Rhoda was the first wife of Ephraim Owen and mother to his 7 children.
Notes
Both the marriage application and the marriage certificate show her as having married an Ephraim Twiddy/Tweddy and not Ephraim Owens.[1][2][3] There is no explanation for this as all other information indicates she married Ephraim Owens.
Her headstone has not been found but it is believed that she is buried among family in the Black Walnut Cemetery in Columbia, Tyrrell County, North Carolina.
Sources
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMM-LRCR : 21 July 2021), Ephraim Smiddy and Caroline Sawyer, 27 May 1858; citing Tyrrell, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJQ-QG3H : 9 March 2021), Ephraim Twiddy and Caroline Sawyer, 27 May 1858; citing Tyrrell, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 296,811.
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJQ-QGW7 : 9 March 2021), Ephraim Twiddy and Caroline Sawyer, 27 May 1858; citing Tyrrell, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 296,811.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BK-NZV : 24 December 2020), Rodea C Sawyer in household of Thomas Sawyer, Tyrrell, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8B-TQ6K : 9 March 2021), Caroline Owens in entry for Benja F Culerpher and Mesuria Owens, 01 Feb 1882; citing Tyrrell, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 398,123.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8B-YY1V : 9 March 2021), Caroline Owens in entry for E T Owens and Isadora Duval, 21 Jan 1886; citing Tyrrell, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 398,123.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8B-T7D3 : 9 March 2021), Carolin Owens in entry for Louis Or James L Owens and Mary C Sawyer, 10 Apr 1892; citing Tyrrell, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 398,123.
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