Alonzo Donnell Rhodes (1822 - 1893)

Born 2 Sep 1822 in Fowler, Trumbull, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Barbara Ellen (Kearns) Rhodes — married 29 Feb 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Husband of Sarah Ann (Bushman) Rhodes — married 25 May 1852 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Husband of Sarah Jane (Lawrence) Rhodes — married 19 Feb 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Jul 1893 at age 70 in Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory, United States

Alonzo Rhodes was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Alonzo became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Biography

Alonzo was born in 1822. He was the son of Erie Rhodes and Eunice Wright.

Traveled with the Easton Kelsey Company in 1851 with his first wife Barbara departing from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). They originally departed about June 10, but turned back due to Indian trouble. They left again June 29. The company arrived in Salt Lake City between September 22 and October 7, 1851.^[1]

Married 3 times with 2 plural wives. He was arrested for unlawful cohabitation. His wives were:

1. Barbara Ellen Kearns, 14 Sep 1843, 9 children
2. Sarah Ann Bushman, 25 May 1852, 12 children
3. Sarah Jane Lawrence, widow of Sylvanus Collette, 19 Feb 1857, 7 children

21 Jan 1853, Territory Legislature gives Alonzo Rhodes, Charles Hopkins, Ezekiel Hopkins permission to build the bridge over the Jordan River

1854, built a home on the south side of the Old Lehi Fort

He was one of the three fiddlers who led the first parade of Lehi on the 24th of July 1854. That evening the string trio played in the Log Schoolhouse for a dance including the cotillion, jig, and quadrille.

Lehi City Marshal from 1854-1858 and again from 1869-1871.

Member of the Lehi Militia group who fought in the Tintic War in 1856. ^[2] He also participated in a rescue company in November 1856 assisting the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.

He passed away in 1893 and is buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah. ^[3][4][5]

Also see: Alonzo Rhodes Story and he listed in Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868"^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-CZNC : 10 February 2018), Alonzo Donnell Rhodes, 22 Sep 1851; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).
2. ↑ "Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q231-53CS : accessed 8 February 2017), Alonzo Rhodes, 28 Sep 1857; citing Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, series 2210, Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,319,867.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 14 October 2021), memorial page for Alonzo Donnell Rhodes (2 Sep 1824–8 Jul 1893), Find A Grave: Memorial #95007, citing Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Ann Lewis (contributor 46922504) .
4. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT7R-WRC : 24 June 2015), Alonzo D. Rhodes, died 08 Jul 1893; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Lehi Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.
5. ↑ "Utah, Cemetery Abstracts," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLL6-N8YX : 14 February 2020), Alonzo D Rhodes, 8 Jul 1893; citing Death, Utah Territory, United States, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
6. ↑ "Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KL71-QZL : 12 December 2014), Alonzo D Rhodes, ; excerpted from Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Books, 1913).

See also:

• "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-K64T : 23 February 2018), Alonzo Donnell Rhodes, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4J-Z23 : 9 November 2014), Alonzo Rhoads, Pottawattamie county, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing family 1436, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2W-3B7 : 30 December 2015), Alonzo Rhodes, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCB-Q7T : 17 October 2014), Alonso Rhodes, Utah, United States; citing p. 19, family 147, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,111.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSL-NQ5 : 14 July 2016), Alonzo D Rhodes, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 87, sheet 270A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1338; FHL microfilm 1,255,338.