Born in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Armstrong
and Nancy (Greene) Armstrong
Wife of
John Swearingen Clary Jr.
— married
1812 in White, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Royal Armstrong Clary, John Allen Clary, Bowling Clary, Robert C. Clary, Zachariah Clary, William Carrol Clary, Thomas C. Clary, Martha Jane (Clary) Bell, James S. Clary, Hugh Armstrong Clary, Abraham Lincoln Clary and Henry Clary
Died
at age 45
in Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Nov 2013
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Biography
Rhoda was born in 1794. She was the daughter of Robert Armstrong and Nancy Greene, and married John Clary. She passed away in 1840, and was buried at the Old Concord Cemetery, Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois.[1]
Rhoda Armstrong
Before she was three, Rhoda Armstrong and her family moved from North Carolina to Tennessee. Here, in White County, she grew up and married John Clary. When she was 24, she and John made the journey from Tennessee to Illinois, by horseback, with their two small boys, Royal and John. Reaching Bond County (Ill.), they paused with relatives (probably the family of Rhoda's Uncle James Greene) until after the birth of Robert in March 1819.
After a rest of several weeks, John and Rhoda Clary and their children continued on to adjoining Madison County; reportedly they were the first white settlers in Springfield District (present Menard County). Their community became known as Clary's Grove. Rhoda lived the rest of her life there, and is buried beside her husband in Old Concord Cemetery.
Life in Illinois, as in all pioneer communities, required much hard work, perseverance, patience, and skill. Rhoda Clary became noted for her skill at spinning and weaving. According to family tradition, Rhoda once made Abraham Liincoln a suit of clothes "from sheep's back clear through all the processes." He in turn split rails and built fences for the Clarys.
'Clary Genealogy' by Ralph Shearer Rowland and Star Wilson Rowland - 1980. Added by Russell W. Clary.
Notes
Verification of dates of birth & death, and her spouse are from the inscription on Rhoda's headstone.
Sources
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Sherri Posey for creating Armstrong-3777 on 21 Nov 13.
Special thanks to Barbara Shoff for her help and corroborating information.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rhoda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rhoda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Alex (Knight) Guthrie
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H6a1b3a, FTDNA kit #930870
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Bill Herrman :
23andMe, GEDmatch M102348 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M102348 [compare], Ancestry member BoomerKC46
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Greg Giespert :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member zephyr9ne
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~3.12%
Marie (Fortner) Keeton :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member keeton_marie
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~1.56%
Deborah (Shoff) Joy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A462264 [compare], Ancestry member DS
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~1.56%
Stella Shoff :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A848987 [compare], Ancestry member Stella_Shoff
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~1.56%
Barbara Shoff :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T689325 [compare], FTDNA kit #357313
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~1.56%
Melissa Patkes :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Tricia Temple :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tltemple86
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~0.78%
Paul Armstrong :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Armstrong928
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