Brief Life History of Rhoda
When Rhoda Powell was born in 1811, in Ohio, United States, her father, Reuben Powell Sr, was 37 and her mother, Dorcas Alford, was 36. She married Lewis S Wood on 5 February 1835, in Belmont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Morgan, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died in May 1899, in Grundy, Missouri, United States, at the age of 88.
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- Rhoda Woods in household of Lewis Woods, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Rhoda Powell - Individual or family possessions: birth: 1844; Ohio, United States
- Theda Powell, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell ).
Irish: mainly of Welsh origin as in 1 above, but sometimes a surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Phóil ‘son of the servant of Saint Paul’ (see Guilfoyle ).
English: variant of Paul or Poole .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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