Son of Jacob Rhoads (Roth) and Catherine Haas. He was a Colonel and serviced in the Mexican War, retiring in 1874. He also was a steamboat captain on the Illinois, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers. He was the husband of Martha A. Jones. They were married in 1853, in Gallatin County.
Col. Franklin Lawrence Rhoads, soldier and steamboat captain, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 11, 1824; brought to Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill. in 1836, where he learned the printer's trade, and on the breaking out of the Mexican War, enlisted, serving to the close. Returning home he engaged in the river trade, and, for fifteen years, commanded steamboats on the Illinois, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers. In April, 1861, he was commissioned Captain of a company of three months' men attached to the Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and, on the reorganization of the regiment for the three-years' service, was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, soon after being promoted to the colonelcy, as successor to Col. Richard J. Ogelsby, who had been promoted Brigadier-General. After serving through the spring campaign of 1862 in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, he was compelled by rapidly declining health to resign, when he located in Shawneetown, retiring in 1874 to his farm near that city. During the latter years of his life, he was a confirmed invalid, dying at Shawneetown, Jan. 6, 1879.
-Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois And History of Peoria County, Vol. 1, 1901, page 450.
Col. Franklin Lawrence Rhoads, soldier and steamboat captain, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 11, 1824; brought to Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill. in 1836, where he learned the printer's trade, and on the breaking out of the Mexican War, enlisted, serving to the close. Returning home he engaged in the river trade, and, for fifteen years, commanded steamboats on the Illinois, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers. In April, 1861, he was commissioned Captain of a company of three months' men attached to the Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and, on the reorganization of the regiment for the three-years' service, was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, soon after being promoted to the colonelcy, as successor to Col. Richard J. Ogelsby, who had been promoted Brigadier-General. After serving through the spring campaign of 1862 in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, he was compelled by rapidly declining health to resign, when he located in Shawneetown, retiring in 1874 to his farm near that city. During the latter years of his life, he was a confirmed invalid, dying at Shawneetown, Jan. 6, 1879.
-Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois And History of Peoria County, Vol. 1, 1901, page 450.
Son of Jacob Rhoads (Roth) and Catherine Haas. He was a Colonel and serviced in the Mexican War, retiring in 1874. He also was a steamboat captain on the Illinois, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers. He was the husband of Martha A. Jones. They were married in 1853, in Gallatin County.
Col. Franklin Lawrence Rhoads, soldier and steamboat captain, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 11, 1824; brought to Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill. in 1836, where he learned the printer's trade, and on the breaking out of the Mexican War, enlisted, serving to the close. Returning home he engaged in the river trade, and, for fifteen years, commanded steamboats on the Illinois, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers. In April, 1861, he was commissioned Captain of a company of three months' men attached to the Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and, on the reorganization of the regiment for the three-years' service, was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, soon after being promoted to the colonelcy, as successor to Col. Richard J. Ogelsby, who had been promoted Brigadier-General. After serving through the spring campaign of 1862 in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, he was compelled by rapidly declining health to resign, when he located in Shawneetown, retiring in 1874 to his farm near that city. During the latter years of his life, he was a confirmed invalid, dying at Shawneetown, Jan. 6, 1879.
-Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois And History of Peoria County, Vol. 1, 1901, page 450.
Col. Franklin Lawrence Rhoads, soldier and steamboat captain, was born in Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 11, 1824; brought to Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill. in 1836, where he learned the printer's trade, and on the breaking out of the Mexican War, enlisted, serving to the close. Returning home he engaged in the river trade, and, for fifteen years, commanded steamboats on the Illinois, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers. In April, 1861, he was commissioned Captain of a company of three months' men attached to the Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and, on the reorganization of the regiment for the three-years' service, was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, soon after being promoted to the colonelcy, as successor to Col. Richard J. Ogelsby, who had been promoted Brigadier-General. After serving through the spring campaign of 1862 in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, he was compelled by rapidly declining health to resign, when he located in Shawneetown, retiring in 1874 to his farm near that city. During the latter years of his life, he was a confirmed invalid, dying at Shawneetown, Jan. 6, 1879.
-Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois And History of Peoria County, Vol. 1, 1901, page 450.
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