Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Rhodes was born in 1823, in Indiana, United States, her father, Joseph Rhodes, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Mosier, was 27. She married Elder Soloman Glory Brown on 1 November 1838, in Morgan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Gregg Township, Morgan, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 17 February 1857, in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Mary Brown in household of Soloman Brown, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Rhodes, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Mary Elizabeth Rhodes Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1821–1885 Male
1823–1857 Female
Children (8)
1839–1862 Male
1843–1845 Male
1844–1925 Female
1846–1940 Female
1849–1929 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1791–1866 Male
1796–1853 Female
Siblings (6)
1814–1876 Male
1818–1891 Male
1822–1909 Female
1823–1857 Female
1827–1858 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (7)
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 2
1830
Age 7
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 13
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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