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Mary Elizabeth “Besty” <I>Rhoads</I> Meeks

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Mary Elizabeth “Besty” Rhoads Meeks

Birth
Boonville, Warrick County, Indiana, USA
Death
29 Mar 1899 (aged 79)
Bicknell, Wayne County, Utah, USA
Burial
Bicknell, Wayne County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Mary Elizabeth Rhodes was born in Indiana in 1820 to Henry And Elizabeth Noffsinger Rhodes She was 5th child and 2nd girl. These are her brothers and sisters. George Washington, Solomon Roberts, Benjamin Talbert, Rachel and then Mary Elizabeth.
Betsy married William Meeks on 5 Oct 1837, in Warbeck county, Indiana.
They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and on June 6, 1846 they were sealed in the Nauvoo, Illinois Temple.

They and their 7 children (ages 14 years to 6 months)
Harvey Henry,9 Apr 1838
Henry Rhodes,23 Mar 1840
Mary Elizabeth Cummings/Bullock),11 June 1842
Mary Ann (Cummings), 23 Nov 1844
William 18 Feb 1846
Joseph Brigham. 8 Jan 1848
Mary Jane (Pearce) 2 Dec 1851
came to Utah in 1852 with the David Wood Company (I have the Indepenndent Company of Captin Nicinger's(Noffsiger.) The journey took nearly 4 months. They arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah in the fall of 1852.
Betsy and William had 4 more children.
Mary Ellen 16 Jan 1854
John 1855
Mary Melissa (Snow) 22 Aug 1856
Mary Louise (Gardner) 23 Aug 1859
William died in St George, Utah in 1877 and is buried in the St George, Utah Cemetery.
The family settled in Thuber, Wayne County, Utah. where
Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) died 22 years later On Mar 29,1899.


Mary Elizabeth Rhodes was born in Indiana in 1820 to Henry And Elizabeth Noffsinger Rhodes She was 5th child and 2nd girl. These are her brothers and sisters. George Washington, Solomon Roberts, Benjamin Talbert, Rachel and then Mary Elizabeth.
Betsy married William Meeks on 5 Oct 1837, in Warbeck county, Indiana.
They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and on June 6, 1846 they were sealed in the Nauvoo, Illinois Temple.

They and their 7 children (ages 14 years to 6 months)
Harvey Henry,9 Apr 1838
Henry Rhodes,23 Mar 1840
Mary Elizabeth Cummings/Bullock),11 June 1842
Mary Ann (Cummings), 23 Nov 1844
William 18 Feb 1846
Joseph Brigham. 8 Jan 1848
Mary Jane (Pearce) 2 Dec 1851
came to Utah in 1852 with the David Wood Company (I have the Indepenndent Company of Captin Nicinger's(Noffsiger.) The journey took nearly 4 months. They arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah in the fall of 1852.
Betsy and William had 4 more children.
Mary Ellen 16 Jan 1854
John 1855
Mary Melissa (Snow) 22 Aug 1856
Mary Louise (Gardner) 23 Aug 1859
William died in St George, Utah in 1877 and is buried in the St George, Utah Cemetery.
The family settled in Thuber, Wayne County, Utah. where
Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) died 22 years later On Mar 29,1899.




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  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31319627/mary_elizabeth-meeks: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth “Besty” Rhoads Meeks (23 Jan 1820–29 Mar 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31319627, citing Bicknell Cemetery, Bicknell, Wayne County, Utah, USA; Maintained by J (contributor 47064720).