Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rhodes, Jethro H., 1904 

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    JETHRO H. RHODES.

Never Owned a Pocket Knife, Went Fishing or Rode on Train. 
    (Special to The Times-Dispatch.) 

  WINDSOR, VA., August. 23. - Mr. Jethro H. Rhodes, a prominent farmer of this 
county, died at his home, about four miles from here, early yesterday morning, 
from the result of a paralytic stroke. 

  Mr. Rhodes was ninety-five years of age, and continued hale and hearty until 
his death.  His life had been a model one, and quite remarkable, owing to the 
fact that he never owned a gun or pocket knife, had never been fishing or 
hunting and never rode on a railway train in his life. 

  He is survived by his wife, two sons and numerous grandchildren and a great-
grandchild.

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  Jethro Rhodes, the oldest citizen of Isle of Wight county, is dead, aged 95 
years.  He rose early as usual, went out and fed his hogs, walked back to the 
house, lay down and quietly passed away.  Mr. Rhodes had lived almost a 
century without ever having been attended by a doctor.  He never went fishing 
and never bought a pocket-knife, though many years ago a friend made him a 
present of a knife that he kept religiously. 

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JETHRO RHODES 

  Suffolk, Va. - Jethro Rhodes died in Isle of Wight County, Va., aged ninety-
five years.  He never had a doctor, never went fishing, never shot a gun and 
had not tasted whiskey for fifty years.  He belonged to the Baptist Church for 
seventy years and for seventy-four years never missed voting the Democratic 
ticket.  Among his grandchildren is W.J. Rhodes, Mayor of Windsor. 


Jethro H. RHODES, farmer, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. Aug 1904, at home, Collosse, age 95*, 
likely interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery (unmarked**), Collosse, 
"Times-Dispatch" (Richmond, VA), Vol. 1904, No. 16624, Aug. 23, 1904, 
   p. 3, col. 1; 
"Lexington (VA) Gazette," Wed., Aug. 31, 1904, p. 1, col. 7; 
"The Jimplecute" (Jefferson, TX), Sep. 3, 1904, p. 6, col. 2 

**Not on cemetery list; widow Susan (1854 - 1907) buried in Section C. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

*The 1900 Census gives b. Dec 1809. 


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