According to EC Wyatt in an article entitled "Rodemans, Kellers Remembered" published in the Hillbilly date unknown
"The history of the breaking of the grounds for the B&O Railroad appeals to me as my maternal grandfather Henry Rodeman was a lad ten years old and witnessed the laying of the cornerstone and often told the story to his children and the exact words you mentioned that Charles Carrol said, he also said.
Mr. Carrol was 90 years old and the only living man that signed the Declaration of Independence. This story was often told to me by my Aunt Mary Wyatt as my mother passed away when I was four years old. Mrs Wyatt was my mother's sister.
Grandfather Henry Rodeman was born in Germany and when he was a lad of six years old his parents started to emigrate to Baltimore but both of them died on their long journey and he said he well remembered the sad day when he saw their bodies placed in the cold blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean, his Aunt Amelia Kauecht took him into her home.
I never learned if she was aboard the ship or if she was already in Baltimore; some of the relatives said he got a job as water boy for the graders of the B&O Railroad but later his aunt apprenticed him to a farmer in Pennsylvania where he remained until he was 16 years when a stockman came to Pendleton County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and young Henry for some reason didn't like the farmer's home so he ran away and went with the stockman and was employed on a farm for awhile but later got employment in Aaron Bogg's flour mill at Macksville, West Virginia, where he worked many years (the old Bogg's mill is still in operation, so I have been informed). He later married Sydney Keller, daughter of Adam Keller and bought lands along Seneca Creek where the old Seneca Indian Trail passed through. He spent most of his life in those rugged hills with the exception of one year with his son Jacob in Indiana. Grandfather Rodeman passed away about 1872. They had three sons, Ambrose, Jacob and Solomon, five daughters, Catherine, Mary, Elizabeth (were twins), Julia Ann (your writer's mother) and Ellen......"
There is conflicting information as to where and when Henry was born (1900 and 1920 Census for son Ambrose lists father's birth at sea, 1910 son Jacob reports Germany) Henry lists his birthplace as Maryland in all census except 1870 which says Virginia (but he may not have been the person giving information to the census taker) If he was born at sea then the first port the ship landed in would be considered his birthplace.
The cornerstone for the B&O railroad was laid July 4 1828, so if Henry was 10 His birth year would be 1818, The first census 1850 to list his age He is about 40 years old and places his birth about 1810.
Henry was still living with his son Solomon at the age of about 70 in June of 1880 according to census records so EC account of his death in this article is incorrect
a Photo of Henry Rodeman (Rhodeman) can be found at
http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/west-virginia/12848/henry-rhodemanrhodman
Written on the back of the photo: Grandad Rhodeman, 97 years old when he died, born 1810, died 1907 at Evanw (the rest is torn off) West Virginia. The photo was originally attached to a backboard. The writing on the back would have continued, but whatever was there originally came off with the backboard. Evanw (which is one of the words cut off) could have been Evanwood. Upon further research this photo is probably not Henry Rodeman but Abraham Summerfield (1819-1908)
"The history of the breaking of the grounds for the B&O Railroad appeals to me as my maternal grandfather Henry Rodeman was a lad ten years old and witnessed the laying of the cornerstone and often told the story to his children and the exact words you mentioned that Charles Carrol said, he also said.
Mr. Carrol was 90 years old and the only living man that signed the Declaration of Independence. This story was often told to me by my Aunt Mary Wyatt as my mother passed away when I was four years old. Mrs Wyatt was my mother's sister.
Grandfather Henry Rodeman was born in Germany and when he was a lad of six years old his parents started to emigrate to Baltimore but both of them died on their long journey and he said he well remembered the sad day when he saw their bodies placed in the cold blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean, his Aunt Amelia Kauecht took him into her home.
