Stephen Rhoads

When I was looking for someone for my first Tombstone Tuesday of 2019  I randomly clicked on Stephen Rhoads. He was born 28 Jan 1822 and died 27 March 1824. He was 2. It's hard to do research on a child. There just isn’t much information that Stephen acquired in a short life. BUT the fates had me choose him so I honor him for this Tuesday.
His resting place is located in Shafer School House Cemetery Stroudsburg, Pa. if you have done the math yet you know the stone is 195 years old…… Yeah, I know!!!!! wild!. The county(Monroe) where he is buried was not founded until 1836. When Stephen and his family lived in Stroudsburg, it was Northampton County which was founded in 1752
Stephen father was Adam Rhodes a farmer like his father was born 14 Aug 1798 and died 18 Oct 1876. He was the son of Johannes Adam Rhodes and Margretta Catherine Biesecker. This name looked familiar and also reminds me I need to make an index of my tombstones. I did another history on Adams brother Thomas Washington Rhodes. He was a millwright who lived in Cherry Valley and builds half of Stroudsburg, ill add the blog link below. He marries Rebeca Hermans/Harmens 10 Jan 1797, 12 Feb. 1871. She is buried in the Moscow Cemetery, Lackawanna Co., Pa there is no photo of her stone so it was added to find a grave by the record. I'm going to say that Adam is buried there also.
The family moved to Luzern CountyPa in 1850 and then to Lackawanna. The family has a very long history in the U.s. with the sure name spelled as Roth also. Their children; Stephen, Elizabeth, John, Harrison, James, Morris, Peter, Lousia, Z. Schooner

http://blogs.thepoconos.com/yesterdays-photos/2014/02/04/1890-shafers-school-house/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29196842/rebecca-rhodes

https://tombstonetuesday.blogspot.com/2018/12/thomas-washington-rhodes.html

James Madison Rhoads, Stephan brother