Nancy Ann Rose

1820–1906 (Age 85)
North Carolina, United States

The Life of Nancy Ann

When Nancy Ann Rose was born in December 1820, in North Carolina, United States, her father, James Rose, was 20 and her mother, Edna Caroline Harper, was 16. She married James H. Rhodes in May 1844, in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States for about 30 years. She died in 1906, in Grant, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

James H. Rhodes
1815–1884
Nancy Ann Rose
1820–1906
Marriage: May 1844
Mary Ann Rhodes
1845–1923
Alex Rhodes
1852–
Julius Rhodes
1853–1884
Emily Paralee Rhodes
1846–1912
James Henry Rhodes
1848–1923
Edny Rhodes
1850–
Robert Riley Rhodes
1850–1909
Frank Rhodes
1851–1884
David Allen Rhodes
1851–
Albert Shaw Rhodes
1859–1946
Thomas B. Rhodes
1860–1944
Amanda Rhodes
1863–1949
Julia Frances Rhodes
1864–1947
Elizabeth Alice Rhodes
1865–1955
Bettie Rhoads
1867–
Wiley Sampson Rhodes
1868–1961

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
May 1844
Hardeman, Tennessee, United States
children

(16)

    Mary Ann Rhodes

    Female1845–1923Female

    Emily Paralee Rhodes

    Female1846–1912Female

    James Henry Rhodes

    Male1848–1923Male

    Edny Rhodes

    Female1850–Female

    Frank Rhodes

    Male1851–1884Male

+11 More Children

Parents and Siblings

    James Rose

    Male1800–1830Male

    Edna Caroline Harper

    Female1804–1873Female

siblings

(3)

    Nancy Ann Rose

    Female1820–1906Female

    Tamer Jane Rose

    Female1826–1866Female

    Ellen M Rose

    Female1828–Female

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

Age 1

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1830 · Trail of Tears

Age 10

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846

Age 26

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

1 English, Scottish, French, and German: from the name of the flower, Middle English, Old French, Middle High German rose (Latin rosa), in various applications. In part it is a topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew, or a habitational name for someone living at a house bearing the sign of the rose. It is also found, especially in Europe, as a nickname for a man with a ‘rosy’ complexion. As an American surname, this name has absorbed cognates and similarsounding names from other European languages.2 English: variant of Royce .3 Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from the word for the flower (German Rose, Yiddish royz), or a metronymic name from the Yiddish female personal name Royze, derived from the word for the flower.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • N A Rhoads in household of J H Rhoads, "United States Census, 1880"
  • N A Rhoads in household of J H Rhoads, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Nancey Rodes in household of James H Rodes, "United States Census, 1850"

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