 Birth | March 23, 1843 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 23 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 23 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 25 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Marriage | Nancy Jane “Nannie” Sandy — View this family June 28, 1876 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 34 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Harriet “Hattie” Rhodes November 5, 1879 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Arthur Rhodes September 15, 1881 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Elizabeth Virginia “Lizzie” Rhodes March 9, 1884 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Josephine Woody Rhodes March 26, 1887 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Callie Mae Rhodes May 11, 1889 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Sadie Norris Rhodes October 13, 1891 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Offiet Bernard Rhodes November 5, 1893 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | John Olen Rhodes October 21, 1895 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Gladys Marie Rhodes December 12, 1899 (Age 56 years) |
 Death | July 15, 1915 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | July 18, 1915 (3 days after death) |