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Julian Lester Rhodes

Male 1900 - 1989  (88 years)


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  • Name Julian Lester Rhodes 
    Born 5 Nov 1900  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 May 1989  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Cunningham Gardens, St Albans, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I41409  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2017 

    Father Miles Herbert Rhodes,   b. 10 Oct 1855, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1950, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Melissa Jane Cobb,   b. 15 Oct 1872, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1956, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 2 Oct 1892  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    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
    Family ID F7714  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Oma V Harper,   b. 7 Dec 1901, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1996, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 14 Jul 1925  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 

    • 1930 Charleston, Kanawha, WV # 311
      Rhodes, Lester 29 n age 26
      Oma 28 m age 25
      Cletis son 3 4/12? what a mess!
      Genevieve da 2

      1940 Harper, Roane, WV
      all born WV; 1935: lived Charleston, Kanawha, WV
      Rhodes, Lester 39
      Oma 37
      Cletis son 13
      Jenevieve da 12
      Robert L son 3
    Children 
     1. Junior Cletis Rhodes,   b. 13 Apr 1926, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 2012, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Mary Genevieve Rhodes,   b. 6 Mar 1928, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1958  (Age 30 years)
     3. Robert Lee Rhodes
    Family ID F11804  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S41] Birth Records, Roane Co, WV.

    3. [S447] Joyce Mertens.

    4. [S15] Marriage Records, Roane Co, WV.