John Douglas Rhodes

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Notes for JOHN DOUGLAS RHODES:
Obituary #1
"The Altamont News" (Altamont, IL) Wednesday, September 2, 1936 (page 1)

"FATHER OF LOUIS RHODES DIES"

"John Douglas Rhodes, father of Louis (sic) Rhodes of this city died at his home four miles north of St. Elmo on Monday, following an illness of several years. He attained the age of 76 years, two months and 27 days."

"Mr. Rhodes was the son of Joe Rhodes and Rachel McKenzie Rhodes. In early manhood he married Miss Nancy McKenzie. To this union four children were born, three dying in infancy."

"He is survived by his widow and one son Louis, and a host of friends."

"Funeral services were conducted this (Wednesday) morning from the St. Bonaventure Church, north of St. Elmo, and interment was in the church cemetery."

Obituary #2
"St. Elmo Banner" (St. Elmo, IL, Fayette Co., ) Thursday, September 3, 1936 (page 1)

"DOUGLAS RHODES DIED SUNDAY MORNING"

"Douglas Rhodes, well-known citizen of Loudon township, died in his home north of this city Sunday morning. Funeral services were conducted from the Catholic church at 10 o'clock on Wednesday, September 2, 1936."

"We extend our sympathy to the bereaved family."

More About JOHN DOUGLAS RHODES:
Burial: September 02, 1936, St. Bonaventure Cemetery, St. Elmo, IL

John married Nancy Maria McKenzie on 1 Jan 1889 in Fayette County, Illinois. Nancy (daughter of Lewis McKenzie and Normanda Mary Logue) was born on 13 Feb 1866 in Fayette County, Illinois; died on 17 Oct 1949 in Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lawrence Leo Rhodes was born on 8 Jun 1890 in St. Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois; died on 13 Jan 1896 in St. Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois.
2. Joseph Lewis Rhodes was born on 28 Dec 1891 in St. Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois; died on 15 Aug 1992 in Altamont, Effingham County, Illinois.
3. Rachel Norlean Rhodes was born on 11 Apr 1898 in Fayette County, Illinois; died on 29 Oct 1913 in Fayette County, Illinois.

Notes:

Buried Logue Cemetery, St. Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois. Information obtained from the family history of Stanley Francis Rhodes.

Joseph married Rachel McKenzie on 6 Jan 1850 in Fayette County, Illinois. Rachel (daughter of Nathaniel McKenzie and Mary Dial) was born in 1829 in Knox County, Ohio; died on 22 Nov 1906 in Fayette County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried Logue Cemetery, St. Elmo, Fayette County, Illinois

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Proposed Change: Nathaniel McKenzie (I11376)
Tree: McKenzie Genealogy
Link: http://www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com/getperson.php?personID=I11376&tree=McKenzie1

Description: I don't think that Nathaniel died in Fayette Co, Ill. In a summary of Knox Co, Oh. Common PleasCourt Minutes, 1829 his probate was listed on p. 130. When i wrote for a copy of his estate proceedings, the clerk of probate court wrote that the book had disappeared from her office. The summary said that he was dead by 8 Sept 1829 when his brother Moses applied to be the administrator and Gabriel, the appraiser.

Bobbie McKenzie
dmckenzie@charter.net

Ed. Note: In view of the information from Bobbie McKenzie, above, the date for daughter, Sarah's birth may be incorrect.

The following is from John Brake:

Mike:

I need to make a correction to my last email. Per the St. Luke's church records, Sarah McKenzie (dtr of Nathaniel McKenzie & Maria Dial) was BORN on 11 Aug 1832, but not baptized until 11 Mar 1833. The records say it was after Nathaniel's death. So he must have died sometime in 1832/1833.

John

But, review the information that the author received from Bob McKenzie in July, 2016:

With no wish to "muddy" anyone's mind concerning Gabriel D. McKenzie's brother Nathaniel, I'm offering the following material to clarify some question on his widow's (Mary Dial McKenzie) child, Sarah Ann McKenzie, also known as Sarah Ann Lybarger or Maranda Lybarger. Based on what other researchers have offered, we likewise assume that Nahaniel was the son of Gabriel McKenzie and Ann Maddox (Mattox).

