John Melancthon Rhodes

John M Rhodes(August 29, 1849 -April 20, 1921), Son of Caleb Rhodes (1818-1896), He was an active and influential church-man and business man in the Lincolnton for some fifteen years prior to his death. When he married to Margaret Aderholdt in December, 1870 he settled on a farm in Gaston County; he was register of Deeds for four years, ending in December, 1882; engaged in the textile business in Gaston for a while; later formed a co-part nership with George B Hiss, cotton manufacturer, and established the Rhod hiss Mills. Severing connection with that company in 1906, He came to Lincolnton, built the Rhodes Mill, Which he operated untill his death, after which his son D.P. Rhodes, took charge of the business and succeded well with the enterprise