When Addie May Roszell was born on 22 March 1869, in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States, her father, Joseph Barwick Roszell, was 24 and her mother, Amanda Cramer, was 22. She married Oscar G Rhodes on 2 March 1892, in Aspen, Pitkin, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Cardiff, Garfield, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Fowler, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1930. She died on 7 June 1949, in Basalt, Eagle, Colorado, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Colorado, United States.