Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Rhodes, Thomas T. March 14, 1833 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Rhodes, Thomas T., Russia, was born in Chesterfield, Mass., March 14, 1833, a 
son of Jacob, who was a son of Joseph, who was a native of Marblehead, Mass. 
Joseph Rhodes in an early day came to Chesterfield, Mass., where he lived and 
died.  He had nine sons and three daughters.  He was a mason by trade and also 
followed farming.  He died in Chesterfield, Mass.  Jacob Rhodes was born in 
Marblehead, Mass., March 8, 1783.  In early life he taught school and 
afterwards learned the shoemaker's trade which he followed until his death.  
He married Sally Wood, a native of New Bedford, Mass., by whom he had four 
sons and one daughter.  About 1857 he went to Williamsburg, Mass., where he 
died.  Thomas T. Rhodes was educated in the common schools of Chesterfield, 
Mass., and at the age of seventeen worked for his brother, who was engaged in 
the manufacture of saw handles.  He bought out the business and followed in 
until 1865, and after spending one year in Connecticut he came to Cold Brook 
and here engaged in the manufacture of saw handles, which business he has 
since followed.  On November 27, 1857, he married Elvisa, a daughter of Levi 
and Emily Olds, of Middlefield, Mass.  Mrs. Rhodes died in December, 1863, and 
in 1864 he married second Ella A., a daughter of Sylvester and Belinda French, 
he a native of Sutton, N.H., and his wife of Ashfield, Mass.  Mr. French and 
wife had one son and two daughters:  Edward N., who was a corporal in the 
Forty-ninth Massachusetts Infantry; Georgiana, wife of J.M. Allen, of Cold 
Brook, and Mrs. Rhodes.  Mr. French is a Whige and a Republican, and he and 
wife were members of the Congregational church.  He died in 1883 and his wife 
now resides at Cold Brook.  The children of Mr. Rhodes and wife are:  Arthur 
E., born July 31, 1866, who was educated in the common schools and at Clinton, 
where he graduated in 1883.  He was bookkeeper in the Poland Bank for three 
years and has since assisted his father at Cold Brook. In 1887 he married 
Belle, daughter of Jefferson Moon, of Cold Brook.  He is a member of Newport 
Lodge, No. 455, F. and A.M.; also Iroquois Chapter, No. 236, R.A.M., Ilion, 
N.Y.  Nellie E, wife of James W. Moon, of Cold Brook, and two who live at 
home, Mabel A. and Maud B.  Thomas T. Rhodes is a Republican and has been 
assessor in Russia for two years.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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