Matthew was born on Feb 20, 1846 to John Pierce Rhoads and Matilda Fanning Rhoads in Ray County, Missouri. He traveled to California when he was less than a year old. His grandfather, Thomas Foster Rhoads was scouting a trail for the Mormon pioneers. After serving in the Union Army, he returned to his uncle's farm near Rhoads, Missouri. He married to Cynthia Ann Denham on Oct 24, 1869 in Carroll County, Missouri. The family traveled back to California in 1873, and then to Oregon where Matthew served as a Teamster. He and Cynthia had four children William Denham Rhoads, Dora Elizabeth Rhoads, Afred Jonathon Rhoads, and Mary J. Rhoads. He died May 7, 1924.
Matthew was less than a year old when the Rhoads family made the trek from Missouri to California in 1846. For much of the journey they traveled with the Donner Party. It was Matthew's father and uncle that led three of the four rescue missions to help the Donners. Matthew later joined the Union Army in Nevada. He ended up in Virginia as an old man because he was unable to care for himself. He spent the last three years of his life locked in a room there in Virginia; never a threat to anyone but himself.
Matthew was less than a year old when the Rhoads family made the trek from Missouri to California in 1846. For much of the journey they traveled with the Donner Party. It was Matthew's father and uncle that led three of the four rescue missions to help the Donners. Matthew later joined the Union Army in Nevada. He ended up in Virginia as an old man because he was unable to care for himself. He spent the last three years of his life locked in a room there in Virginia; never a threat to anyone but himself.
Matthew was born on Feb 20, 1846 to John Pierce Rhoads and Matilda Fanning Rhoads in Ray County, Missouri. He traveled to California when he was less than a year old. His grandfather, Thomas Foster Rhoads was scouting a trail for the Mormon pioneers. After serving in the Union Army, he returned to his uncle's farm near Rhoads, Missouri. He married to Cynthia Ann Denham on Oct 24, 1869 in Carroll County, Missouri. The family traveled back to California in 1873, and then to Oregon where Matthew served as a Teamster. He and Cynthia had four children William Denham Rhoads, Dora Elizabeth Rhoads, Afred Jonathon Rhoads, and Mary J. Rhoads. He died May 7, 1924.
Matthew was less than a year old when the Rhoads family made the trek from Missouri to California in 1846. For much of the journey they traveled with the Donner Party. It was Matthew's father and uncle that led three of the four rescue missions to help the Donners. Matthew later joined the Union Army in Nevada. He ended up in Virginia as an old man because he was unable to care for himself. He spent the last three years of his life locked in a room there in Virginia; never a threat to anyone but himself.
Matthew was less than a year old when the Rhoads family made the trek from Missouri to California in 1846. For much of the journey they traveled with the Donner Party. It was Matthew's father and uncle that led three of the four rescue missions to help the Donners. Matthew later joined the Union Army in Nevada. He ended up in Virginia as an old man because he was unable to care for himself. He spent the last three years of his life locked in a room there in Virginia; never a threat to anyone but himself.
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