20th Anniversary

                    Rhoads family and Cemetery Association
                                                         20th Anniversary

                                 April 25, 26, 27 of 2013

Thursday April 25th
   9:30 a.m. we will clean the cemetery.
   12:00 Lunch at noon at the Buggy Shed at Beechmont. 
   1:00 return to decorate the cemetery.
   6:00 Dinner at the Purple Onion

Friday  April 26th
  10:00 a.m. we will decorate the Ennis Community Center and exchanged genealogy.
  1:00 p.m. Lunch at the Buggy Shed at Beechmont
   2:00 p.m. Business meeting and election of officers(Secretary,Treasurer,1 member at large)
   6:00 p.m.  Dinner at the Ponderosa

Saturday April 27th
  10:00a.m. Cemetery Program at Browder/Rhoads Family Cemetery
                                    Speaker Al Rhods
  11:30 a.m. Ennis Community for the Rhoads Potluck Lunch
   12:30 p.m. Serving Potluck
   2:00 p.m. Speaker
   3:30 p.m. Pictures of the group and family descendant groups
   4:00 p.m. Departure
  
Please bring a dish to pass for the potluck lunch

Col.William C.Rhoads

 

Col.William Cadell Rhoads

 

 

 Our first stop takes us to the DeKalb County Historical Society in Maysville Missouri the town where Col. W.C. Rhoads spent the remainder of his life. They were very helpful in providing information about Col. W.C. Rhoads.

It was found that he is buried 9 miles east of town in the Redman family cemetery.You turn South down a gravel road past a couple of farmhouses to the small well kept cemetery.

 The grave site is along the first row graves parallel to the wire fence and road.

 

He had nine children and a wife when he left home to serve his country in the Civil War. He was active in the Masonic Lodge and he was a Republican. He fought with the Union army with General Sherman in " The March To The Sea."

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can purchase a copy of the DVD recreating the events of the March from Public Broadcasting  Radio . There is a part in the movie about the events of Col. W.C. Rhoads regarding a prisoners that was executed.

 

 

WELCOME

The Rhoads family reunion on April 24,2010 was held in Browder Kentucky. Two days prior to the pot luck dinner some of the members worked out at the cemetery cleaning up and preserving the headstones. Everyone always has a great time when all the descendants of Capt. Henry Rhoads get together! Everyone has a smile and are all truly wonderful people. We are all proud of our ancestry and we work to preserve it for the future generations of the Rhoads family line.

CAPT.HENRY RHOADS HOME

It is sad that Capt.Henry Rhoads home is in disrepair. It was built in the late 1700's and is still standing! The last 10 years has shown a rapid decline. It is the hope of all that this can be preserved and put on the Historical Registry. Money for preservation is the key issue.

Visit To The Cemetery

Captain Henry Rhoads grave.

Al Rhods gave us a tour and history of the cemetery.

The tour group at the cemetery.

THURSDAY NIGHT DINNER

ONE THING ABOUT THE RHOADS FAMILY IS THAT WE KNOW WHERE TO EAT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME!