Daughter of Jacob Rhoads and Katharine Haas.
Wife of Abraham Close Hodge.
Catherine Hannah Rhoads Hodge died in Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa (near the Iowa-Illinois border). A strong storm arose one night which toppled over many trees. One tree fell across her tent, crushing her to death and seriously injuring her niece Sarah Catherine Hodge, breaking her leg. Abraham escaped without harm.
Benjamin Franklin Johnson wrote the following about this event in his journal: "One day in July, while I was unable to leave my bed a fearful tornado arose; I listened and knew a terror was upon us, for our tent was pitched in a thick grove of heavy timber. ...The tempest struck with a crash. The largest trees fell with a stunning noise all around me, in the midst of which arose the screams of horror and pain from the neighboring tents. Excitement, and fear for others aroused me and I arose, amazed that I was still alive. The trees had fallen thickly around me, but the Angel had been there and leaned them all away from my tent.
"I hastened to my brother's [Joseph Ellis Johnson], and Brother Hodge's tents, and saw the trees under which they had lived fallen across one tent, crushing Brother Hodge's wife into a shapeless mass, and breaking the leg and otherwise severely injuring a grown daughter. This was an experience long to be remembered, and by it I was again admonished to hasten preparations to join the camp of the Church."
Wife of Abraham Close Hodge.
Catherine Hannah Rhoads Hodge died in Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa (near the Iowa-Illinois border). A strong storm arose one night which toppled over many trees. One tree fell across her tent, crushing her to death and seriously injuring her niece Sarah Catherine Hodge, breaking her leg. Abraham escaped without harm.
Benjamin Franklin Johnson wrote the following about this event in his journal: "One day in July, while I was unable to leave my bed a fearful tornado arose; I listened and knew a terror was upon us, for our tent was pitched in a thick grove of heavy timber. ...The tempest struck with a crash. The largest trees fell with a stunning noise all around me, in the midst of which arose the screams of horror and pain from the neighboring tents. Excitement, and fear for others aroused me and I arose, amazed that I was still alive. The trees had fallen thickly around me, but the Angel had been there and leaned them all away from my tent.
"I hastened to my brother's [Joseph Ellis Johnson], and Brother Hodge's tents, and saw the trees under which they had lived fallen across one tent, crushing Brother Hodge's wife into a shapeless mass, and breaking the leg and otherwise severely injuring a grown daughter. This was an experience long to be remembered, and by it I was again admonished to hasten preparations to join the camp of the Church."
Daughter of Jacob Rhoads and Katharine Haas.
Wife of Abraham Close Hodge.
Catherine Hannah Rhoads Hodge died in Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa (near the Iowa-Illinois border). A strong storm arose one night which toppled over many trees. One tree fell across her tent, crushing her to death and seriously injuring her niece Sarah Catherine Hodge, breaking her leg. Abraham escaped without harm.
Benjamin Franklin Johnson wrote the following about this event in his journal: "One day in July, while I was unable to leave my bed a fearful tornado arose; I listened and knew a terror was upon us, for our tent was pitched in a thick grove of heavy timber. ...The tempest struck with a crash. The largest trees fell with a stunning noise all around me, in the midst of which arose the screams of horror and pain from the neighboring tents. Excitement, and fear for others aroused me and I arose, amazed that I was still alive. The trees had fallen thickly around me, but the Angel had been there and leaned them all away from my tent.
"I hastened to my brother's [Joseph Ellis Johnson], and Brother Hodge's tents, and saw the trees under which they had lived fallen across one tent, crushing Brother Hodge's wife into a shapeless mass, and breaking the leg and otherwise severely injuring a grown daughter. This was an experience long to be remembered, and by it I was again admonished to hasten preparations to join the camp of the Church."
Wife of Abraham Close Hodge.
Catherine Hannah Rhoads Hodge died in Bonaparte, Van Buren County, Iowa (near the Iowa-Illinois border). A strong storm arose one night which toppled over many trees. One tree fell across her tent, crushing her to death and seriously injuring her niece Sarah Catherine Hodge, breaking her leg. Abraham escaped without harm.
Benjamin Franklin Johnson wrote the following about this event in his journal: "One day in July, while I was unable to leave my bed a fearful tornado arose; I listened and knew a terror was upon us, for our tent was pitched in a thick grove of heavy timber. ...The tempest struck with a crash. The largest trees fell with a stunning noise all around me, in the midst of which arose the screams of horror and pain from the neighboring tents. Excitement, and fear for others aroused me and I arose, amazed that I was still alive. The trees had fallen thickly around me, but the Angel had been there and leaned them all away from my tent.
"I hastened to my brother's [Joseph Ellis Johnson], and Brother Hodge's tents, and saw the trees under which they had lived fallen across one tent, crushing Brother Hodge's wife into a shapeless mass, and breaking the leg and otherwise severely injuring a grown daughter. This was an experience long to be remembered, and by it I was again admonished to hasten preparations to join the camp of the Church."
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