Rhoda Waters Kilgore

Rhoda Waters Kilgore (Summers)
Birthdate:	December 31, 1805
Birthplace:	Newberry District, South Carolina, United States
Death:	May 02, 1859 (53) Newberry County, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Col. John Summers and Rosannah Summers Wife of Dr James Kilgore and James Kilgore, MD Mother of James Summers Kilgore; John Benjamin Kilgore; Andrew Jackson Kilgore; James Kilgore; Warren Kilgore and 4 others Sister of Capt. Hezekiah Summers; William George Summers; Mary Berry Griffin; Eleanor Clary Waters; Nancy Clary Hair and 4 others

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Rhoda Waters Summers Kilgore

BIRTH 31 Dec 1805
DEATH 2 May 1859 (aged 53)
BURIAL
Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery
Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID 48011010 · View Source

---from "Bicentennial History of Newberry County," by the Newberry County Historical Society, Newberry, SC, 1989, p. 278, RHODA KILGORE: First Woman Doctor Licensed in South Carolina, Rhoda Waters Summers Kilgore, born in Greenville, S.C., in the early 18th century, was a descendant of Philemon Waters, an emigrant from Scotland to America in Colonial Days. He fought in the French and Indian Wars and was a close friend of Gen. Braddock, who received wounds that led to his death, 1775. Because Philemon Waters took possession of Gen. Braddock's body and buried him properly, his sisters in England sent Waters an expression of gratitude, a fine broadcloth uniform with silver buttons. The descendant of the gallant Waters, Rhoda Waters Summers, married Dr. James Kilgore of Greenville, S.C. Soon after graduation from medical college, he fell in love with Rhoda, who was only 14 years old. Because Rhoda had not completed her education, her father gave his consent provided she continue her education. Her husband trained her in medical lore and she became versed in science and worked as her husband's apprentice. She was later licensed as a physician and carried on her own practice, largely in obstetrics. Dr. Kilgore and his wife lived at the Kilgore place a mile from Ebenezer Church (or 2 and 1/2 mile east of Newberry) and became the parents of nine children. They adopted Warren James Kilgore, born in 1822, Greenville County, South Carolina and died in April 14, 1855 in a hunting accident in Sumter County, Florida. Warren's burial location is unknown. He married Permilia Caroline Griffin and they had four children.

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Wording on the vault of Rhoda Waters Summers Kilgore:

Our Mother
Rhoda W. Kilgore
Was born December 31st, 1805

She was a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and a devoted
follower of Christ. After many
years of suffering she fell asleep
in Jesus May 2nd, 1859.

Asleep in Jesus, peaceful at rest,
Where waking is supremely blest.
No fear, no woe shall dim that hour
That manifests the Saviour's power.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48011010/rhoda-waters-kilgore

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Rhoda Waters Kilgore's Timeline

1805	December 31, 1805	Birth of Rhoda Waters Kilgore Newberry District, South Carolina, United States
1823	September 26, 1823	Birth of James Summers Kilgore Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
1825	October 27, 1825	Birth of Emily Maffett Greenville, SC, USA
1831	February 18, 1831	Birth of John Benjamin Kilgore Newberry City, Newberry, South Carolina, United States
1833	1833	Birth of Andrew Jackson Kilgore Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States
1859	May 2, 1859 Age 53	Death of Rhoda Waters Kilgore Newberry County, South Carolina, United States
????		Birth of Rosanna Kilgore
????		Birth of Hattie Creightsburg
????		Birth of Warren Kilgore
????		Birth of James Kilgore

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