Phebe Emeline Tuttle

1875 - 1955  (79 years)

• Name	Phebe Emeline Tuttle
  Born	23 Sep 1875	Calhoun County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	1 Sep 1955	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Buried	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Notes	Name: Phoeba Emeline Rhodes Sex: F Death Date: 01 Sep 1955 Death Place: Gay, Jackson, West Virginia Age at Death: 79y11m8d Cemetery: Evans Cem Birth Date: 9/23/1875 Birth Place: Tyler Co Marital Status: W Mother: Samantha Ice Father: John Tuttle Informant:Oris Rhodes
  Person ID	I8775	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2006

  
  

  Father	John Tuttle,   b. 6 Feb 1835, Virginia, USA ,   d. 17 Mar 1915  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Samantha Jane Ice,   b. 5 Jun 1842, Virginia, USA ,   d. 13 Mar 1903  (Age 60 years)
  Married	Abt 1860
  Notes	1860 Tyler, VA # 321 John Tuttle 23 Va Samantha J 16 Va [Uriah Ice is at #320] 1880 Lee, Calhoun, West Virginia Page 252C John TUTTLE Self M M W 45 VA Nancy J. TUTTLE Wife F M W 38 VA Elihu TUTTLE Son M S W 18 VA Semantha A. TUTTLE Dau F S W 17 VA Silas E. TUTTLE Son M S W 14 WV John M. TUTTLE Son M S W 12 WV Daniel TUTTLE Son M S W 6 WV Phebe E. TUTTLE Dau F S W 4 WV Mary E. TUTTLE Dau F S W 3 WV Alcinda TUTTLE Dau F S W 8M WV 1890 Veterans Sch, Washington, Jackson, WV # 461-473 John Tuttle, P, C 15. 15 WV Cav, 6/10/1861 - 9/9/1865, 4y2m29d 1900 Washington Dist Jackson Co WV John Tuttle 2/1836 m 39y Samanth J wife 6/1843 m 39y 12-7 children Daniel 6/1872 Mary E 10/1878 Lucinda 10/1879 Mazie B 7/1882 Icy J, 4/1887 Ambro Ice bdr 8/1858 [Sam's half brother] 1910 Washington, Jackson, WV # 75 Cobb, William H 28 m2- 4y WV uk WV Icy J 23 m1- 4y 2-1 child WVWVWV Inez da 2 Tuttle, John head (something else erased and 'head' written over it) 76 wd WVWVWV Mazy B da 28 s WVWVWV Evans cemetery John Tuttle, Pvt, Co C 15 W Va Volunteers, Civil War Samantha Tuttle June 5, 1849 - Mar 3, 1903, wife of John
  Family ID	F11464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gordon Mead Rhodes,   b. 22 Jun 1873, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 10 Mar 1938, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Married	9 Sep 1891	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Notes	JCMR pg 198 1900 Jackson Co WV Washington Dist # 346 Gorden M 6/1873 m 9y Phoebe E 9/1875 5-3 Benonia, son, 11/1892 Charles E 5/1894 William G 11/1899 1910 Washington dist Jackson Co WV Rhodes, Gordon M 36 M1 18y Phebe E 34 M1 18y 8/6 children Benoni M 18 Charles E 16 Willie 11 Alma P 6 Willard 4 Thomas E 1 10/12 1920 #242 Roane Co WV Census Curtis WCP Gordon M. Rhodes head 46m WV WV WV Phebe E. wife 43m WV WV WV Willie G. son 20s WV WV WV Alma O. dau 16s WV WV WV Willard W. son 13 WV WV WV Thomas E. son 11 WV WV WV Emma I dau 9 WV WV WV Ora son 4 WV WV WV Otis son 4 WV WVWV 1930 Curtis Dist Roane Co WV Rhodes, Gordon 56 m age 19 Pheob 53 m age 16 Earl 22 Oris 15 Ora 15 1940 Curtis, Roane, WV Rhodes, Phoebe 60 wd WV 1935: Same house Oris son 23 m WV 1935: Same house Goldie dil 18 m WV 1935: Rural Roane WV Roane Co births show Oris was born in March and Ora in May. Births are recorded in Roane Co, not Jackson, even when they lived in Jackson. Delpha, 12 Aug 1903 to Gardy, 30, and Pheebe (Tuttle) 28 Birth Record Name: Mary Rhodes Birth Date: 17 Mar 1898 Recorded Birth Place: Roane Co, WV Place of Birth: Washington (assume Washington District, Jackson Co Jackson Co, WV Sex: Female 3rd child Father: Gorda Rhodes, born Jackson County, age 24 Mother: Phoebe Tuttle, born Taylor County, age 22 Ora and Ores Rhodes Our maternal great-grandpa was John Tuttle who married Samantha Jane Ice in 1860. John served in the Civil War as a scout in Alpine, Virginia from 1862-1865. Our paternal great-grandpa was William Leeper Rhodes who married Rebecca Jane Rollins of Jackson County in 1856. Our grandpa was Gordon Mead Rhodes and grandma was Phoebe Emeline Tuttle Rhodes, both of Jackson County. Most of this has been documented in the "Jackson County, West Virginia Past and Present” book that was published in 1990. Of the Chidren of Gordon and Phoebe Rhodes, one was my mother, Ora, her twin brother, Ores born in 1915. They were the youngest. The other brothers and sisters in the order of their birth were Benoni Mead 1892, Charles Edward 1894, twin babies 1897 (died at birth) William Gordon 1899, Alma Pearl 1903, Williard Willis 1905, Thomas Earl 1908 and Amy Ivel 1910. There have been entered in some genealogies about a baby Mary b. 1898 that may have belonged to my grandparents. However my Aunt Goldie (and Uncle Ores) who is now 90 years old and still with an impeccable memory, lived with and took care of my Grandma Phoebe until the day she died. She told me the only babies that grandma had who died were the one set of twin babies. Never a mention was ever made of a Mary. So I do believe that must have been in another Rhodes line, and goodness knows there were many. As most people know times back then were very hard and money wasn’t always easy to come by. When repairs were need for the home, sometimes they just had to be let go. One such repair story was recently told to me by one of my cousins, Elmer. He was living with Grandma Phebe Rhodes and his mom and dad. It was a wintery morning and he was very cold and could not get awake enough to realize why. When he did, much to his surprise - he was completely covered by snow!. I guess they had to fix that roof one way or another then. Where Phebe and Gordon’s children were born in Gay, WV, the property still remains in our family today. The home burned down around 1985. The farm is now owned by