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Descendants of Benjamin Rhodes
Generation No. 1
1. BENJAMIN5 RHODES (WILLIAM4, HEZEKIAH3, CHRISTOPHER2, JOHN1) was
born March 18, 1742/43. He married (2) CELIA ? RHODES. She was
born Abt. 1785 in Wilkes Co, GA. He married (3) PATIENCE KELLY.
She was born December 18, 1776 in Rockingham County, NC.
Children of BENJAMIN RHODES are:
2 i. JARRED6 RHODES, b. 1793; d. August 08, 1853, Butler Co, AL.
3 ii. REDDIN RHODES, b. 1798, Wilkes Co, GA.
Generation No. 2
2. JARRED6 RHODES (BENJAMIN5, WILLIAM4, HEZEKIAH3, CHRISTOPHER2,
JOHN1) was born 1793, and died August 08, 1853 in Butler Co, AL.
He married MARY MARTHA KING December 07, 1815 in Warren County, GA.
Children of JARRED RHODES and MARY KING are:
4 i. MATILDA7 RHODES, b. 1816.
ii. JOHN ANDREW RHODES, b. 1818.
iii. WILIAM RHODES, b. 1820.
5 iv. MARTHA MALINDA RHODES, b. March 10, 1822.
v. SANFORD RHODES, b. 1825.
vi. LUCINDA RHODES, b. May 07, 1826.
vii. AMANDA RHODES, b. May 10, 1830.
viii. JAMES RHODES, b. 1835.
ix. LYDIA JANE RHODES, b. 1840.
3. REDDIN6 RHODES (BENJAMIN5, WILLIAM4, HEZEKIAH3, CHRISTOPHER2,
JOHN1) was born 1798 in Wilkes Co, GA. He married SARAH HARRISON
June 06, 1826 in Taliaferro County, Georgia. She was born 1805.
Children of REDDIN RHODES and SARAH HARRISON are:
i. BENJAMIN7 RHODES, b. 1830.
ii. ELIZABETH RHODES, b. 1832.
iii. ROBERT RHODES, b. 1834.
iv. ELIAS RHODES, b. 1836.
6 v. JULIA ANN RHODES, b. December 05, 1838; d. March 28,
1920
vi. MARTHA RHODES, b. 1845.
Generation No. 3
4. MATILDA7 RHODES (JARRED6, BENJAMIN5, WILLIAM4, HEZEKIAH3,
CHRISTOPHER2, JOHN1) was born 1816. She married AMOS BECKWORTH,
son of HENRY BECKWORTH and MORNING ?. He was born 1806.
Child of MATILDA RHODES and AMOS BECKWORTH is:
7 i. MARTHA MATILDA8 BECKWORTH, b. 1835, Butler Co, AL;
d. 1861, Butler Co, AL.
5. MARTHA MALINDA7 RHODES (JARRED6, BENJAMIN5, WILLIAM4, HEZEKIAH3,
CHRISTOPHER2, JOHN1) was born March 10, 1822. She married JOHN P.
E. SMYTH, son of ROBERT SMYTH and EDNA THORNTON. He was born
August 04, 1820 in South Carolina, and died March 15, 1860 in
Butler Co, AL.
Children of MARTHA RHODES and JOHN SMYTH are:
i. JOHN ANDREW8 SMYTH, b. 1844.
ii. ROBERT JEFFERSON SMYTH, b. December 19, 1845, Butler
Co, AL; d. January 19, 1916, Butler Co, AL; m. ROSANNAH
A. ROBERTS, September 07, 1871, Butler County, AL;
b. Abt. 1848.
8 iii. MARTHA MALINDA SMYTH, b. October 08, 1847, Butler Co,
AL; d. January 05, 1926, Butler Co, AL.
iv. EDNA PERMELIA SMYTH, b. March 10, 1843, Butler Co, AL;
d. August 30, 1935, Butler Co, AL; m. ROBERT L. PERRY,
October 11, 1860, Butler County, AL; b. Abt. 1840.
6. JULIA ANN7 RHODES (REDDIN6, BENJAMIN5, WILLIAM4, HEZEKIAH3,
CHRISTOPHER2, JOHN1) was born December 05, 1838, and died March
28, 1920. She married (1) WILLIAM M. SMYTH 1852 in Butler County,
AL, son of ROBERT SMYTH and EDNA THORNTON. He was born August 03,
1828, and died November 04, 1862 in Cleveland, TN. She married
(2) JOHN ALLEN LOWERY, JR. March 17, 1870 in Butler County, AL, son
of JOHN LOWERY and MARTHA ?. He was born 1819 in South Carolina,
and died in Butler Co, AL.
Children of JULIA RHODES and WILLIAM SMYTH are:
9 i. JOHN BRAGG8 SMITH, b. December 08, 1853; d. March 12,
1920, Butler County, Alabama.
ii. LIZZIE ANN PERMOLIA SMITH, b. July 23, 1856.
10 iii. EDNA SMITH.
