Dr. Earl Z. Rhodes

1894 - 1940  (~ 46 years)

• Name	Earl Z. Rhodes
  Title	Dr.
  Birth	Feb 1894	Liberty, Bedford, PA
  	U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482&enc=1> about Earl Z Rhodes Name: Earl Z Rhodes County: Bedford State: Pennsylvania Birthplace: Pennsylvania Birth Date: 4 Feb 1894 Race: Caucasian (White) Draft Board: 1
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jul 1940	Bedford County, PA
  	Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944 about Earl Z Rhodes Name: Earl Z Rhodes Gender: Male Race: White Age: 46 Birth Date: 4 Feb 1894 Birth Place: Bedford, County, Pennsylvania Death Date: 12 Jul 1940 Death Place: Liberty, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA Father Name: Daniel W Rhodes Father Birth Place: Bedford, County, Pennsylvania Mother Name: Ella Rowser Mother Birth Place: Tepton, Iowa Spouse Name: Katherine Mentzer Certificate Number: 63567 Burial: Saint Lukes Cemetery Saxton Bedford County Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I32271	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Daniel Webster Rhodes,   b. Feb 1852, Saxton, Bedford, PA d. 7 Jun 1920, Liberty, Bedford, PA (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ella Rowser,   b. 3 Aug 1859, Shiloh, Cedar, IA d. 25 Apr 1943, Saxton, Bedford, PA (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F11748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Feb 1894 - Liberty, Bedford, PA Death - 12 Jul 1940 - Bedford County, PA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1900 United States Federal Census <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602&enc=1> about Earl Rhodes Name: Earl Rhodes Age: 6 Birth Date: Feb 1894 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1900: Liberty, Bedford, Pennsylvania Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Son Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Damuel Rhodes Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Name: Ella Rhodes Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Falling from a swing bridge which connects the mainland with to an island farm in the Raystown river two miles south of Saxton yesterday resulted in the death of Dr. Earl C. Rhodes at the home of his brother, Ralph Rhodes. Dr. Rhodes, a veterinarian, resided with a sister, Mrs. Henry Schleuter of Saxton, R. D. Yesterday afternoon he received a call to the farm of Stanley Cowall, located across the river and which is reached only by boat and by a swing bridge connecting the Cowall farm with the Ralph Rhodes farm, The veterinarian was seen about 3:30 o'clock but when he failed to arrive at the Cowall farm, Mr. Cowall started across the bridge to the Rhodes farm and when midway on the bridge he looked over and saw a man lying in the river. After rescuing him from the river, a physician was summoned from Saxton. An examination by the physician it was evident that Dr. Rhodes was fatally Injured. However, Dr. Rhodes was taken by ambulance to the Everett hospital where he expired. Dr. Rhodes was a native of Liberty township, Bedford county, and was born on Feb. 21, 1894. the son of Daniel and Ella (Rowser) Rhodes. The father is deceased. Surviving are one daughter, Erleen, his mother Mrs. Ella Rhodes, and one sister and one brother, Mrs. Henry Schleuter and Ralph Rhodes, all of Saxton. R. D. Dr. Rhodes was educated as veterinarian at Grand Rapids, Mich., and practiced at Nazareth, Everett and at Martinsburg where he was located for a number of years and where he also was affiliated with the state department for several years. Later he went to Bedford where he was associated with Dr. R. D. Hoffman and lately he had been located in the Saxton, making his home with his sister at Saxton R. D.