Biography of  Captain Marquis L. Rhodes, pages 715 / 716.  History of De 
Kalb County, Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Captain Marquis L. Rhodes, deceased, was born in Piqua, Ohio, Feb. 15, 
1835, a son of Jeremiah Rhodes, who settled in De Kalb County in 1836, and 
is now a resident of Spencerville.  He remained at home on the farm till 
fourteen years of age, and then went to Fort Wayne, and for six years was 
employed as clerk in the store of Henry Orff.  He then returned to 
Spencerville and established a general store, which he conducted till the 
fall of 1857, when he moved to Auburn and carried on his business there till 
August, 1862, when he raised Company A of the One Hundredth Indiana Infantry, 
and was appointed its Captain.  He was a valiant soldier, serving till the 
following December, when he died at Memphis, Tenn., from the effects of 
measles.  He was married Dec. 4, 1856, to Sarah E. Harmony, daughter of 
Jacob Harmony, of Decatur, Ind.  To them were born three sons, but one of 
whom is living---Cecil, who lives in one of the Western States.  One son, 
Leon, died in June, 1880, aged twenty-one years.  Mrs. Rhodes is a 
resident of Newville, and one of the most esteemed ladies of the place.  
Captain Rhodes was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana 
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com