Children of JULIA RHODES and JOHN LOWERY are:
iv. MARTHA8 LOWERY, b. June 25, 1872.
v. BARBARA DONNIE LOWERY, b. 1873.
vi. MARY ELLA LOWERY, b. April 11, 1875.
11 vii. JAMES W. LOWERY, b. February 17, 1883.
Generation No. 4
7. MARTHA MATILDA8 BECKWORTH (MATILDA7 RHODES, JARRED6, BENJAMIN5,
WILLIAM4, HEZEKIAH3, CHRISTOPHER2, JOHN1) was born 1835 in Butler
Co, AL, and died 1861 in Butler Co, AL. She married JACOB ARTHUR
SMYTH, son of ROBERT SMYTH and EDNA THORNTON. He was born Abt.
1832
Children of MARTHA BECKWORTH and JACOB SMYTH are:
i. ELIZABETH MATILDA9 SMYTH, b. January 30, 1859, Butler
Co, AL; d. May 05, 1921, Butler Co, AL; m. DAVID ASHLEY
CRAIG, April 01, 1875, Butler County, AL; b. Abt. 1857.
ii. EDNA MELINDA SMYTH, b. April 15, 1854, Butler Co, AL;
d. November 16, 1924, Butler Co, AL; m. WILLIAM GARY
COOPER, November 05, 1874, Butler County, AL;
b. November 30, 1854.
8. MARTHA MALINDA8 SMYTH (MARTHA MALINDA7 RHODES, JARRED6, BENJAMIN5,
WILLIAM4, HEZEKIAH3, CHRISTOPHER2, JOHN1) was born October 08,
1847 in Butler Co, AL, and died January 05, 1926 in Butler Co, AL.
She married CORNELIUS THEOPHILUS NEWTON January 21, 1869 in Butler
County, AL, son of BENJAMIN NEWTON and ELIZA DAVIS. He was born
March 30, 1849.
Children of MARTHA SMYTH and CORNELIUS NEWTON are:
i. MARY JANE9 NEWTON.
ii. ROBERT NEWTON.
iii. JOHN NEWTON.
iv. LYNN NEWTON.
9. JOHN BRAGG8 SMITH (JULIA ANN7 RHODES, REDDIN6, BENJAMIN5, WILLIAM4,
HEZEKIAH3, CHRISTOPHER2, JOHN1) was born December 08, 1853, and
died March 12, 1920 in Butler County, Alabama. He married MARY
LUCINDA PERRY November 19, 1874 in Bride's father's in Butler Co.,
AL, daughter of ROBERT PERRY and SARAH PICKENS. She was born June
25, 1854 in Butler Co, AL, and died June 30, 1925 in Butler County,
Alabama.
Children of JOHN SMITH and MARY PERRY are:
i. THOMAS WALTON9 SMYTH, b. January 02, 1883; d. September
13, 1963, Georgiana, Butler County, AL; m. STACY VIOLA
BRANUM; b. April 18, 1881, Butler County, Alabama;
d. December 24, 1955, Greenville, Butler County, Alabama.
ii. EUGENE BENJAMIN SMITH, d. WFT Est. 1863-1969.
iii. JIMMY SMITH, b. Abt. 1876.
iv. JOHN WILLIAM SMITH, b. April 24, 1877; d. September 07,
1936, Butler County, Alabama; m. PEARLIE MAE NEWTON,
December 24, 1901, Butler County, AL; b. November 16,
1883; d. Butler County, Alabama.
v. CLARENCE ANDREW SMITH, b. 1881, Butler County, Alabama;
d. December 19, 1954, Butler County, Alabama;
m. (1) SARAH FRANCES WHITTINGTON; d. February 1940;
m. (2) ELLA CRUMPTON.
vi. ROBERT JEFFERSON SMITH, b. July 07, 1883.
vii. PEARLY JANE SMITH, b. October 1884; m. JOSEPH N.
WHITTINGTON.
viii. ARTHUR PICKENS SMITH, b. December 22, 1886; d. WFT
Est. 1863-1969.
10. EDNA8 SMITH (JULIA ANN7 RHODES, REDDIN6, BENJAMIN5, WILLIAM4,
HEZEKIAH3, CHRISTOPHER2, JOHN1) She married JAMES NELSON.
Children of EDNA SMITH and JAMES NELSON are:
i. LONNIE9 NELSON.
ii. ANNIE NELSON.
iii. FIFE NELSON.
iv. GUS NELSON.
v. NOBIE NELSON.
vi. BEDA NELSON.
11. JAMES W.8 LOWERY (JULIA ANN7 RHODES, REDDIN6, BENJAMIN5, WILLIAM4,
HEZEKIAH3, CHRISTOPHER2, JOHN1) was born February 17, 1883. He
married MARY ELLA PERRY in Butler County, AL, daughter of ROBERT
PERRY and EDNA SMYTH. She was born July 05, 1878 in Butler Co,
AL, and died February 21, 1959 in Butler Co, AL.
Children of JAMES LOWERY and MARY PERRY are:
i. R.B.9 LOWERY.
ii. JANIE MAE LOWERY.
iii. INEZ LOWERY, b. 1913.
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