Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Rhodes was born on 14 February 1794, in Virginia, United States, his father, Michael Rhodes, was 44 and his mother, Anna Strickler, was 34. He married Mary Polly Crabill on 12 February 1824, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Lebanon Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Harrison Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 17 November 1879, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Hillgrove Cemetery, Corydon, Harrison Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States.
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- Abraham Rhodes, "United States Census, 1870"
- Abraham Roads, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Abraham Rhodes, "Find A Grave Index"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1809
Historical Information 1809 - Harrison, Indiana Territory, United States 1816 - Harrison, Indiana, United States
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English:
either a topographic name for someone who lived by ‘(the) woodland clearings’, plural form of Middle English rode (Old English rod, rodu), or a habitational name for someone who came from a place so named, principally Rhodes in Bury (Lancashire) or possibly from one of the many minor places in Yorkshire similarly named, or Rhodes Minnis (Kent). The Yorkshire name sometimes alternates with the singular form (see Rhode and Rode ). The Rh- spelling was introduced in the 16th and 17th centuries by clerks with a classical education, who associated the name with the Greek island of Rhodes, famous in ancient history and mythology. There is also no connection with modern English road (Old English rād ‘riding’), which was not used to denote a thoroughfare until the 16th century. The surname is particularly common in Yorkshire and Lancashire but occurs with various spellings in smaller numbers widely across England.
variant of Rhode , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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