Barton County, Missouri Biographies-Cecil B. Rhodes

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri,  published by Goodspeed, 1889;  Pgs. 936, 937  
Barton County Section

Cecil B. Rhodes, real estate, loan and insurance agent, at Lamar, Mo., was born
in Fort Wayne, Ind., January 3, 1858, being a son of Marcus L. and Sarah E. 
(Harmony) Rhodes, who were born in Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively.  They were 
both taken to Indiana when young, and were there reared and married, the father 
being engaged in mercantile pursuits.  When the war broke out he went out as captain 
of Company A, One Hundredth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was afterward promoted 
to the rank of colonel of his regiment.  Shortly after being promoted he took the
measles and died, at Memphis, Tenn., being only about thirty years of age.  His 
widow is residing with her father in Barton County.  Cecil B. Rhodes is the only 
surviving one of two children, and received his early education in the schools of 
Fort Wayne.  When only fourteen years old he began clerking in a store, continuing 
five years, and then opened a store of his own at Concord, Ind., and later at Auburn, 
Ind., but was burned out at the latter place, losing everything.  After traveling a 
year for a New York boot and shoe house, he resigned and came to Lamar, and in 1883 
established his present business, in which he is doing well.  He was $1,500 in debt
on coming to the county, but is now the owner of 1,200 acres of land, besides town 
property.  August 27, 1884, he was married to Miss Sallie B. Finney, and by her has 
one child: Charley.  Mrs. Rhodes is a member of the Episcopal Church.  He is a 
Democrat, and a K. of P.

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