Vesta (Eaton) Rhoads (1845 - 1937)

Born 9 Jul 1845 in Summerhill, Cayuga, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Jackson Rhoads — married 19 Nov 1865 in Sempronius, Cayuga, New York, United States

Died 1 Feb 1937 at age 91 in Groton, Tompkins, New York, United States

Biography

Vesta was born about 1846. She is the daughter of Ebenezer Eaton and Adaline Unknown.

Her and her husband, Stephen J. Rhoads, had 6 children.

Obituary

From the Auburn Citizen-Advertiser, Tuesday, February 2, 1937:

Mrs. Vesta E. Rhoads, 91, mother of Supervisor William Rhoads of Sumerhill, died shortly after 12 o'clock Monday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Harry Clapp, in Groton. Mrs. Rhoads, who was the widow of Stephen J. Rhoads, was a resident of the Town of Sempronius and passed nearly all her life there. She was born in the Town of Summerhill. She had been in poor health for a long time and had been 16 months at her daughter's home.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Clapp and Mrs. Howard Lacy of Sempronius, three sons, Supervisor Rhoads, Herbert E. Rhoads of Mecklenburg and Clinton Rhoads of Sempronius, and two grandsons, Kermit and Stuart Rhoads of Summerhill.

Funeral services at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon will be in Dresserville church. Rev. R.J. Blocker will officiate. Burial will be in Sand Hill Cemetery at Dresserville.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTL-H2V : 23 December 2020), Bista Eaton in household of Ebenezer Eaton, Sempronius, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS6X-YZ8 : accessed 26 August 2021), Vesta Rhoads in household of Stefan Rhoads, Sempronius Township, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40, sheet 4A, family 84, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,013.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #83699453