Washoe County NV Archives Obituaries.....Rhodes, Hank February 9, 1884
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Reno Evening Gazette February 11, 1884
Hank Rhodes
The Death of an Old Resident of Reno
Hank Rhodes died at the county hospital Saturday evening about 5 o’clock, after
several months of severe suffering.  Samuel Henry Rhodes was born at Lowell,
Mass., in 1839.  He was but 15 years of age when he left his parents to seek a
fortune.  He came to this coast early in the ‘50’s, spending some of his life in
Montana and Utah.  Returning to California he followed up the railroad, and when
the C. P. sent the first army of men to Coburn, now Truckee, Hank was there in
the employ of Church and Hawley, as bookkeeper.  He continued with them for a
year or two, at a salary of $250 a month.  He followed the construction force to
Crystal Peak and Reno, where he took a position in Manning & Duck’s counting room.
He was said to be a very competent accountant, and always had a position.  When
he left Manning & Duck, he went to tending bar, a calling that he followed as
long as he worked.  Henry was one of the kindest hearted fellows in the world,
generous to a fault, and always ready to extend a helping hand to anyone in
distress.  When he came to Reno he assisted to organize the fire department, and
was always a very enthusiastic member of that organization.  When anyone’s
property was in danger, Rhodes was always found vigorously battling the flames,
and if there was any dangerous position to get into there you would fine Hank. 
He has done more to save property from fire than any other two men in Reno.  He
was possessed of a liberal education, with a head and heart to go with it that
made him many warm friends.  The perfect is yeat a stranger to this world.  We
all have our faults and Hank Rhodes had his, but they were not suits that cost
anyone but himself trouble.  Immediately after his death his remains were
brought to town and placed in the engine house, and a committee, consisting of
M. T. Coats, M. J. Smith, D. B. Boyd, W. L. Bechtel and A. C. Bragg, was
appointed to make arrangements for his burial.  The funeral services were held
at the grave, Rev. Mr. Lucas officiating.  The fire company turned out to-day at
2 o’clock in full force and escorted poor Hank’s remains to the Hillside
Cemetery.  He leaves a sister in Massachusetts.


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