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Surnames: Rhodes, Moser
Classification: Query
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I don't know how much this is going to help, but here is the history of the Joseph
Rhodes family of Morgan County as I know it. Joseph Rhodes' father was John Rhodes of
Randolph County, NC. He was married twice, but I don't know the name of the first
wife. Children of the first marriage were Joseph, William, and Mary. He married second,
Mary Moser Beeson. Sept. 6, 1804, in Randolph County. Mary was the daughter of Tobias
Moser and Nancy Myers, and the widow of Absolom Beeson. She had one child by her first
marriage, Richard James Beeson. The children of John Rhodes and Mary Moser Beeson Rhodes
were John, Margaret, Jane, and Tobias.
Joseph Rhodes married Elizabeth Moser, April 15, 1812 in Randolph County. Elizabeth Moser
was the niece of Joseph Rhodes' step mother. She was the daughter of John Moser, Sr.
(the elder brother of Mary Moser Beeson Rhodes) and Mary Haskett.
Around 1815, there was a mass migration of at least 19 (and still counting) intermarried
and interrelated families from North Carolina to Orange County, IN. Some of the surnames
were Moser, Beeson, Rhodes, Lindley, Fox, and several others.
The children of John and Mary Rhodes eventually went from Orange County to Moultrie
County, IL.
Joseph and Elizabeth Rhodes were very early settlers in Morgan County. I think that there
is some evidence that they were here by about 1820. In the 1830's and 1840's they
were followed to Morgan County by six of Elizabeth's brothers, John, Joseph, Jeremiah,
Jacob, Tobias and Alexander Moser and at least one other sister. The Mosers had gone first
to Owen County before moving to Morgan County.
I do not have a list of Joseph and Elizabeth's children, but I would certainly like to
have one if anyone has done research on the later generations