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Rhoda Totherow (Shope)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Burke, NC
Death: 1864 (48-49)
Prentice, Macon, NC
Place of Burial: Wesser Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Nantahala Township, Swain County, North Carolina, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John George Shope, Jr. and Sarah Sally Shope
Wife of James Joshua Totherow
Mother of Mary Ann Grant; Pvt. (CSA) John S Totherow and Martha Matilda Allison
Sister of William Solomon Shope; John George Shope; Nancy Burnett; Deacon James Nicholas Shope; Deacon Jacob B. Shope and 3 others

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About Rhoda Totherow

Rhoda Shope was the daughter of Johann George "George" Shope and Sarah "Sally" Gragg.

She married James Joshua Totherow (who went by "Joshua"} in Buncombe Co., NC

1850 the family is in Buncombe Co, NC house/family 1705/1705
J__ (?) Tetherow 43 /laborer/ NC
wife Rhoda 35/ NC
children:
Sarah 19. #11216434
Matilda 16
Eliza 14
Alfred 10
Silas 8
James 6
Nancy 1
Harriet (?) 1
(Same house/family):
John Shoope 94, m, b in PA (this is John Shope)
Sally Shoope 96, F b in VA

In 1860 (Census) they are in Cowee District of Macon County, NC:
Joshua Tatherow 55 /farmer 150/200/ born in Lincoln Co. NC
wife Rhoda 55 / born in Buncombe Co NC
children:
Alfred M 27 / Buncombe
Silas 19/ Buncombe
Nancy M 17 / Buncombe
William F 15 / Buncombe
James 13 /Macon
Margaret 12/ Macon
Larcena J. 10, f / Macon. #92886886
and one more person, not their child living in same household: Eli Dowell 23, m, born in Iredell (don't know who this is).* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 13 2023, 19:12:52 UTC

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Rhoda Totherow's Timeline

1815
1815
Burke, NC
1829
October 1829
Swannanoa, Buncombe County, NC, United States
1837
1837
1864
1864
Age 49
Prentice, Macon, NC
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Wesser Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Nantahala Township, Swain County, North Carolina, USA