My children descend from a variety of cultures.

The BRIGHT family relocated from Pennsylvania to the booming riverfront town of Wyandotte, Kansas, shortly after the Civil War.

The MOORE family, of Scots-Irish descent, lived in the upcountry of South Carolina for a hundred years or more.

The THADEN family came from German immigrants and Tennessee Scots-Irish clans.

The NICHOLAS family originated in Tripoli and Beirut, Syria, and lived among a Syrian colony in Jacksonville, Florida.

The HAHN and LUTES families raced for land in the Oklahoma Land Run of 1893 and had been ever on the frontier prior to that time.

The ROMEO and MOTTA families immigrated to this country at the turn of the century from Sicily.

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

See What Our Family Was Up to During


. . . America's Westward Expansion to Illinois

 1763-1893

 Day, Hudson, Rhoads, Van Meter, Watkins, Williams

This segment of the family history begins with Jacob and Alsey (Van Meter) Rhoads. Jacob, the son of a Revolutionary War soldier, originated in Pennsylvania. Alsey, possibly a nickname for Alcinda, came from Virginia and was of Dutch descent. The Rhoads and Van Meter families migrated, with Daniel Boone, to the area of Grayson and Hardin Counties, Kentucky. Here, Jacob and Alsey were married in 1785 and raised their family. One of their sons, Josiah, married Susannah Watkins, who was from Maryland. After Alsey died in 1828, most of the Rhoads family moved to Macoupin and Jersey Counties, Illinois.

In nearby Greene County, Illinois, David and Elizabeth (Williams) Hudson and their children had settled. One of David’s sons, Merritt, served in the Mexican War. He died in the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico in 1847 leaving a young family. A nephew, David Hudson, went out west to California with the Forty-Niners in search of gold. After three years, he returned. David’s daughter, Martha, married Ira Day, a pioneer from Vermont. All of their children were born in Illinois.


Josiah Rhoads’ son, James, married Sarah Parker in Illinois and all of their children were born there. James’ son, Isaac, married Lydia Day, the daughter of Ira and Martha Day. All of their children were born in Illinois, one of whom was Lillie, who later settled in Oklahoma after her husband made the Great Land Run in 1893.

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