Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
Birth12 Sep 1819, South Carolina
Death20 May 1894, Peeks Hill, Calhoun Co., Alabama
BurialMay 1894, Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Peeks Hill, Calhoun Co., Alabama (33 51 49 N 85 59 00 W)
FatherJoel Finley (1799-~1885)
MotherMartha “Patsy” Hollister (1802-~1875)
Misc. Notes
The 1830 Census of Spartanburg Co., SC shows a Joel Fenley with 2 sons and three daughters, one daughter in the age range of Rhoda.
Marriage and Death Notices From the Up-Country of South Carolina as taken from Greenville newspapers 1826 - 1863 compiled by Brent H. Holcomb, C. A. L. S.
Dec. 12, 1841 “Married on the same day by Samuel Ezel, Esq., Rev. Mark Forrester to Miss Rhoda Finley, all of Spartanburg District (ibid.).”
The 1850 Census for Spartanburg, SC shows that Rhoda and her two daughters (Jane and Martha) were living with Rhoda’s parents Joel and Martha Finley.
Roda Forrester and her two daughters are listed with Joel Finley and family in 1860 census of Peeks Hill, Calhoun Co., AL.
Rhoda Forrest is in the 1870 Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL living with her daughter Jane and her son-in-law John M. Martin.
Rhoda Forrester is in the 1880 Census of Peek’s Hill, Calhoun Co., AL living with her other daughter Martha “Patsy” and her son-in-law Nathan Pettit.
Rhoda is buried next to Robert A. Martin and his wife Jane, the parents of her son-in-law John M. Martin, at the Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery near Peek’s Hill, AL - the inscription reads “Rhoda wife of Mark Forrest Sept. 12, 1819 - Nov. 3, 1899”
Marriage and Death Notices From the Up-Country of South Carolina as taken from Greenville newspapers 1826 - 1863 compiled by Brent H. Holcomb, C. A. L. S.
Dec. 12, 1841 “Married on the same day by Samuel Ezel, Esq., Rev. Mark Forrester to Miss Rhoda Finley, all of Spartanburg District (ibid.).”
The 1850 Census for Spartanburg, SC shows that Rhoda and her two daughters (Jane and Martha) were living with Rhoda’s parents Joel and Martha Finley.
Roda Forrester and her two daughters are listed with Joel Finley and family in 1860 census of Peeks Hill, Calhoun Co., AL.
Rhoda Forrest is in the 1870 Census of Gadsden, Etowah Co., AL living with her daughter Jane and her son-in-law John M. Martin.
Rhoda Forrester is in the 1880 Census of Peek’s Hill, Calhoun Co., AL living with her other daughter Martha “Patsy” and her son-in-law Nathan Pettit.
Rhoda is buried next to Robert A. Martin and his wife Jane, the parents of her son-in-law John M. Martin, at the Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery near Peek’s Hill, AL - the inscription reads “Rhoda wife of Mark Forrest Sept. 12, 1819 - Nov. 3, 1899”
Spouses
Marriage12 Dec 1841, Spartanburg, South Carolina
ChildrenJane Adelaide (1841-1920)
Martha “Patsy” (1844-1930)