This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------42E8855E871BF376A4055A45 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------42E8855E871BF376A4055A45 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <RHODES-L-request@rootsweb.com> Delivered-To: paulwest@mail.slkc.uswest.net Received: (qmail 20923 invoked by uid 0); 28 May 1999 02:57:33 -0000 Received: from mail.uswest.net (HELO mail5.uswest.net) (204.147.80.23) by slkcpop2.slkc.uswest.net with SMTP; 28 May 1999 02:57:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 17454 invoked by alias); 28 May 1999 02:57:34 -0000 Delivered-To: paulwest@uswest.net Received: (qmail 17421 invoked by uid 0); 28 May 1999 02:57:34 -0000 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (204.212.38.30) by mail5.uswest.net with SMTP; 28 May 1999 02:57:34 -0000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA03473; Thu, 27 May 1999 19:53:41 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 19:53:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 22:50:30 -0400 From: Dean Cullison <cdcullsc@hargray.com> Subject: Re: [RHODES-L] Re: RHODES-D Digest V99 #88 Old-To: RHODES-L@rootsweb.com Reply-to: cdcullsc@hargray.com Message-id: <374E0476.4F3F8D03@hargray.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win98; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <199905202322.QAA29516@bl-14.rootsweb.com> <3.0.6.32.19990520184017.007bd4e0@proaxis.com> Resent-Message-ID: <EQhAT.A.H2.0UgT3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: RHODES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: RHODES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <RHODES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1629 X-Loop: RHODES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: RHODES-L-request@rootsweb.com My 3G grandparents were John and Catharine Pitzer Rhodes, who married ca 1793 and migrated to Licking Co., OH, via Virginia (now W.VA), from Allegany Co., MD. Members of the Rhodes, Pitzer, Beem, and Green families, from the Westport area of Allegany Co., intermarried and made their ways to Licking County between 1800 and 1816. According to Rachel Rhodes, daughter of John and Catharine, my 2G grandmother, who married Michael Beem (Jr.), the John Rhodes moved in 1801 from Allegany Co., MD with five children to Virginia; thence in 1809 to Hog Run, Licking TWP, Licking Co., OH. In 1816 John, accompanied by daughter Rachel and son Christian, occupied property (W 1/2 of SW quarter of Sec. 14) in Jersey TWP, Licking Co., constructing a temporary shelter. Soon afterward he built a hewed house for the whole family, where John and Catharine spent the remainder of their lives. John and Catharine had 10 children: Mary, William, Elizabeth, John, Christian, Catharine, Rachel, Richard, Anna, and Anthony. John and Catharine Rhodes are buried in the Universalist Church cemetery in Jersey TWP. Seven of their children are also interred in this same cemetery. John's tombstone reads: John Rhodes Died Mar. 28, 1850 82y.2m.20d. Catharine's tombstone reads: Catharine wife of John Died Feb. 6, 1832 Aged 59y.1m.6d. John never remarried after Catharine's death. John was a veteran of the War of 1812. He was a Lieutenant in Captain Kaiser's Company, Ohio Militia, as recorded in the National Archives. Catharine Pitzer was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Pitzer. She is listed in Elizabeth's will along with her brothers and sisters. The will was made in Allegany Co., MD. Her brother Richard and family came to Licking Co., OH with Benjamin Green (my 3G grandfather) and family in 1800. Her brother Anthony Pitzer (also my 3G grandfather) and family also migrated from MD to Licking Co., OH, where he was a leading citizen of Licking TWP. I have not been able to solidly identify John Rhodes' parents. Several years ago I came to the conclusion that his parents were Jacob and Catherine Aire Rhodes. Jacob may have been the son of Rev. John Rhodes and wife Eva Albright. According to the "Jolly Family in America" by Ruth M. Jolly Van Veldhuizen (Des Moines: Postal Instant Press, 1981), this John Rhodes came from the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, to Lancaster Co., PA in 1711 and on to Shenandoah Valley, VA in 1727. He was with seven other families including Adam Strickler, thus being one of the founders of Massanutten, the first settlement in the Shenandoah Valley. John was a Mennonite minister. Another report, which I can't identify off hand, states that Rev. John Rhodes was killed by the Indians in 1764 along with his wife Eva, four sons, and two daughters. I believe that Joseph, Jacob, and Michael Rhodes were surviving sons of Rev. John Rhodes and wife Eva. I hope that this will be helpful. I'm sorry that it doesn't solve the mystery of the multiple John Rhodes, in the early 1800s. Am always happy to hear from others searching the same families. C. Dean Cullison Dataw Island, SC cdcullsc@hargray.com (Born & raised in Licking Co., OH) ==== RHODES Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from RHODES-D Mailing List (digest), send an e-mail to: RHODES-D-request@rootseweb.com with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. --------------42E8855E871BF376A4055A45--