I never learned if she was aboard the ship or if she was already in Baltimore; some of the relatives said he got a job as water boy for the graders of the B&O Railroad but later his aunt apprenticed him to a farmer in Pennsylvania where he remained until he was 16 years when a stockman came to Pendleton County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and young Henry for some reason didn't like the farmer's home so he ran away and went with the stockman and was employed on a farm for awhile but later got employment in Aaron Bogg's flour mill at Macksville, West Virginia, where he worked many years (the old Bogg's mill is still in operation, so I have been informed). He later married Sydney Keller, daughter of Adam Keller and bought lands along Seneca Creek where the old Seneca Indian Trail passed through. He spent most of his life in those rugged hills with the exception of one year with his son Jacob in Indiana. Grandfather Rodeman passed away about 1872. They had three sons, Ambrose, Jacob and Solomon, five daughters, Catherine, Mary, Elizabeth (were twins), Julia Ann (your writer's mother) and Ellen......"
There is conflicting information as to where and when Henry was born (1900 and 1920 Census for son Ambrose lists father's birth at sea, 1910 son Jacob reports Germany) Henry lists his birthplace as Maryland in all census except 1870 which says Virginia (but he may not have been the person giving information to the census taker) If he was born at sea then the first port the ship landed in would be considered his birthplace.
The cornerstone for the B&O railroad was laid July 4 1828, so if Henry was 10 His birth year would be 1818, The first census 1850 to list his age He is about 40 years old and places his birth about 1810.
Henry was still living with his son Solomon at the age of about 70 in June of 1880 according to census records so EC account of his death in this article is incorrect
a Photo of Henry Rodeman (Rhodeman) can be found at
http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/west-virginia/12848/henry-rhodemanrhodman
Written on the back of the photo: Grandad Rhodeman, 97 years old when he died, born 1810, died 1907 at Evanw (the rest is torn off) West Virginia. The photo was originally attached to a backboard. The writing on the back would have continued, but whatever was there originally came off with the backboard. Evanw (which is one of the words cut off) could have been Evanwood. Upon further research this photo is probably not Henry Rodeman but Abraham Summerfield (1819-1908)
According to EC Wyatt in an article entitled "Rodemans, Kellers Remembered" published in the Hillbilly date unknown
"The history of the breaking of the grounds for the B&O Railroad appeals to me as my maternal grandfather Henry Rodeman was a lad ten years old and witnessed the laying of the cornerstone and often told the story to his children and the exact words you mentioned that Charles Carrol said, he also said.
Mr. Carrol was 90 years old and the only living man that signed the Declaration of Independence. This story was often told to me by my Aunt Mary Wyatt as my mother passed away when I was four years old. Mrs Wyatt was my mother's sister.
Grandfather Henry Rodeman was born in Germany and when he was a lad of six years old his parents started to emigrate to Baltimore but both of them died on their long journey and he said he well remembered the sad day when he saw their bodies placed in the cold blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean, his Aunt Amelia Kauecht took him into her home.
I never learned if she was aboard the ship or if she was already in Baltimore; some of the relatives said he got a job as water boy for the graders of the B&O Railroad but later his aunt apprenticed him to a farmer in Pennsylvania where he remained until he was 16 years when a stockman came to Pendleton County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and young Henry for some reason didn't like the farmer's home so he ran away and went with the stockman and was employed on a farm for awhile but later got employment in Aaron Bogg's flour mill at Macksville, West Virginia, where he worked many years (the old Bogg's mill is still in operation, so I have been informed). He later married Sydney Keller, daughter of Adam Keller and bought lands along Seneca Creek where the old Seneca Indian Trail passed through. He spent most of his life in those rugged hills with the exception of one year with his son Jacob in Indiana. Grandfather Rodeman passed away about 1872. They had three sons, Ambrose, Jacob and Solomon, five daughters, Catherine, Mary, Elizabeth (were twins), Julia Ann (your writer's mother) and Ellen......"
