When Richard Franklin Rhoten was born on 22 February 1862, in Terre Haute, Knox, Indiana, United States, his father, Thomas Rhoten, was 45 and his mother, Sarah Legan, was 40. He married Ether Eudora Dustin on 10 April 1891. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Washington Township, Dallas, Missouri, United States for about 60 years. He died on 29 April 1930, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Dallas, Missouri, United States.
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