When Rhoda Ann Whiddon was born on 1 April 1845, in Thomas, Georgia, United States, her father, Jared Irvin Whiddon, was 25 and her mother, Mary Ann White, was 23.
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English (Devon): habitational name from any of numerous minor places in Devon named Whiddon. Some are named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + dūn ‘hill’ or tūn ‘farmstead, estate’; others with Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + dūn or denu ‘valley’.
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