Macel Rhodes and she has given lifetime right to her mother and brother Albert Russell and his wife Eva. Russell's dad was my mom’s twin. Many years later Russ, Eva and several of his brothers built another home in exactly the same spot as our grandparents home was — just a little bigger. Even the paw paw patch was left intact. Numerous marriages have taken place of the years and “the cousins” have all remained very close to one another to this day. I do believe that because Ora and Ores were twins is the real reason. In fact just this last fall in 2011 Russ and Eva were gracious enough to invite our family to vacation with them on the farm. My son, Barry Allan Myers and my granddaughter, Rachael Nicole, were able to see what my own childhood was like. Barry’s wife Tina, had to remain at home for her job. Having your son and granddaughter experience something you had as a child and took for granted then actually was a heartwarming experience. Having the freedom of a large family cookout on top of the hill where my grandparents once lived in acres and acres of land was something city people know little about. The little cousins played hide-and-seek with flashlight! Who could do that in a city. It was definitely a first for Rachael. The children of Ores Albert b. 1915 and Goldie Eulala Parsons Rhodes b. 1921 are: Elmer Dorse b. 1940, Gladys Karen b. 1941, Delmer Gordon b. 1944, Darrell Ernest b. 1946 Bernard Weldon b. 1949, Albert Russell b 1951, Macel Emeline b. 1953, Carolyn May b. 1955, Jesse Wayne b. 1956, Kathleen Kay b. 1958, Regina Eulala b. 1961 and Joseph Michael b. 1964. The children of my mom, Ora Alice Rhodes Brown and Elmer Thomas Brown are : Delora Mae b. 1939, Alma Lourie b. 1944, Marsha Kay b. 1953 and George Arnold b. 1955. On of my sisters, Marsha Kay, Bought me a book in 2005. The title was West Virginia Quilts and Quiltmaker by Fawn Valentine and the West Virginia Quilt Search, Inc. She knew I liked and appreciated quilts (I believe everyone from West Virginia does). The book was a ten-year project which illustrated samples of more than four thousand quilts made before 1940. Especially in those times, quilts were always a necessity but also made out of love which showed the quilt maker’s craft, skill and beauty, Marsha had directed me to page 205 of this particular book. When I looked, it seemed like a familiar wedding ring type of quilt with names written all around. She finally had to point it out to me. It was our mother’s name, Ora Rhodes that she had stitched so long ago, along with some other close relative! The quilt book was an unbelievable find. There were four hundred twenty-five names embroidered on this quilt made in 1934 by the Longview Methodist Episcopal Ladies Aid. The Longview Church is located south of Evens in Jackson County. When this women’s organization was begun decades ago, it was knows as the Farm Women’s Club. The quilt benefited this organization three times. To stitch your name on the quilt it cost ten cents. Then raffle tickets were sold and the quilt was won by a nurse working in the practice of Dr. Royal Kessel. On this quilt, families are grouped together in blocks or border sections . It is shown annually at the church in early April every year. This provides an opportunity to look for you ancestors and a look into the past at the many hours they spent working on this quilt so many years ago. Dr. Kessel is the doctor who treated by grandparents and countless other residents of Jackson County. My Grandfather, Gordon Mesd, had a heart condition and they could not afford his medicine. That was the real my mom went to Charleston to find work, so she could pay for this. Her twin brother, Ores, was of course needed on the farm. She started working at the Twin Diner and every weekend she would come home and bring her dad’s medicine. That was where she met and married my father, Elmer. Photos for this article were provided by Marsha Kay Brown Puztai Gilliam Submitted by Alam Lurid Brown Myers Jones, Mesa AZ
  Children	1. Benoni Mead Rhodes,   b. 5 Nov 1892, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 14 Jul 1964  (Age 71 years)   2. Charles Edward Rhodes,   b. 17 May 1894, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 1 Aug 1947, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA  (Age 53 years)   3. Twin Baby Rhodes,   b. 16 Mar 1897, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 16 Mar 1897, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 0 years)   4. Twin Baby Rhodes,   b. 16 Mar 1897, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 16 Mar 1897, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 0 years)   5. Mary Rhodes,   b. 17 Mar 1898, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Bef 1900  (Age < 1 years)   6. William Gordon Rhodes,   b. 28 Nov 1899, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 22 Apr 1968  (Age 68 years)   7. Alma Pearl Rhodes,   b. 12 Aug 1903, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Willard Willis Rhodes,   b. 1905, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Thomas Earl Rhodes,   b. 26 Jul 1908, Gay, Jackson, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Amy Ivel Rhodes,   b. 23 May 1910, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 15 Sep 1983  (Age 73 years)   11. Ores Albert Rhodes,   b. 22 Mar 1915, Gay, Jackson, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 6 Aug 2000, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 85 years)   12. Ora Alice Rhodes
  Family ID	F2912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV. [S519] Cemeteries JC Vol 1. [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.