In 1830 Henry came from Grayson, KY with his four brothers: twin brother-Jacob, John, Josiah, and William to present day Medora, IL to join their brother Jesse Rhoads who had arrived in 1829. The area was then called Rhoads Point.
According to his grandson Thomas Mitchell, Henry was a quiet, unassuming, Christian gentleman, devoted to his family, true to his religious convictions, and faithful to his medical patients. He and his wife were Charter members of the Mt Pleasant Church, and Henry was its first clerk for five years. In 1854 the cholera plague swept the land. The doctor, in caring for his son James and his father-in-law Richard R. Keele with the disease, contracted Cholera. In a few days all three were dead.
According to his grandson Thomas Mitchell, Henry was a quiet, unassuming, Christian gentleman, devoted to his family, true to his religious convictions, and faithful to his medical patients. He and his wife were Charter members of the Mt Pleasant Church, and Henry was its first clerk for five years. In 1854 the cholera plague swept the land. The doctor, in caring for his son James and his father-in-law Richard R. Keele with the disease, contracted Cholera. In a few days all three were dead.
In 1830 Henry came from Grayson, KY with his four brothers: twin brother-Jacob, John, Josiah, and William to present day Medora, IL to join their brother Jesse Rhoads who had arrived in 1829. The area was then called Rhoads Point.
According to his grandson Thomas Mitchell, Henry was a quiet, unassuming, Christian gentleman, devoted to his family, true to his religious convictions, and faithful to his medical patients. He and his wife were Charter members of the Mt Pleasant Church, and Henry was its first clerk for five years. In 1854 the cholera plague swept the land. The doctor, in caring for his son James and his father-in-law Richard R. Keele with the disease, contracted Cholera. In a few days all three were dead.
According to his grandson Thomas Mitchell, Henry was a quiet, unassuming, Christian gentleman, devoted to his family, true to his religious convictions, and faithful to his medical patients. He and his wife were Charter members of the Mt Pleasant Church, and Henry was its first clerk for five years. In 1854 the cholera plague swept the land. The doctor, in caring for his son James and his father-in-law Richard R. Keele with the disease, contracted Cholera. In a few days all three were dead.
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