From John H. Doty's 1977 compilation Pioneer Families of Colonial America, p. 208, Doty states the following:

"Nathan McKinsey died in Pleasant Twp., Knox Co., Ohio on or about 9-3-1829. Dr Wm L. Brooks made his last visit on 8-26-1829. Nathan had brothers Samuel, Moses, Aaron, Gabriel, & a sister Elizabeth (all italics mine) who m John S. Logue an older brother of James Logue - 3l7. Nathan signed a note to Baptist Mattingly for $5.31 on 8-11-1829. Moses McKinsey paid $6.00 on 10-5-1829 for Nathan's coffin."

On page 209 of the same compilation, Doty writes:

"See Probate Court Records of Knox Co., Ohio for estate settlement of Nathan McKinzie. Box 42, 697--Isaac Dial was appointed guardian of Rachel McKinzie, orphan of Nathan McKinzie on 10-17-1829. George Dial Jr & Peter Sheffer were appointed bondmen. Maria Dial McKenzie was listed as mother. See Vol 9, p 188--a Bill of sale & a list of property used by widow was made on 10-2-1829, Bk k, p 87 & Bk 38, p 66 or # 38-66. Inventory was filed on 3-12-1836, Bk B, p 375. Estate records--Bk 1, p 368, 9-8-1829 appointed Mary McKensey & Moses McKinsey administrators of the estate of Nathan McKensey. Isaac Dial & Gabriel McKinsey were appraised for bail."

"Nathan McKenzie & Mary Dial had at least one child, maybe two--see 1840 census. Rachel McKensey, b 3-22-1828 in Knox Co., Ohio & d 11-20-1906 St. Elmo, Ill cemetery."

"Marie (Mary) Dial McKenzie next man was Andrew Lybarger, son of Old George Lybarger (d1830). From this union one child was born--Sarah Ann (Maranda) Lyrager was born 10-20-1832 in Knox Co., Ohio & d in Morris Twp., Sumner Co., Kan on 2-11-1896. She was baptised on 3-11-1833 at St. Luke's Catholic church, Danville, Ohio as Sarah Ann McKinsey."

"Children of James Logue and Marie (Mary) Dial McKenzie, Lybarger."

I've reproduced Doty's material exactly as it is in his compilation except for the bold print emphasizing Gabriel D. McKenzie's brothers and sister. Hopefully this will help other researchers baffled by the matter of a second daughter born to Nathaniel and Mary (Dial) McKenzie after his demise in 1829. But I must caution that I have not verified everything Doty presents.

Bob McKenzie
rbmack@mchsi.com

Nathaniel married Mary Dial on 7 Nov 1827 in Knox County, Ohio. Mary (daughter of George Washington Sr. Dial) was born in 1798; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After the marriage to James Logue, the family moved to Fayette County, Illinois.

Notes:

Josephine (Jody) Moeller, Saint Charles, Illinois (jmoeller@inil.com) has compiled much information on this important early Fayette County family.

Josephine's information substantially updates what was published in Fayette Facts, Vol. 3, No. 4, pages 62-63 (1974), taking the family back an additional two generations, and forward . . .

The McKenzie family came to Fayette County with the Ohio migration of LOGUE and DURBIN families. Josephine writes, "To me, the preponderance of the evidence suggests that our Gabriel (1758-1832) was the son of Gabriel McKenzie(1715 - 1793) and Sarah Durbin. The most telling evidence is the Maryland Tax List of 1783 which shows a second Gabriel as a bachelor, on a different page, from the rest of the family.

Additional information from Ann Stansbarger:

The best record for Gab'l Jr. is the 1783 Tax Assessment for Washington County, Maryland. This assessment is broken into two separate sections: Heads of Household and Bachelors. These sections are recorded on two separate pages of the list.

