Rhoda Ann Park was born in Hampshire Co., Virginia, the daughter of Jefferson and Barbara (Davis) Park. Jefferson Park moved his family to Bates County, Missouri in 1858 (Rhoda’s obituary). Three of Jefferson’s brothers, Samuel, Washington, and Wesley, their mother Susannah and their sister Anne also moved to Bates County. In 1863, all residents were forced out of the county by the Union General Order 11. Jefferson, Washington, and Wesley returned to Bates County with their families in the fall of 1865, settling in Charlotte Township (Virginia, Missouri, Bi-Centennial Celebration booklet, 1976, unpublished).
Rhoda married Robert Augustus Rising on 16 April 1868 in Bates County, Missouri (Missouri, U.S. Marriage Records, 1805-2002). R. A. moved his family to Kansas in 1877 (R.A.’s obituary).
Rhoda and Robert had 10 children:
Harvey S. Rising – died in infancy
Minnie J. Rising Cook
Cora A. Rising Owens
Charles E. Rising
Walter L Rising
Ezra W Rising
Ora D Rising
Ethel M Rising Stewart
Elsie L Rising Blanpied
Lela E Rising Akers
Rhoda’s obituary: The Burden Times, Burden, Kansas, 27 Jul 1916, p. 9; R. A.’s obituary: The Burden Times, Burden, Kansas, 01 Mar 1923, p. 2,
Rhoda Ann Park was born in Hampshire Co., Virginia, the daughter of Jefferson and Barbara (Davis) Park. Jefferson Park moved his family to Bates County, Missouri in 1858 (Rhoda’s obituary). Three of Jefferson’s brothers, Samuel, Washington, and Wesley, their mother Susannah and their sister Anne also moved to Bates County. In 1863, all residents were forced out of the county by the Union General Order 11. Jefferson, Washington, and Wesley returned to Bates County with their families in the fall of 1865, settling in Charlotte Township (Virginia, Missouri, Bi-Centennial Celebration booklet, 1976, unpublished).
Rhoda married Robert Augustus Rising on 16 April 1868 in Bates County, Missouri (Missouri, U.S. Marriage Records, 1805-2002). R. A. moved his family to Kansas in 1877 (R.A.’s obituary).
Rhoda and Robert had 10 children:
Harvey S. Rising – died in infancy
Minnie J. Rising Cook
Cora A. Rising Owens
Charles E. Rising
Walter L Rising
Ezra W Rising
Ora D Rising
Ethel M Rising Stewart
Elsie L Rising Blanpied
Lela E Rising Akers
Rhoda’s obituary: The Burden Times, Burden, Kansas, 27 Jul 1916, p. 9; R. A.’s obituary: The Burden Times, Burden, Kansas, 01 Mar 1923, p. 2,
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