Madison County Military

Veteran's Name: Rhodes, Pleasant Marion		Father: James Starr Rhodes (Rev.), born 1812
Residence:		Father's nativity:
Occupation: Farmer		Mother: Eliza Frances Adams
Date of birth: 10 Nov 1838		Mother's nativity:
Place of birth: McLean County, Illinois		Wife: Mary Elizabeth Clark, born 28 Oct 1842, died 21 Jan 1904, buried Neosho Falls, Kansas, married Apr 1860
Date of death: 25 Oct 1917		2nd wife:
Place of death: Yates Center, Kansas		3rd wife:
Place of burial: Neosho Falls, Kansas
Cause of death:		Children Ellsworth - died 12 Jan 1928 May - Hoehne, Colorado Myrtle - Redfield, Kansas R.F.D. Will Mary Etta

War record
Rank: Private	Company: A		Regiment: 39th
State: Iowa		Organization: Infantry
Enlistment date: 22 Aug 1862, mustered in 08 Sep 1862
Enlistment age:		Residence:
Mustered out: 05 Jun 1865 at Washington D.C.
Service Record: Taken prisoner 31 Dec 1862, Shady Grove, Tennessee. Paroled.
Transfers:
GAR membership
Post name: Pitzer		Date joined: 23 May 1884
Post No.: 55 (90)		Age at joining:
Place: Winterset		Transfers: Tr. May 1888

Sources: Roster Iowa Soldiers; Ex-Soldiers Living Iowa 1886: Rhodes - res Winterset; Niece, Mrs. D. C. Parrott in office 21 Aug 1942; Post 55 Desc Book #90

Notes: 1. Great-grandfather: Adam Rhodes who settled in Allegany County Maryland about 1785 - to Ohio later. 2. Grandfather: Rev. Ebenezer Rhodes 3. Mary Starr Rhodes born Maryland. 4. All children deceased 1952 except William Named as follows Carpenter Ellsworth, born 1862, married Dora Ellen Brock Lenora, born 1864, died age 5 months Mary Etta, born 1866, married Herman Julius Brohm William Estel, born 1868, married Millie Martin Lillie May, born 1871, married Henry A. Grout Leston Clark, born 1873, died age 21 days Myrtle Edith, born 1877, married William A. Moerer James Nathaniel, born 1879, died age 4 months 28 days 5. Marion Rhodes had 127 1/2 acres of land in Webster Township, Madison County, Iowa. Served as Justice of the Peace, gave a portion of his land to county for a cemetery, which is located about 12 miles southwest of Winterset. Arch over entrance bears dates, Clark Cemetery 1863-1930. His parents, the children who died young and many of wife's people, the Clarks are buried there. For further detials - trip to Oregon, life in Kansas, etc. see record in Vertical file folder: Rhodes V.F. #318 6. Went to Kansas and thought to have died at Neosho, kansas. 7. His father had four brother, John, Jeremiah, Ebenezer, and Samuel. 8. Cousin of John Monroe Rhodes, also Co A 39 Iowa Inf