Margaret (Rhodes) Byrley (1833 - 1906)

Born 28 May 1833 in White River, Randolph County, Indiana

Ancestors

Daughter of Thomas Rhoads and Hannah Jane (Freeman) Rhoads

Wife of Robert Byrley — married 9 Mar 1854 in Mercer County, Ohio

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1906 at age 73 in Peru, Miami County, Indiana

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Margaret Rhodes Byrley

Biography

Margaret Rhodes was the daughter of Thomas Rhoads and Hannah Freeman of Randolph County, Indiana. Based upon the 1850 and 1880 Census records, Margaret was born circa 1833.^{[1] [2]}

Margaret Rhodes's mother died in 1841, leaving her father, Thomas Rhoads, with several young children to raise. By 1842, Margaret's father had remarried to her mother's sister, Elizabeth Freeman.^[3] More Rhodes siblings were born. It was during the lifetime of these siblings that different branches set upon a spelling for the name. Margaret's brother Isom settled on the "Rhoades" spelling. Margaret's uncle William kept the "Rhoads" spelling. In North Carolina the family had been known as "Rodes" "Roads" "Rhoads" and "Rhodes."

1850 Census, Thomas Rhoads family next to John Rhoads family

In 1854, Margaret "Peggy" Rhodes married Robert "Rafe" Byrley of Mercer County, Ohio. The Byrley farm was near the home of Margaret's grandparents, Daniel and Mary Wells Freeman.

Margaret Rhoads / Robert Byerly Marriage Record

In 1856, Margaret and her siblings (the children of Hannah Freeman Rhoads) were all named in the probate of their grandfather, Daniel Freeman II of Mercer County, Ohio.^[4]

Daniel Freeman Probate Names Hannah Freeman Rhoads's children

Robert Byrley and Margaret Rhodes Byrley lived in Mercer County, Ohio. There, they were enumerated continuously on the 1860, 1870 and 1880 Censuses.

In 1860, Margaret Rhodes Byrley's brother Isom Rhodes was living in the Byrley household in Mercer County, Ohio:^[5]

Robert and Margaret Birely in 1860 Census

By 1870, Robert and Margaret Byrley had seven children.^[6]

1870 Census Record

By 1880, some of the older Byrley children had married and moved out of the household. In the 1880 Mercer County Census, Mary Ann Byrley and her husband Peter Hann are enumerated in the neighboring household:^[7]

1880 Census Robert Bierly Family

Sometime before 1896, the elderly couple moved in with their eldest daughter Mary Ann and her husband Peter Hann in Peru, Miami County, Indiana. Robert "Rafe" Byrley died there in 1896.

Robert Byrley Death Record

Rafe and Peggy Byrley had 10 known children. On Margaret Rhodes Byrley's 1900 Census enumeration, she claimed to have had 13 children, with only 6 still living in 1900.

Margaret Rhodes Byrley had 13 Children with 6 Still Living in 1900

Margaret Rhoads Byrley died in 1906 at Miami County, Indiana:

Margaret Rhodes Byrley Death Certificate

Lineage Society Links

If you are a female descendant of Margaret Rhodes Byrley, you may be eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. Margaret Rhodes Byrley was descended from 3 known Revolutionary War patriots:

John Wells^[8]

Daniel Freeman^[9]

Joseph Wells^[10]

If you are a descendant of Margaret Rhodes Byrley, you are eligible to join the Jamestowne Society. Margaret Rhodes Byrley's lineage goes back to one of the early settlers of Jamestowne, Virginia, Dr Richard Wells. Ask for proven lineage paper 9584.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHV3-8MS : 9 November 2014), Margaret Rhoads in household of Thomas Rhoads, White River, Randolph, Indiana, United States; citing family 616, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBC-BBT?cc=1417683&wc=QZ27-B3J%3A1589410656%2C1589400935%2C1589395570%2C1589395442 : 24 December 2015), Ohio > Mercer > Liberty > ED 188 > image 13 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5PM-QSB : 21 January 2016), Thomas Rhoads and Elizabeth Freeman, 03 Mar 1842; citing Randolph, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,654,838
4. ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-31287-9148-59?cc=1992421&wc=S2CK-RM7:266275901,266308101, Image number 88 of 494
5. ↑ 1860 Census, Butler Twp, Mercer Co, Ohio, Family #1229.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6X59-9TH?cc=1438024&wc=9227-F9Z%3A518654901%2C519273701%2C518685301 : 22 May 2014), Ohio > Shelby > Washington > image 20 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBC-BBT?cc=1417683&wc=QZ27-B3J%3A1589410656%2C1589400935%2C1589395570%2C1589395442 : 24 December 2015), Ohio > Mercer > Liberty > ED 188 > image 13 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed January 30, 2018), "Record of John Wells", Ancestor # A212925.
9. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed January 30, 2018), "Record of Daniel Freeman", Ancestor # A212746.
10. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed January 30, 2018), "Record of Joseph Wells", Ancestor # A211905.

• Maternal relationship to Joseph Wells and Charity Carrington is confirmed by a triangulated group of descendants consisting of Betsy Clark Bergen (GEDmatch A234683), Vaneta Williams (GEDmatch A230476) and Larry Stephenson (GEDmatch A957320). The 9.7 centiMorgan segment is from 41,021,240 to 44,931,685 on chromosome 22. Their most recent common ancestors are Joseph Wells and Charity Carrington.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHV3-8MS : 9 November 2014), Margaret Rhoads in household of Thomas Rhoads, White River, Randolph, Indiana, United States; citing family 616, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QG-YZQB?cc=1992421&wc=S2CK-RM7%3A266275901%2C266308101 : 1 July 2014), Mercer > Final records 1852-1865 vol 1-2 > image 88 of 494; county courthouses, Ohio.

• "Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QG-YZ43?cc=1992421&wc=S2CK-RM7%3A266275901%2C266308101 : 1 July 2014), Mercer > Final records 1852-1865 vol 1-2 > image 89 of 494; county courthouses, Ohio.

• Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-17957-57194-98?cc=1614804 : accessed 28 February 2016), Mercer > Marriage records 1853-1856 vol D > image 42 of 237; county courthouses, Ohio.

• 1860 Census, Butler Twp, Mercer Co, Ohio, Family #1229.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6LT-4RN : 12 April 2016), Robert Birely, Ohio, United States; citing p. 20, family 252, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,766.

• "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6VJ-8W5 : accessed 10 February 2016), Luticia Beerly, 20 Sep 1872; citing Birth, Washington, Shelby, Ohio, reference v 1 p 66, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 562,854.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBC-BBT?cc=1417683&wc=QZ27-B3J%3A1589410656%2C1589400935%2C1589395570%2C1589395442 : 24 December 2015), Ohio > Mercer > Liberty > ED 188 > image 13 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-31287-9148-59?cc=1992421 : 1 July 2014), Mercer > Final records 1852-1865 vol 1-2 > image 88 of 494; county courthouses, Ohio.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9M6-B8L : accessed 8 May 2017), Margaret Byrley in household of Peter Hann, Erie & Peru Townships (excl. Peru city) North Peru town, Miami, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 97, sheet 7B, family 116, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,393.

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV99-PYHM : 21 January 2016), Margaret Rhodes in entry for Albert Burss and Alwilda Worley, 14 Dec 1911; citing Miami, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,431,966.