkins Co for several years and have not been able to locate much info on the Simpsons. I am in the process of writing an article to be published in the Crossroads, so maybe I will be able to connect that way. > >Thanks, >Carole Kinder Watkins >vcwgeni@sbcglobal.com