Daniel Rhodus was born 1799, South Carolina. In 1825 he married Polly Roberts (1809-1839). After Polly passed he married her sister Sarah Jane Sally Roberts in 1841. After Sarah passed away he married Sarah Kincaide on 13 Sep 1860. After Sarah Kincaide passed away he married Lucretia Plymell.

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Following is an article taken from the 1894 Ricetown News in Missouri.

The second oldest man in Harrison County is Daniel Rhodus who was one of the first settlers of Butler Township. He was born in Fairfield District, South Carolina, July 11, 1799 and recently celebrated his 95th birthday. He has been married four times and is the father of thirteen children, the grandfather of over fifty, and the great—grandfather of twelve. Ten of his children are living. His parents emigrated to Madison County, Kentucky when he was a year old There at the age of twenty-four, he married a MSS Roberts, who bore him six children. After her death, he married her sister and they had seven children. Having lost his farm and all of his other property in paying security debts, he came to Clay County, Missouri to grow up with the county. He got a fresh start and married a widow from Madison County, Ky. of the name of Kincaide. After living in Clay County for five years, he moved to Harrison County, where he has since lived on a good farm of 180 acres, which he has chiefly made and improved by the labor of his own hands. Here he lost his third wife and married his fourth, Miss Lucretia Plymell, with whom he has lived happily for twenty—five years. He is a grand old man of high moral character, and says he never swore an oath in his life, never drank intoxicating liquor, or used tobacco in any form. He has been a member of the Christian Church for sixty years. The old man is hale and hearty and works on his farm nearly every day and can still use the ax and hoe with good results. Politically, he is an ardent Republican and was always opposed to slavery. RICETOWN NEWS 1894.