Jacob
Van Meter
Rhoads
Born about in Illinois, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Richard C. Rhoads
and Huldah (Stout) Rhoads
Brother of
Elisha Rhoads, Charles W Rhoads, Mary (Rhoads) Parker, Margaret Rhoads, Carolyn Rhoads, John Harrison Rhoads, Ann Eliza Rhoads, Jane (Rhoads) Williams, Samuel Hardin Rhoads and Lucinda Rhoads [half]
Husband of
Eliza Ruth (Ward) Rhoads
— married
27 Jul 1853 in Greene Co., Illinois, USA
Father of
Albin Waldur Rhoads
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jul 2014
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Biography
Jacob was born about 1835. He was the son of Richard Rhoads. He passed away about 1835. [1]
1840 census -- Jersey Co., Illinois, USA
- Name: Richard Fader
- [Richard Rodes]
- Home in 1840: Jersey, Illinois
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 (Charles)
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2 (Elisha, Jacob)
- Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 (Richard)
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 (Mary)
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 (Huldah)
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 6
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
1850 census -- Macoupin Co., Illinois, USA
- Richard Rhodes, age 39, male, , farmer, $1950 real estate, born Kentucky; Huldah Rhoads, age 35, female, , born Ohio; Elisha Rhodes, age 16, male, , farmer, born Illinois, attended school; Jacob Rhodes, age 14, male, , born Illinois, attended school; Charles Rhodes, age 12, male, , born Illinois, attended school; Mary Rhodes, age 10, female, , born Illinois, attended school; Margaret Rhodes, age 8, female, , born Illinois, attended school; Caroline Rhodes, age 6, female, , born Illinois, attended school; John Rhodes, age 6, male, , born Illinois, attended school; Eliza Rhodes, age 4, female, , born Illinois; Jane Rhodes, age 1, female, , born Illinois;
1860 census -- Macoupin Co., Illinois, USA
- Jacob Rhoads, age 27, male, , farmer, $200 personal property, born Illinois; Eliza Rhoads, age 27, female, , born Tennessee, cannot read/write; Albin Rhoads, age 5, male, , born Illinois; William Rhoads, age 3, male, , born Illinois; Lucy Rhoads, age 1, female, , born Illinois.
1880 census -- Cahokia Twnp., Macoupin Co., Kentucky, USA
- Jacob Rhoads, white, male, age 44, married, farmer, born Illinois, father born Kentucky, mother born Ohio; Eliza Rhoads, white, female, age 45, wife, married, keeping house, born Tennessee, father born Tennessee, mother born North Carolina; Lucia E Rhoads, white, female, age 20, daughter, single, attended school, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Tennessee; Jasper N Rhoads, white, male, age 17, son, single, attended school, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Tennessee; Lilla M Rhoads, white, male, age 13, son, single, attended school, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Tennessee;
1900 census -- Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois, USA
- Jacob M Rhoads, head, male, white, born Nov 1837, age 62, married 44 years, born Illinois, father born Kentucky, mother born Tennessee, retired farmer, own free farm; Eliza Rhoads, wife, female, white, born Jan 1838, age 62, married 44 years, 5 children/5 living, born Tennessee, father born North Carolina, mother born South Carolina; Ella M Rhoads, daughter, female, white, born Dec 1874, age 25, single, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Tennessee
1910 census -- Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois, USA
- Jacob M Rhoads, head, male, white, age 74, widow, born Illinois, father born Kentucky, mother born Pennsyslvania, own free house; Alvin W Rhoads, son, male, white, age 55, divorced, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Tennessee, house painter; Lucy Ella Rhoads, daughter, female, white, age 51, single, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Tennessee
1920 census -- Litchfield, Montgomery Co., Illinois, USA
- Jacob M Rhoads, head, own free, male, white, age 84, widow, born Illinois, father born US, mother born US; Albin W Rhoads, son, male, white, age 64, married, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Tennessee, painter own shop; Ella Rhoads, daughter, female, white, age 61, single, born Illinois, father born Illinois, mother born Tennessee
Sources
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHB8-K5Z : accessed 22 December 2015), Richard Rodes, Jersey, Illinois, United States; citing p. 345, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 61; FHL microfilm 7,642.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M85C-3JB : accessed 23 December 2015), Jacob Rhodes in household of Richard Rhodes, Macoupin county, part of, Macoupin, Illinois, United States; citing family 3, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MX4X-3J7 : accessed 23 December 2015), Jacob Rhoads, 1860.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXVK-TVN : accessed 24 December 2015), Jacob Rhoads, Cahokia, Macoupin, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 110, sheet 90C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0232; FHL microfilm 1,254,232.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS4P-BJS : accessed 24 December 2015), Jacob M Rhodes, South Litchfield Township Litchfield city Ward 2, Montgomery, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 209, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,331.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MK6R-BXD : accessed 24 December 2015), Jacob M Rhoads, Litchfield Ward 2, Montgomery, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 100, sheet 2A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,326.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJHG-L3Y : accessed 24 December 2015), Jacob M Rhoads, Litchfield Ward 2, Montgomery, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 2B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,394.
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Denny Rhoads, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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