Heads of Household:
Gabriel
Daniel
Aaron
Samual

Bachelors:
Gabriel Jr.

More from Ann Stansbarger dated January, 2010:

Mike

I can't believe I'm still up and it is 2:30 in the am. I'm reading the documents on your website (ed. note website would be Michael McKenzie's Mckenzies of Early Maryland website - www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com). I noticed something very interesting.

In your Sources section, under Gabriel McKenzie, you have a paragraph which describes two land transactions for the year 1792. In the first, Gabriel and his wife cleared up a problem with the release of her dower rights on 25 April 1792. You have a copy of this document in your media section. Gabriel and his wife both sign this document with their marks. In the second transaction, as described below, Gabriel sells his Lot 3365 to Peter Majors on 16 May 1792, which is less than one month later.......But this is not the same Gabriel.

If you look closely at your Media items 117, 118, and 119, this document clearly say "Gabriel Jr." His mark is also different than that of his father. Also, note there is no mention of Sarah in this document. This is Gabriel's son, the same Gabriel Jr. who was a bachelor in the 1783 tax assessment. Your Media items 120 and 121 from 1803, however, say simply "Gabriel." I believe Gabriel Senior died in that period of three weeks between 25 April and 16 May 1792.

Your paragraph says: "One of the last known land transactions involving Gabriel McKenzie occurred in connection with a patent he received for land west of Fort Cumberland on which he had settled. In November 2010, Michael McKenzie of Mt. Savage, Maryland provided the author with a copy of the patent issued by the State of Maryland to Gabriel McKenzie. According to Michael, the patent was difficult to locate because the property actually was patented to Peter Mayors (Majors) on May 23, 1803, although the patent itself reflects that the property was surveyed for Gabriel McKinsey..(18) Per the documents, Gabriel [this is Gabriel Jr. not Gabriel] appeared before the Honorable Andrew Bruce, one of the Justices of the Peace of Allegany County, Maryland on May 16, 1792 and conveyed the fifty acres of land comprising lot number 3365 to Peter Mayors (Majors). The lot was described as being in the “reserved land west of Fort Cumberland”. Then on May 17, 1803, another document signed by Thomas Harwood, Jr. acknowledged and swore that “Gabriel Mckinsey, a settler westward of Fort Cumberland paid the purchase money for lot 3365”. Yet another unsigned document associated with this entire group of documents states that “Gabriel McKinney settler on Lot 3365 assigned to Peter Mayors (Majors) Patent to Peter Majors the 23rd May 1803”. This last document is a little confusing in that it could be interpreted that Gabriel was still alive in 1803 and was once again acknowledging that he was assigning lot 3365 to Majors so that he could obtain his patent. Since it is assumed by researchers that Gabriel was born abt. 1715, he would have been 88 years old in 1803 if he was still alive and capable of assigning the property to Peter Majors."

I don't want to speculate on how it happened that Gabriel Jr. was able to sell his father's land. The legal ramifications of that are beyond me. But it appears that he did just that.

Also, I noticed that Media item 162 (Lot Map with Settler's Names, 1800) has an error in the lot numbers for Peter Majors and Gabriel McKenzie. The other Lot Maps are correct. I know that you didnt annotate this particular map, but I thought you might want to know because it has the settler's names on it. Lot 3365 is the verticle triangle. The upside down triangle to the left of it, marked "Peter Majors Lot 3365," should say "Lot 3376." Since this map is dated 1800, I'm assuming Peter Major's name should be on Lot 3365, in lieu of Gabriel McKenzie's name.

I think these deeds combined with the tax rolls conclusively prove that gabriel, Jr. was the son of Gabriel (b. 1715)

Ann

Gabriel appears to be listed in the 1793 Allegany Tax Record -- Wills Town, as follows, along with his brothers Samuel, Daniel and Aaron.

Daniel
Aaron
Gabriel
Jessee
Samuel
John

Gabriel + Ann Maddox. Ann was born in St. Mary's Maryland; died in UNKNOWN in Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]