Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Rhodes, W. H. May 4, 1852 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Rhodes, W. H., Russia, was born in Chesterfield, Mass., May 4, 1852, a son of 
Benjamin F., a son of Jacob. Benjamin F. was born in Chesterfield, Mass., in 
1825, and in 1852 Mr. Rhodes went to Williamsburg, Mass., and there for five 
years he was toolmaker in the planing shops. He then became superintendent in 
the Button Mold Factory of O. G. Spellman. In 1874 he began work for Woodard & 
Lyman and continued two years. He then went to Russia and engaged in the 
manufacture of button molds until his death in 1879. His wife was Dolly F. 
White, a native of Williamsburg, Mass., born 1830, and daughter of John and 
Polly (Curtis) White. Mr. Rhodes had three sons and two daughters. W. H. 
Rhodes was reared in Williamsburg, educated in the common schools and 
Eastman's Business College, from which he graduated in 1870. In 1875 he 
married Annie E. V. Tower, born in 1852, a daughter of Lorin and Sophronia
(Bates) Tower of Chesterfield and Westford, respectively. They had one son and 
six daughters. He was representative of Hampden county, Massachusetts, and was
selectman twenty years. His father, Luther F., was in the War of 1812.  Mr. 
Rhodes worked in the silk-mills of Shimerville, Williamsburg, and then became 
superintendent of the Winstead Silk-mills until 1877. He then worked in the 
silk-mills of Mount Carmel, Conn., and Hillsborough, N. H., until 1881, when 
he went to New York city and took charge of the New York office for one year. 
He then came to Cold Brook and engaged in the manufacture of button molds, 
which he now follows. Since 1884, Mr. Rhodes has been a Democrat. He is a 
member of the Hampshire Lodge F. & A. M. of Massachusetts, and the Iroquois 
Chapter of Ilion 236, also a member of Little Falls Commandery 26. In New 
Hampshire he was a member of the Valley Lodge 43, I. O. O. F. He is a member 
of the Khorassan Grotto 2, M. O. V. P. E. R. at Ilion, N. Y., and also belongs 
to the K. of P. at the same place.


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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