Samuel Rhoades

Added by Cherie in OC on 20 May 2007 (findagrave) (click to enlarge)

Great-grandfather of Dian Thomas

Sgt Co. E 4th MI Infantry

Dates of Service: 3 Sep 1864 - 26 May 1866

Served in the Civil War as a Private in Co E, 4th Michigan V.I., 4th Brigade, 3rd Div, 14th AC. Fought at Murfreesboro. His father, Frederick Sweigart Rhoades, fought in the War of 1812.

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Samuel "fell off" a train outside Carlin, Nevada on his way back to Stanton from Healdsburg, California, where he was visiting his sister, Sarah Rhoades Kniss Farrar. The family's version says that he was robbed, beaten and pushed off the train as he was found carrying only some material he had in his jacket which he had purchased to make a dress for one of his daughters.

Samuel was married to Mariah June Allen, daughter of Ambrose Allen and Mary Sherman. He was born in Stark Co, Ohio 16 Oct 1832 and died 04 July 1906.

GRAVESITE: Crystal Cemetery, Crystal, Montcalm, Michigan

Updated by Susan Norder, March 2020

Added by: Cherie in OC on 20 May 2007 (findagrave.com) (click to enlarge)

NOTE regarding the monument on the left: The stone to the left of the main monument is Samuel's Civil War stone and has the inscription "Co. E. 4TH MICH.INF." The dual stone (for Samuel and his wife) was purchased after the death of his wife, to honor them both.