Anthony Alexander Rhoades

1834 - 1890  (55 years)

• Name	Anthony Alexander Rhoades
  Birth	22 Sep 1834	Winchester, Adams Co., OH
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Feb 1890	Albany, OR
  Person ID	I22	Rhoades Steen
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Samuel Rhoades,   b. 1803, Pennsylvania d. 1859, Adams Co., OH (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rebecca Ann Steen,   b. 27 Nov 1804, Berkeley Co., VA d. 15 Oct 1837, Adams Co., OH (Age 32 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Oct 1823	Adams Co., OH
  Family ID	F02	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy A. Harmon,   b. 1841, Berlin, Sangamon Co., IL d. 12 Dec 1866, Berlin, Sangamon Co., IL (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1860	Berlin, Sangamon Co., IL
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Henry Rhoades,   b. 8 Oct 1861, Berlin, Sangamon Co., IL  [natural]
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F07	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Frances Yates,   b. 28 Mar 1838, Berlin, Sangamon Co., IL
  Marriage	21 Mar 1869	Berlin, Sangamon Co., IL
  Children	1. Nellie Patti Rhoades,   b. 23 Jun 1870, Berlin, Sangamon Co., IL  [natural]   2. Phebe Rebecca Rhoades,   b. 3 Jun 1873, Berlin, Sangamon Co., IL  [natural]   3. Bessie Price Rhoades,   b. 24 Oct 1874, Berlin, Sangamon Co., IL  [natural]   4. Richard Yates Rhoades,   b. Abt 1877, Berlin, Sangamon Co., IL d. 29 May 1897, Albany, OR (Age ~ 20 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F09	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Steen Family, pp. 55-56: Anthony Alexander Rhoades... was born near Winchester, Adams County, Ohio... His mother died when he was a little child, only three years old, and he was brought up in the family of his uncle, Alexander B. Steen, near Mount Leigh, Ohio, where he worked on the farm in summer and attended school in winter, until he was eighteen years of age. In May 1855, he removed from Adams County, Ohio, to Sangamon County, Illinois, where he made his home for many years. In 1858 he left his regular work to travel with and take care of his brother, S. D. Belt Rhoades, who at that time was in very poor health, and gradually kept on growing weaker until at length he died while they were crossing the Gulf of Mexico, and in the midst of a terrible storm, which took place in January, 1859. In 1862 he went to the Pacific Coast, where he spent more than three years, principally in Oregon, and returned to Illinois in the autumn of 1865, being on the stormy Atlantic on his 31st birthday. From San Francisco, California, he made the trip in thirty-six days; spent two weeks in Greytown, Nicaragua; afterwards continued his journey to New York, going on board the vessel "Ericsson," which was propelled by hot air, and safely reached his destination. From 1865 until 1883 he resided continually in Sangamon County, Illinois, and worked at his trade - a plasterer and calciminer; then permanently removed to Albany, Oregon, where he spent the remainder of his days. In 1857 he became a member of the Christian Church, or Disciples of Christ; was ordained a deacon in 1869, and continued an active worker in the Master's cause until his death. He was a most agreeable companion, witty, full of jokes, and always very fond of music, even in his boyhood days. He possessed a rich, sweet voice, acquired great skill, and was a popular music teacher and leader of the choir in the church for many years. In the winter of 1889-90 he suffered from a severe attack of la grippe, or influenza, which finally terminated in pneumonia, from which he died at his home in Albany, Oregon, quietly passing away from earth in the full hope of a glorious immortality...