Catherine (Smith) Rhodes (abt. 1783 - abt. 1864)

Born about 1783 in Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Jacob Rhodes — married 1804 in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died about Apr 1864 at about age 81 in Montgomery, Ohio, United States

Biography

Catherine was born in 1783. She marred Jacob Rhodes in1804 in Bedford PA. She passed away in 1864 and iis buried at Slifer Cemetery, Farmersville, Montgomery, Ohio.^[1]

Catherine is the daughter of a Jacob Smith born in c. 1745-1755 unknown location. Mary Agnesa (Klappert) Smith born 1752 Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Jacob Smith died in 1794 in Woodbury Township. ^[2] in Agnes married second Philip Herman Knee in Pennsylvania and they moved with her minor Smith children to Randolph Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States where Dayton is today. She and Philip had no children together. Each having raised large families before they married.

Research

The following are the children born to Jacob and Mary Agnesa Smith to be researched:

1. Henry Smith (eldest son per Orphans’ Court documentation.)
2. Elizabeth Smith Byers 1779-1856 m. Daniel Byers buried Byers Cemetery Woodbury, Bedford, Pennsylvania
3. John Smith 1782-1860 (Not listed in Orphans Court plea) buried Smith Cemetery Millerstown, Blair, Pennsylvania
4. Jacob Smith 1783-1855 m. Elizabeth Rhodes Smith (Not listed in Orphans Court plea) buried Keagy Cemetery Woodbury, Bedford, Pennsylvania
5. Catherine Smith Rhodes 1783-1864 (This Profile)
6. Magdalena Smith Zook 1785-1865 (typed as Modlina Zuck in Orphans Court plea)
7. Mary Smith Arnold Born 15 Jul 1790-13 Jan 1875 married Chistian Arnold 12 Mar 1812 in Montgomery, Ohio. Arnold Cemetery, Brookville, Montgomery County, Ohio
8. Abraham Smith1791-1877 m Sally Bowman 13 Oct 1825 Montgomery, Ohio. buried Fort McKinley Cemetery Montgomery, Ohio
9. David S. Smith 1794-1837 m Elizabeth Whitehead 26 May 1822 Montgomery, Ohio.
10. Susannah (a minor child listed last on the Orphans’ Court plea) the only mention I have seen outside of that source is a tree that says her birth was in Nov, seven months after her father died, and in the same year her brother David was born. Amounts to nonsense. Deceased was given as date of death. No source.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41431333/catherine-rhoades : accessed 24 February 2021), memorial page for Catherine Smith Rhoades (1783–Apr 1864), Find a Grave Memorial no. 41431333, citing Slifer Cemetery, Farmersville, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Roger Rhoads (contributor 47125116) .
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99B-R5J?cc=1999196&wc=MDSF-TNG%3A268498201%2C269645601 : 3 July 2014), Bedford > Orphans' Court records 1772-1814 vol 1 > image 65 of 126; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.