Life History

Notes

• 1880 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee, 15 June, Civil District 10, Enumeration District 66, page 16, Hse #134, Fam #136
  Rheinhart, Isaac  W M 55   Farmer Cannot read or write TN TN TN
  Rheinhart, Magnolia W F 10 Dau Single At Home Cannot write TN TN TN
  Rheinhart, Rhoda W F 7 Dau Single At Home Cannot write TN TN TN
  
  Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
  Rhoda Rinehart
  Lawson Killion
  Bond for $1250 signed 23 December 1893 by Lawson Killion and T W Davis
  Marriage 24 December 1893 Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
  Ceremony by J W H Willaford, Justice of the Peace
  Recorded Cocke County Marriage Book page 534
  
  Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
  Rhoda Poralee Kellion [Rhoda Poralee Rhinehart]
  Date Age 60 (b abt 1872)
  Death 15 Nov 1932 Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee
  Father's name Rhinehart
  
  The middle name on her death certificate is mistranscribed here, being Paralee in the handwriting.  The transcriber was probably unfamiliar with this name.  This was a fairly common name in that region and I have known at least one woman name Paralee in my lifetime.  Here is Rhoda's full record from the death certificate.
  
  Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
  Rhoda Paralee Killion
  Age 60 yrs, 5 mos, 28 days
  White Female, Married, Housewife
  Birth 17 May 1872 Tennessee, USA
  Father Rhinehart, born Tennessee, Mother unknown
  Informant Mrs Henry Mays, Jefferson City, Tennessee
  Death 15 November 1932 Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
  Cause of Death Pellagra, Secondary Anemia
  Burial 16 November 1932 Buffalo Cemetery, by Taylor Funeral Home, Jefferson City, Tenessee
  Certificate #26242 filed 9 January 1933
  
  Rhoda's father's surname is reported as Rhinehart.  This is one common spelling.  I find the name in various records spelled in a variety of ways.  We finally settled on Rinehart for this genealogy, because this was the most frequent form found, and seems to be preferred by the family.  The Rineharts are kin to both the Strange and the Gregory family, who are also intermarried.  All these families, as well as the Lewis lineage, mingle in eastern Tennessee and moved westward into similar regions, north Texas and Oklahoma.
  
  In the 1900 census, Rhoda is reported with her husband Joel (Lawson) Killian.  In her household is Dorcas Rinehart, who is reproted as Joel's mother-in-law, and thus Rhoda's mother.  But her age and details match Dorcas, the daughter of Isaac Rinehart.  In the 1880 census in Isaac's household Rhoda's was the youngest child, at age 7, reported as the daughter of Isaac.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 15 June, Civil District 10, page 16, Enumeration District 66, Hse #134, Fam #136
  Rheinhart, Isaac  W M 29 (Head) Widowed Farming Cannot Read or Write TN TN TN
  Rheinhart, Dorcas  W F 33 Dau Single Housekeeper Cannot Read or Write TN TN TN
  Rheinhart, Martha  W F 19 Dau Single Housekeeper Cannot Read or Write TN TN TN
  Rheinhart, Margarett  W F 17 Dau Single Housekeeper Cannot Write TN TN TN
  Rheinhart, Nathaniel G  W M 5 Son Single Works on Farm Cannot Write TN TN TN
  Rheinhart, Magnolia W F 3 Dau Single At Home Cannot Write TN TN TN
  Rheinhart, Rhoda  W M 7 Son At Home Cannot Read or Write TN TN TN
  
  In 1880 Dorcas was the oldest child in Isaac's house at age 33, also reported as the daughter of Isaac.  No wife is reported in the census.  Likewise in 1870, Isaac was head of the home with no wife, and Dorcas was the oldest daughter at age 23.  Dorcas in the household of Rhoda in 1900 was age 53, matching the previously reported ages for Dorcas as the daughter of Isaac Rinehart.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 5 June, 17th Civil District, Enumeration District 55, page 2B, Hse/Fam #36
  Killian, Joel Head  W M (birth date not rptd) 27 Married 6 years TN TN TN Farmer Rents
  Killian, Rhoda P Wife W F May 1878  22 Married 6 yrs 5 children/3 living TN TN TN
  Killian, Minnie S Dau W F Dec 1891  8 Single TN TN TN
  Killian, William A Son W M June 1897  2 Single TN TN TN
  Killian, Ora S Dau W F Sept 1898  1 Single TN TN TN
  Rinehart, Dorcus  Mother-in-law W F (birth date not rptd) 53 Single 2 children/2 living TN TN TN
  Proffitt, Benaga [Benajah] Lodger W M Jan 1840  60 Single TN NC TN
  
  Rhoda P Rhinehart Killion
  BIRTH 17 May 1872 Tennessee, USA
  DEATH 13 Nov 1932 (aged 60) Tennessee, USA
  BURIAL Buffalo Grove Cemetery, Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
  Spouse Joel Lawson Killion 1869-1955 (m. 1893)
  Children:
  Minnie L Killion May 1892-1979
  William Arlie Killion 1897-1987
  Created by Elaine 30 May 2010
  --  Find a Grave Memorial 53033966, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53033966

Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Cocke County, Tennessee
  • 15 June, Civil District 10, Enumeration District 66, page 16, Hse #134, Fam #136
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1900 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 5 June, 17th Civil District, Enumeration District 55, page 2B, Hse/Fam #36
• 4. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
• 5. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
• 6. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002