Samuel Rhoades (bef. 1800)

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His father moved from Rhode Island to New York state.

Samuel Rhoades moved from Livingston County, New York and was the first representative of the family in Venango County, Pennsylvania. He came under government appointment as an Indian agent for the Cornplanter tribe and continued to serve in that capacity until his death.

He made his home at Waterloo (later Polk) and acquired valuable interests including a big tract of land which he had partly under cultivation. His religious connection was with the Presbyterian Church and his political support was given to the Democratic party.

Samuel Rhoades was first married by 1820 to a woman by the maiden surname of Holman or Holeman and they had 5 children ...

1. Charles Rhoades
2. Samuel Rhoades (Jr.) d: 1860 m: Margaret Cannon
3. Rebecca Rhoades m: William Collins
4. Nancy Rhoades m: John Burns
5. Margaret Rhoades b: 1817 d: 30 Jan 1887 Aledo, Illinois m: 1835 John Carroll.

By his second marriage Samuel Rhoades (Sr.) had a daughter Ruth, who first married George B. McClelland (a Captain in the Civil War) and she married secondly to a (Mr) Humphrey.

Samuel Rhoades (Sr.) died at Polk when he was 56 years old and was buried in the old cemetery at Franklin.

Sources

• 1919 “History of Venango County, Her Pioneers and People” v2 p829-830 entry for Lyman D. Rhoades.