There is conflicting information as to where and when Henry was born (1900 and 1920 Census for son Ambrose lists father's birth at sea, 1910 son Jacob reports Germany) Henry lists his birthplace as Maryland in all census except 1870 which says Virginia (but he may not have been the person giving information to the census taker) If he was born at sea then the first port the ship landed in would be considered his birthplace.
The cornerstone for the B&O railroad was laid July 4 1828, so if Henry was 10 His birth year would be 1818, The first census 1850 to list his age He is about 40 years old and places his birth about 1810.
Henry was still living with his son Solomon at the age of about 70 in June of 1880 according to census records so EC account of his death in this article is incorrect
a Photo of Henry Rodeman (Rhodeman) can be found at
http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/west-virginia/12848/henry-rhodemanrhodman
Written on the back of the photo: Grandad Rhodeman, 97 years old when he died, born 1810, died 1907 at Evanw (the rest is torn off) West Virginia. The photo was originally attached to a backboard. The writing on the back would have continued, but whatever was there originally came off with the backboard. Evanw (which is one of the words cut off) could have been Evanwood. Upon further research this photo is probably not Henry Rodeman but Abraham Summerfield (1819-1908)
"The history of the breaking of the grounds for the B&O Railroad appeals to me as my maternal grandfather Henry Rodeman was a lad ten years old and witnessed the laying of the cornerstone and often told the story to his children and the exact words you mentioned that Charles Carrol said, he also said.
Mr. Carrol was 90 years old and the only living man that signed the Declaration of Independence. This story was often told to me by my Aunt Mary Wyatt as my mother passed away when I was four years old. Mrs Wyatt was my mother's sister.
Grandfather Henry Rodeman was born in Germany and when he was a lad of six years old his parents started to emigrate to Baltimore but both of them died on their long journey and he said he well remembered the sad day when he saw their bodies placed in the cold blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean, his Aunt Amelia Kauecht took him into her home.
I never learned if she was aboard the ship or if she was already in Baltimore; some of the relatives said he got a job as water boy for the graders of the B&O Railroad but later his aunt apprenticed him to a farmer in Pennsylvania where he remained until he was 16 years when a stockman came to Pendleton County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and young Henry for some reason didn't like the farmer's home so he ran away and went with the stockman and was employed on a farm for awhile but later got employment in Aaron Bogg's flour mill at Macksville, West Virginia, where he worked many years (the old Bogg's mill is still in operation, so I have been informed). He later married Sydney Keller, daughter of Adam Keller and bought lands along Seneca Creek where the old Seneca Indian Trail passed through. He spent most of his life in those rugged hills with the exception of one year with his son Jacob in Indiana. Grandfather Rodeman passed away about 1872. They had three sons, Ambrose, Jacob and Solomon, five daughters, Catherine, Mary, Elizabeth (were twins), Julia Ann (your writer's mother) and Ellen......"
There is conflicting information as to where and when Henry was born (1900 and 1920 Census for son Ambrose lists father's birth at sea, 1910 son Jacob reports Germany) Henry lists his birthplace as Maryland in all census except 1870 which says Virginia (but he may not have been the person giving information to the census taker) If he was born at sea then the first port the ship landed in would be considered his birthplace.
The cornerstone for the B&O railroad was laid July 4 1828, so if Henry was 10 His birth year would be 1818, The first census 1850 to list his age He is about 40 years old and places his birth about 1810.
Henry was still living with his son Solomon at the age of about 70 in June of 1880 according to census records so EC account of his death in this article is incorrect
a Photo of Henry Rodeman (Rhodeman) can be found at
http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/west-virginia/12848/henry-rhodemanrhodman
Written on the back of the photo: Grandad Rhodeman, 97 years old when he died, born 1810, died 1907 at Evanw (the rest is torn off) West Virginia. The photo was originally attached to a backboard. The writing on the back would have continued, but whatever was there originally came off with the backboard. Evanw (which is one of the words cut off) could have been Evanwood. Upon further research this photo is probably not Henry Rodeman but Abraham Summerfield (1819-1908)
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