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Rhetta Susan Strope Hamilton

Birth
Johnson County, Arkansas, USA
Death
19 Jul 1974 (aged 91)
Rose Bud, White County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Mossville, Newton County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Rhetta's son. Lawrence Frederick Hamilton said he buried his mother in this cemetery. He said he bought the double tombstone in Saint Mary's Cemetery at Rose Bud with his father, Robert Price Hamilton and his mother, Rhetta's name on it.

The tombstone for Rhetta in Saint Marys Cemetery is a cenotaph.

Rhetta was the daughter of Alive V. Wiley and Frederick Washington "Fred" Strope who married 14 Nov 1869 in Johnson Co., MO. In 1870 her father was a clergyman and in 1880 he was a physician. Her parents and siblings were recorded on the 1880 Coal Hill, Johnson Co., AR census. And he was also a postmaster!

U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971
18 Jan 1884
Lebanon, Johnson County, Arkansas
Frederick W Strope

Alice passed away in 1893 in Mossville, Newton Co., AR, and Rev. F. W. Strope is next counted on the 1900 Ward 8, Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA with a 2nd wife, Selma (MNU) Ruth, widow of John Henry Ruth, born Aug 1848 in PA. The census has they were married in 1894.

Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
Northampton County
19 Jun 1894
F. W. Strope
Selma Ruth

The above marriage record has F. W. Strope was born 2 Jan 1834 in New York, and he resided in Bethlehem, PA. His occupation was Minister of the Gospel. Selma was born 22 Aug 1848 in Northampton Co., PA, and she also resided in Bethlehem.

New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903
1903
Frederick W. Strope

Rhetta Susan married the only child of Caroline (nee Dye) McBee and John Thomas Hamilton, Robert Price Hamilton, who was born in Marion Co., TN.

Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Cleburne County
11 Oct 1899
R P Hamilton, age 22 of Pliny, Faulkner Co.
Susan Strope, age 16 of Pliny, Faulkner Co.

Robert Price Hamilton was appointed Postmaster of Pliny, Faulkner Co., AR 1 Feb 1990. Source: U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Susan Hamilton
DOB: 28 Mar 1883
DOD: Jul 1874
Last Residence: Rose Bud, White, Arkansas, USA
Rhetta's son. Lawrence Frederick Hamilton said he buried his mother in this cemetery. He said he bought the double tombstone in Saint Mary's Cemetery at Rose Bud with his father, Robert Price Hamilton and his mother, Rhetta's name on it.

The tombstone for Rhetta in Saint Marys Cemetery is a cenotaph.

Rhetta was the daughter of Alive V. Wiley and Frederick Washington "Fred" Strope who married 14 Nov 1869 in Johnson Co., MO. In 1870 her father was a clergyman and in 1880 he was a physician. Her parents and siblings were recorded on the 1880 Coal Hill, Johnson Co., AR census. And he was also a postmaster!

U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971
18 Jan 1884
Lebanon, Johnson County, Arkansas
Frederick W Strope

Alice passed away in 1893 in Mossville, Newton Co., AR, and Rev. F. W. Strope is next counted on the 1900 Ward 8, Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA with a 2nd wife, Selma (MNU) Ruth, widow of John Henry Ruth, born Aug 1848 in PA. The census has they were married in 1894.

Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
Northampton County
19 Jun 1894
F. W. Strope
Selma Ruth

The above marriage record has F. W. Strope was born 2 Jan 1834 in New York, and he resided in Bethlehem, PA. His occupation was Minister of the Gospel. Selma was born 22 Aug 1848 in Northampton Co., PA, and she also resided in Bethlehem.

New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903
1903
Frederick W. Strope

Rhetta Susan married the only child of Caroline (nee Dye) McBee and John Thomas Hamilton, Robert Price Hamilton, who was born in Marion Co., TN.

Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Cleburne County
11 Oct 1899
R P Hamilton, age 22 of Pliny, Faulkner Co.
Susan Strope, age 16 of Pliny, Faulkner Co.

Robert Price Hamilton was appointed Postmaster of Pliny, Faulkner Co., AR 1 Feb 1990. Source: U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Susan Hamilton
DOB: 28 Mar 1883
DOD: Jul 1874
Last Residence: Rose Bud, White, Arkansas, USA


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