West Virginia Pioneers

Family: Miles Herbert Rhodes / Melissa Jane Cobb (F7714)

m. 2 Oct 1892


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  • Father | Male
    Miles Herbert Rhodes

    Born  10 Oct 1855  West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  2 Apr 1950  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Miles H Rhodes Cemetery, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  2 Oct 1892  [1]  Roane County, West Virginia, USA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John W Rhodes | F268 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Anne Eliza Rhodes | F268 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Melissa Jane Cobb

    Born  15 Oct 1872  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 May 1956  Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Miles H Rhodes Cemetery, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Zachariah Taylor Cobb | F7715 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Susannah Boothe | F7715 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    Lura Mae Rhodes

    Born  16 Aug 1893  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Jul 1928  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Mt Lebanon Cemetery, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lewis Wilson Dearman | F12306 
    Married  26 May 1912  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 2 | Female
    Luda Jane Rhodes

    Born  5 Nov 1895  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  2 Apr 1965   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Luther Edgar Fisher | F14562 
    Married  1 Jun 1927   

    Child 3 | Female
    Lucy Gay Rhodes

    Born  31 Mar 1898  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 May 1912   
    Buried    Miles H Rhodes Cemetery, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 4 | Male
    Julian Lester Rhodes

    Born  5 Nov 1900  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 May 1989  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Cunningham Gardens, St Albans, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Oma V Harper | F11804 
    Married  14 Jul 1925  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Female
    Lona Pearl Rhodes

    Born  17 Oct 1903  West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Nov 1983  Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Leon, Mason, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Roy E Greenlee | F14553 
    Married  29 Jun 1929  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 6 | Male
    Lemma R Rhodes

    Born  16 May 1906  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Aug 1995  Bluefield, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Miles H Rhodes Cemetery, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Margie Ellen Westfall | F11803 
    Married  30 Dec 1926  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 7 | Male
    Arlie Lee Rhodes

    Born  16 Jun 1908  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 Jul 2004  Cedar Rapids, IA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Helen Andrews Andrzejczk | F15346 
    Married  2 Mar 1946   

    Child 8 | Female
    Goldie Glendal Rhodes

    Born  31 Oct 1911  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Dec 1994  Orlando, FL Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Curtis Raines | F11802 
    Married  11 Nov 1930  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 

    • 1900 Roane Co, Harper Dist
      Rhodes, Miles H 10/1855, m 7y WV VA VA
      Melissa J 10/1872, 3-3
      Laura M [or H]
      Louda J 11/1895
      Lucy G 4/1898

      1910 Harper, Roane, WV
      Rhodes, Myles H 55 m1 18y WV VAVA
      Melissa J 37 m1 18y 7-7 children WVWVWV
      Loura M 16
      Louda J 14
      Lucy G 12
      Luster J 9
      Lona P 6
      Lemmy R son 3
      Arley L 1.10

      1920 Roane Co WV Lynn Camp
      Rhodes, Miles H 64
      Melissa J 48
      Luda J 22
      Julian L 19
      Lona P 16
      Lenia/Lema R son 13
      Arlie L 11
      Goldie G 8

      Roane Co Births
      Jno M Rhodes, 17 Nov 1903. Miles (49) and Melissa J Cobb (30)

      Charles Moore and wife (front of deed)
      To Malissa J. Rhodes and M. H. Rhodes heirs
      Deed
      Recorded in Deed Book No32 page 588
      M. F. Lewellen, Clerk Aug 15, 1900 P. O. Higby

      This deed made this 15th day of August 1900 between Charles Moore and Mary A. Moore, his wife, of the first part and Malissa J. Rhodes and M. H. Rodes's (correct spelling) heirs of the second part all of the County of Roane and State of WV. Witnessedth that the first part for and in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred dollars of which fifty dollars is in hand paid the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged the residue of $150 for which 3 note have been executed by Malissa J. Rhodes then made payable to W. E. Moore, in order, hearing date on the 11th day of August 1900. Two of said note with interest from dates and a vendor's lein is herby retained to sercure the paymnet of said note which are due and payable as follows.
      1st for $50 due July 13th, 1901
      2nd for $50 due July 13th 1902
      3rd for $50 due July 13th 1903.
      Doth bargain, sell and convey the covenants of Special Warranty to the second part all that certain tract or pacel of land laying and being on the water of Bearfork in the District of Harper County of Roane and State of WV and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake corner to Malinda Tolley's land thence N 5 1/2 W 53 poles to a small Hickory then 4 poles to the public road then withe said road 13 poles to a stake then through a field 30 poles to a stone thence 7 poles to a stone cornd to the Malind Tolley land thence with two lines of the same recesed. N. 45 1/ 2 W 32 poles to a stone N 42 1/2 W 20 poles to the beginning containing fifteen acres more or less. The first part hereby retains the growing crops on said land. The second part is to have the privilege to work on said land and sow wheet and is to have full possession of the land with the appustenances on or before the 1st day opf November, 1900. The first part hereby trtains the lien above mentioned for the benefit of W. E. Moore to enforce the payments of the notes above mentioned in this ddeed.
      Witness the following signatures and seals This 17th day of Sept 1900
      Charles X Niire */seak)'Nary A. X (her mark) Moore (Seal)
      Attest Sophrona Rankin

      (Stamp that has 50 and initials C. M. 1900 in it.)

      State of WV Jackson County-to-wit
      I, C. E. Creenleaf, a notary Public in and for said County do certify that Charles Moore and Mary A. Moore, his wife whose names are signed to the above willing bearing date on the 15th day of August, 1900., personally appeared before me in my said County Jackson and Acknowledged to the same
      Given under my hand this 17th day of September 1900.
      C. E. Greenleaf, Notary Public
      State of West Virginia, Roane County Court, Clerk's Office, Sept. 19,1900. The foregoing___________Deed, together with the certificate there to annexed was this day admitted to record in said office.
      Teste M. F. Lewellen, Clerk

      ________________________________________________________________________________________

      W. E. Moore hereby releases the vendor's lein retained for his benefit and security in a certain deed of conveyance dated August 15, 1900, executed by Charles Moore and Mary A. Moore, his wife, to Malissa J. Rhodes and M. H. Rhodes heirs, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County Court of Roane County, West Virginia, in Deed Book No 32, at Page 588, all of the notes thereby secured having been fully paid and satisfied to the said W. E. Moore, the holder of said notes at the time of payment.
      WITNESS the following signatures this ____ day of ____________ 19___.

      ________________________________________



      Acknowledged before the subscriber by W. E. Moore this _____ day of May, 1942.

      My commission expires on the ____ day of ______ 19___.

      _________________________________________
      NOTARY PUBLIC
      ROANE COUNTY< WEST VIRGINIA

      Mary F. Moore H. M. Moore
      Emma Moore Roberts
      O. O. Moore
      J. H. Moore
      Mildred Moore Williamson
      Alma Moore Rohland
      Elizabeth Moore Meyer

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Marriage Records, Roane Co, WV.