When William Brewer Rhode was born on 2 September 1829, in Rankin, Mississippi, United States, his father, Daniel Clifford Rhodes, was 22 and his mother, Charity Russell, was 15. He married Laura Catherine Brown on 14 June 1853, in Rankin, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Doña Ana, Doña Ana, New Mexico, United States in 1900. He died on 30 September 1910, in Goliad, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Stockton Cemetery, Bartlett, Williamson, Texas, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Goliad, Republic of Texas 1845: Goliad, Texas, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Doña Ana, New Mexico Territory, United States 1912: Doña Ana, New Mexico, United States
English: topographic name from Middle English rode (Old English rod, rodu) designating someone who lived by a woodland clearing, or for someone who came from a place so named, such as Road (Somerset), Rhode (Somerset), Road Farm in Colebrook (Devon), Rhode in Halberton (Devon), Roade (Northamptonshire), Rode (Cheshire), and Rodd (Herefordshire).
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a reed bed, from Middle English rode (Old English hrēod). See also Rude and Trude .
German: habitational name from any places called Rhode (Lower Saxony, Rhineland) and Rhoden (Hesse, Saxony-Anhalt, former Silesia).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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