Person:Malinda Elliott (1)

The name 'Jennie' used on marriage record and on a land sale in 1903.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Francis Elliott household, in 1860 U.S.Census, Appanoose County, Iowa
   p. 496 .
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Dallas County [Iowa] Records
   p. 220.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Obit of Mrs. Jennie Rhodes, in [Unknown newspaper]
   13 June 1921.

   Mrs. Geo. Wilcox Loses Sister
   Perry Woman Called to Jefferson by Death of Mrs. Jennie Rhoads
   Mr. and Mrs. George Wilcox left this morning for Jefferson, where they were called by a message telling of the death of the latter's sister, Mrs. Jennie Rhoads.
   Mrs. Rhoads passed away yesterday afternoon, June 12th. Burial will be at Jefferson, but the date of the funeral has not been decided upon.
   Mrs. Rhoads and her husband returned Friday from California, where they had been spending a year in the hope that her health might be improved. The fatigue of the journey home brought on a nervous attack which was fatal.
   The deceased is survived be her husband and two sons, Clyde Rhoads of Jefferson and Oscar Rhoads of Seres, New York.

4. ↑ Greene Co Iowa WPA Graves Registration.

   Rhoades, Jennie M 1851 to 1921

5. ↑ Jefferson Cemetery, Greene County, Iowa. (Iowa Genealogical Society, Des Moines, 1985).

   Rhodes, Alfred 1851 - 3 Feb 1928 "Father"
   , Jennie M 1851 - 12 June 1921 "Mother"
   Shain, J. Otho 1882 - 1964 "Father"
   ss Belle 1890 - 29 Jan 1953 "Mother"
   ss Alfred M. 1922 - 21 July 1922 "son"

6. ↑ Dallas County, Iowa County Recorder
   Index to Deeds, Bk. 29, p. 437.

   Bought land from Aaron Wright.

7. ↑ Dallas County, Iowa County Recorder
   Index to Deeds, Bk. 33, p. 496.

   Bought land from Wm. A. Moore

8. ↑ Dallas County, Iowa County Recorder
   Index to Deeds, Bk. 36, p. 542.

   Bought land from Allen Moore

9. ↑ The Jefferson Herald
   15 June 1921.

   Mrs. Alfred Rhoades Suddenly Stricken
   Last Saturday evening, Mrs. Alfred Rhoades, who had just returned from California the previous day, was visiting with her many friends on the streets and in the stores of Jefferson. So we may imagine how startled and shocked they were to learn Sunday noon that she had been suddenly stricken that forenoon while visiting in the home of her niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Otho Shain, in Grant township. She had retired Saturday evening in her seemingly usual health. On arising late Sunday morning she prepared for herself a light breakfast. A short time afterward she complained of feeling slightly indisposed. Her illness increased in intensity, until a physician was called, but death came to her release before the doctor reached her bedside, a few minutes before noon. The funeral services are being held this afternoon in the Otho Shain home and the interment will be made in the Jefferson cemetery. While we have been able to secure only a very meager amount of data pertaining to her life, we learn that Jennie M. Elliott, the daughter of Frances and Lydia Elliott, was born in Wayne county, Indiana, on the twenty-first day of December, 1851, having lived at the time of her death sixty-nine years, five months and twenty-one days
   She came to Iowa with her parents in 1865, when they settled on a farm in Dallas county. In November, 1874, she was united in marriage to Alfred Rhoades. This union was blest by the birth of two sons, both of whom are living. Oscar resides in New York while Clyde is a resident of Jefferson.
   When but a girl, Mrs. Rhoades united with the United Brethern church and has never changed her church relations. She leaves the husband and two sons, one sister, Mrs. Wilcox of Pery, a brother, Mr. William Elliott of Des Moines, besides many more distant relatives, and a great host of friends in Dallas and Greene counties.

10. ↑ Obit of Mrs.A. Rhodes, in The Perry Daily Chief
    16 June 1921.

    Death of Mrs. A. Rhodes
    Jefferson Bee: The sudden death of Mrs. A. Rhodes on Sunday came as a great shock and sorrow to relatives and friends alike. Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes spent the winter in California, arriving home from there last Friday. She seemed very much improved in health; in fact was up town Saturday evening, enjoying meeting old friends and neighbors. She was stricken with heart disease Sunday morning, and died before a physician could be summoned. Funeral services for this beloved woman will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Otho Shain home in Grant township.
    Jennie M. Elliott, daughter of Francis and Lydia Elliott, was born in Wayne County, Indiana, December 21, 1851. She came with her parents to Iowa in 1865 making their home on a farm in Dallas County, Iowa.
    She was united in marriage to Alfred Rhodes in November, 1874. To this union was born two sons, Oscar of Ceres, New York; and Clyde of Jefferson, Iowa. Mrs. Rhodes has been in poor health for a long time, they having changed location hoping for some improvement. The last move was to California. where it was thought that she could be brought back to health once more. She united with the United Brethren church when but a girl and never changed her church elections. She leaves to mourn her departure her husband and two sons, one sister, Mrs. Wilcox of Perry, Iowa; and one brother, William Elliott, of Des Moines, Iowa.