Winnie Davis Camp No. 108 UCV
Records from Membership Register
Henry M. Rhodus 19
Elected Sept 5, 1898
Adjutant 1897 and 1898
Entered State Serv 1861 Co A, 2nd NC; ent Conf Serv April 12, 1862 Pvt
Co A 19th Tex Cav; present in skirmishes in Missouri and Ark; disbanded from
State Service at Sand Prairie, Ark. March 1862; arrived Waxahachie, Tex.
April 9, 1862 and joined Co. A. 19th Regt Tex Cav; was present Lake Providence,
Nigger Hill, Yellow Bayou, White Water River, Cape Gerardeau, Crawley's Ridge;
disch May 23, 1865.
Was born Franklin Co. Mo. Jan. 27, 1839; father Thomas Rhodus, Methodist
preacher, and mother Margaret Rhodus. On Aug. 14, 1865 left Waxahachie for
St Louis, Mo. where remained until Sept. 30, 1877, returning to Waxahachie
where arrived 2nd October and have remained up to this writing. Was married
12 June 1889 to Miss Amelia Battle of Vicksburg, Miss. Elected Adj.
of Camp 1897 & 1898. [words too faint to read, among them was "....resigned
Oct. 5, 1903."]
On original form "died Nov. 30, 1911."
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