John B. Rhodes² (Alex.¹) was born September 9, 1808 in Tennessee, and died May 5, 1880. He married a woman named Jane whose maiden name is not known. She was born March 1, 1810 in Tennessee and died January 26, 1878.

Children:

1. Sarah Elizabeth RHODES b 5 Dec 1830
2. + William R. RHODES   b 1 Apr 1832; m Lucinda RHODES
3. Frances Jane RHODES b 3 Sep 1834, IL, d 17 Dec 1834
4. + Newton C. RHODES   b 8 Nov 1836, m 1st Laura Ann FARRAR; m 2nd Mary Jane (SMITH) DUNCAN
5. + Louisa "Liza" RHODES   b 7 Feb 1839; William Russell SMITH
6. Emeline RHODES b 26 Feb 1841, IL, d 28 May 1859
7. Telithian RHODES b 1 May 1843, IL, d 25 May 1859
8. Martha Anna Irene RHODES b 3 Sep 1845, IL; m 24 Dec 1865, Macoupin Co., IL, James W. SMITH b 1844 (36-1880), IL; lvd Macoupin Co., IL, when 1870 census taken
   
   Children:
   1. Eliza J. SMITH b 1867 (3-1870), IL
   2. Annetta SMITH b 1869 (1-1870), IL
   3. Margaret SMITH b 1879 (1-1880), IL
   
   
9. Isaac Alexander Holland RHODES b 21 or 22 Mar 1848, Macoupin Co., IL, d 21 Mar 1924; m 2 Oct 1870, Fayette Co., IL, Arrilla Melrosa COLE   [d/o William O. COLE and Rebecca Jane HARRIS⁴, (Ancil M.³, Zach², Isaac¹)]; children listed under her name in Part VIII, Chapter 2.4 of Descendants of Rebecca Jane Harris
10. Marinda Jane RHODES b 5 Jul 1850, IL

William R. Rhodes³ (John B.², Alex.¹) was born April 1, 1832 in Illinois, and died January 17, 1873. He married Lucinda Rhodes on April 8, 1852 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born in Illinois in about 1834; she was 26 years of age when the Macoupin County, Illinois 1860 Census was taken. Her parents have not been identified. After William R. Rhodes's death, James W. Smith, husband of William's sister, Martha Anna Irene, applied for guardianship of his son McComas Rhodes, and McComas was living in with his family when the Macoupin County 1880 Census was taken. John A. Rhodes was living with the next family listed which was that of his uncle, Isaac Alexander Holland Rhodes.

Children:

1. Sallie A. RHODES b 1854 (6-1860,) IL
2. John Anderson RHODES b Jun 1857, IL; m 1st 30 Jan 1881, Fayette Co., IL, Cynthia A. RHODES [d/o Robert H. RHODES Rhodes⁴ (Susannah Harris³, Zach.², Isaac¹) and Sarah Jane CARLOCK] b Apr 1854 (46-1900), Fayette Co., IL; children listed under her name in Part VIII, Chapter 9, Descendants of Susannah Harris
3. McComas RHODES b 1862 (18-1880), IL

Newton C. Rhodes³ (John B.², Alex.¹) was born November 8, 1836 in Illinois. He was married twice. First to Laura Ann Farrar, on March 16, 1859, and to his second wife, Mary Jane (Smith) Duncan on November 5, 1867. Both marriages took place in Macoupin County, Illinois. Mary Jane was living with her son, Charles Franklin Rhodes, in Montgomery County, Illinois when the 1900 census was taken. She was born in Illinois in November 1842 according to the census report that year. The family was living in Litchfield Township, Montgomery County, Illinois in 1870, and in Macoupin County, Illinois in 1880. We have record of five children for Newton and his second wife, Mary Jane Smith. Mary Jane was previously married to a Mr. Duncan. The fourth and fifth children of Newton and Mary Jane were twins who were designated as Mary's 13th and 14th children in the record of their births; however, we don't know how many children Mary Jane may have had by her first husband.

Children of Newton C. Rhodes and Laura A. Farrar:

1. Josephine M. RHODES 1861 (9-1870), IL
2. Frances A. G. RHODES b 1865 (5-1770), IL
3. Sarah E. RHODES b 1867 (3-1870), IL

Children of Newton C. Rhodes and Mary J. SMITH:
1. Richard A. RHODES b 1869 (age 6 mo 1870), IL
2. Charles Franklin RHODES b Mar 1876 IL; m 22 Dec 1898, Montgomery Co., IL, Bertha Agnes CLIFTON (d/o Joseph P. CLIFTON and Anna Hattie VAIL) b Jan 1879 (20-1898), lvd Montgomery Co., IL, when 1910 Census taken
   
   Child:
   1. Paul RHODES b 1903 (7-1910), IL
      
      
3. John A. RHODES b 17 Jan 1878, Cahokia Twp., Macoupin Co., IL, d 23 May 1879 (age 1y 4m 26d), bur Woodruff Cem., Cahokia Twp., Macoupin Co., IL
4. Mary RHODES (twin), b 28 May 1880 (birth record, 13th child) Cahokia Twp., Macoupin Co., IL
5. Martha RHODES (twin), b 28 May 1880 (birth record 14th child), d 29 May 1880 (age 3 hrs), bur Woodruff Cem., Cahokia Twp., Macoupin Co., IL

Louisa "Liza" Rhodes³ (John B.², Alex.¹) was born February 7, 1839 in Illinois, and died 20 Aug 1884. She married William Russell Smith on October 21, 1858 in Macoupin County, Illinois. He was born in March 1837 in Illinois. They were living in Macoupin County, Illinois when the 1860 census was taken and in Madison County, Illinois, at the time of the 1880 census. They apparently had additional children because their son Thomas Shirley Smith was listed as the 12th child on his birth record.

Children:

1. Martha SMITH b 1860, IL
2. Mary SMITH b Oct 1865, IL
3. James W. SMITH b 1867, IL
4. Margaret L. SMITH b Jan 1874, IL
5. Delanie SMITH b Mar 1876, IL
6. Thomas Shirley SMITH b 2 Jul 1881, Cahokia Twp., Macoupin Co., IL, (listed as 12th child in birth record)

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