I made an error in the info below. It should read William's son Lawrence married Ida L. Thomas... Bill mc ----- Original Message ----- From: "bill" <wmcconne@bellsouth.net> To: <tnmarion@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Rhodes family > Frank, > > I'm a little confused. You write of William W. and Absolom as brothers but > the census records show William W. to be the son of Absolum. > > Other info: William's son Robert married Mary Alice Hillard and best I can > tell they only had one child that lived to maturity - Mary Ellen born abt. > 1921. William's son Robert married Ida L. Thomas and had sons Lawrence Jr., > Joseph H., Vernon and Winfred. Lawrence Jrs nickname was Bill so I'm a > little uncertain about Lawrence's middle name being Wesley but that's the > way he signed his WWI draft registration card. > > Absolum's father John R.(age 65) and mother Elizabeth (age 50) are still in > Walker Co, GA in 1870. I don't see either in 1880. > > Bill Mc > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Sellersgen@aol.com> > To: <tnmarion@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 5:14 PM > Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Rhodes family > > > > Dennis, > > > > Thank you so much to you and Caroline for looking. I have 3 other names > for > > you. > > > > > > The names of William W.'s and Absolom Vernon Rhodes' parents were Jonathan > > R. Rhodes and Elizabeth Vernon Rhodes. Absolom was b. 2-5-1838 and was a > Civil > > War veteran when he left South Pittsburg and moved to Oklahoma in the > 1880s, > > so he could have been a member of the church. He could even have been > > married there. He married Sarah Adeline Carson (b. 9-10-1844), dau. of > Andrew J. > > Carson and Mary C. ___?___. We have a marriage date (March 27, 1864), > but no > > place. > > > > The Carsons were from Walker County, Georgia, and were listed at the > Eagle > > Cleft Post Office in the Chattanooga District of Walker County in the > 1860 > > census. > > > > So these people may have been members before the construction in 1888. > > > > Thank you for anything you find. > > > > Frank Sellers > > Falls Church, VA > > > > > > > > > > **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with > > Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. > > (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no > > soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. > > Betty McBee - list administrator-- macbetty2@peoplepc.com > > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.15/1426 - Release Date: > 5/10/2008 11:12 AM > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no > soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. > Betty McBee - list administrator-- macbetty2@peoplepc.com > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.15/1426 - Release Date: 5/10/2008 11:12 AM > >