Person:Rhoda Norton (2)

Rhoda Norton
d.12 Mar 1904
Facts and Events
Name Rhoda Norton
Alt Name possibly Binnie
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1812 New York, United States
Alt Birth? Jul 1813 New York, United States
Marriage to Benjamin H. Dowd
Census[2][4] 1880 Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Death? 12 Mar 1904
Other[1] was still living in 1894. Misc
Religion[1] a lifelong member of the Baptist Church.

First Baptist Church of Harmony, NY

Name: Dowd, Rhoda Status: former Received by: Letter Rec'd Date: Dec. 7, 1845 Dismissal: Nov. 4, 1871 Reinstated: December 1879 Dismissal by: letter Erasure: March 3, 1904 Dismissal by: death

Dec 7, 1845 Received Bro. Benjamin and Sister Rhoday Dowd by letter from the Baptist Church in Hume. Letters dated Nov. 16, 1845 and signed B.F. Carr, Clerk

Nov. 4, 1871 Dismissed Bro. B. H. Dowd and Sister Rhoda Dowd by letter. Also Wm Dowd and Franklin Dowd.

Dec. 1879 Covenant meeting Sister Rhoda Dowd was received by letter from the Baptist Church of Union City, Pa. Letter dated Oct. 22, 1879 and signed James V. B. Smiley, Clerk.

March 12, 1904 Membership records record her death as of this date.

After her husband's death she lived with her son, William Edwin

1880 Census Erie, Erie County, PA

Dowd William 37 carpenter ... Rhoda 66 mother

1900 Census living with son Frank 1900 Census Cleveland Ward 20, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Frank Sept. 1846 52 NY NY NY dentist ... Dowd Rhoda July 1813 86 5/3 NY NY NY

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of Cleveland, Ohio. The Lewis Publishing Company, 1894.
  2. 1880 Census, Erie, Erie Co, PA.
  3.   Town Records of Harmony, NY
    18.

    Benjamin Doud and Rhoda Norton Parents of Thirzah L. Doud Tanney who marries H. B. Loomis

    Town Records of Harmony, NY, page 18

  4. Rhoda appears on the 1880 census in Erie, PA, in the household of her son William.