Rhoda Carroll

Brief Life History of Rhoda

When Rhoda Carroll was born on 16 March 1818, in Johnston, North Carolina, United States, her father, James Edward Carroll, was 53 and her mother, Rhoda Sarah Ann Stephenson, was 41. She married Joseph Lazarus Matthews on 14 April 1832, in Johnston, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in San Bernardino, California, United States in 1851 and Santaquin, Utah, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 12 May 1896, in Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Lazarus Matthews
1809–1886
Rhoda Carroll
1818–1896
Marriage: 14 April 1832
Mahalia Ann Rebecca Matthews
1833–1916
Anson Matthews
about 1840–about 1840
George Augustus Matthews
1835–1835
Julia Antoinette Matthews
1836–1913
Ann Holton Matthews
1838–1923

Sources (73)

  • Rhoda Matthews in household of Josh Matthews, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Rhoda Carroll - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Dorothy May Tyler
  • Rhoda Carrell, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1830 · Trail of Tears

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

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

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Cearbhaill or Mac Cearbhaill ‘descendant (or son) of Cearbhall’, a personal name perhaps based on cearbh ‘hacking’ and hence originally a byname for a butcher or a fierce warrior.

English and Scottish: variant of Carrell .

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

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A Biography of John Daniel Holladay (1826-1909) from 1902

[This story was transcribed from the book: Portrait, genealogical and biographical record of the State of Utah: Containing Biographies of Many Well-Known Citizens of the Past and Present. 1902. Chica …

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