Rhoda A. Dement

Female1843–

Brief Life History of Rhoda A.

When Rhoda A. Dement was born in 1843, in Gift, Alcorn, Mississippi, United States, her father, William Dement, was 42 and her mother, Mary Herrington, was 35. She married Thomas Jefferson or Wiley Hollimon in 1870. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Jones, Mississippi, United States for about 30 years and Beat 3, Jones, Mississippi, United States in 1910.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Jefferson or Wiley Hollimon
1853–
Rhoda A. Dement
1843–
Marriage: 1870
Jefferson Holliman
1871–
Martha Jane Holliman
1873–1951
M. J.
1874–
Lorenza Hollimon
1876–
Kathairn
1877–
Thomas Oliver Hollimon
1880–1967

Sources (6)

  • Rhoda Holliman in household of Wiley Holliman, "United States Census, 1910"
  • R A Holeman in household of Wiley Holeman, "United States Census, 1880"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1870
  • Children (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 3

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

    1861

    Age 18

    Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 32

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    Possibly an altered form of German Demant, a metonymic occupational name for a diamond dealer or cutter, from Middle High German dīemant ‘diamond’.

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

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