I am hoping Mary is Martha's sister because then I stand a chance of finding out who their parents are. I hope.
Martha is a great-great grandmother in our family. I know she married in Illinois in 1868. Why her and her husband were in Illinois I don't know. Maybe someday I'll find out.
She has been a huge wall for me for years. I don't know when she died or where she died.
When looking in an index of marriages I noticed a Mary Rhodes who married in 1868 to Israel R. Phillips. They eventually ended up around Wichita, Kansas and died before 1919. I don't know if they died in Kansas or where they are buried. Their son, Joseph, ended up in Texas and is buried there.
Through Joseph's records I discovered a brother to Mary. J. A. Rhodes, married to Amanda, who lived in Arkansas.
I have been unable to find anything else on J. A., Amanda, Mary or Israel. I really want to know if Martha and Mary are sister. I have been unable to find a family with Martha, Mary, and J. A. listed as children. As far as I know Martha and Mary were born in Virginia. Martha was born about 1850.
Do you know anything about Mary or J. A. Rhodes?
