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Samuel Nicholson Rhoads
Courtesy of the Historical Society of Haddonfeld
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Facts about Samuel Nicholson Rhoads
Personal Life
- Born April 30, 1862.
His parents were living at 513
Pine Street Philadelphia at the time of his birth.
- Rhoads's
parents were Charles and Hanna Hopkins Nicholson Rhoads (married October 2,
1856)
- Rhoads's
was the only son in a family of five children
- When
Rhoads was 4 years old his mother died.
- In 1870
when Rhoads was 8 years old his father remarried and they moved to 56
Haddon Avenue in Haddonfield New Jersey.
- A nephew
of his step-mother was George
Spencer Morris who was also a Founder of
the DVOC
- Rhoads
attended the Westtown School from
1875-1880
- Rhoads
was 28 years old at the time of the founding of DVOC in 1890.
- Married
Mary Cawley - April 4, 1898
- Son
- Evan L. Rhoads born about 1901
- Rhoads
was the first Secretary and Treasurer of
the DVOC
- In 1910-12
Rhoads was President of DVOC.
- On January 13, 1915 Rhoads
submitted a passport
application. He stated that he planned to travel to Guatamala, Nicaragua,
and Hondoras for the purpose of "Collecting Natural History Specimens
for Scientific Purposes". He is listed at Age - 52, Height - 5'11",
Forehead - High, Eyes - Blue, Nose - Aquiline, Roman, Mouth - Medium, Chin
- Medium, Hair - Light (becoming gray), Complextion - Light, Face - Rather
long
- In 1926, at the age of
64, Rhoads suffered a mental breakdown. He lived for the rest of his life
in sanitariums. A good bit of his time was spent at the Dufur Osteopathic
Hospital in suburban Philadelphia. This hospital later became the Horsham
Clinic
- An obituary of SNR was
published in Cassina
Volume XXXIX (1951-52)
Professional Life
Interesting Links
Pictures
Click
Here for the story
and pictures from the DVOC Outing to Glover's Mill - April 5, 1901
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These three pictures are courtesy of the Historical
Society of Haddonfield, NJ. |
Written on the back in Rhoads's
handwriting
"S. N. Rhoads Stalking.
Photo by Voelker & Reed" |
Written on the back in Rhoads's
handwriting
"S. N. Rhoads Looking for Warblers.
Photo by J. H. Reed" |
Written on the back in Rhoads's handwriting
"S. N. Rhoads Shooting.
Photo by J. H. Reed" |
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The picture on the left appeared in the DVOC's
20th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure. The original of the picture, on
the right, is in the collection of the Historical
Society of Haddonfield, NJ. Notice that Voelker's wife has been removed
from the picture when it was used by the DVOC. |
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Written on the back in Rhoads's
handwriting
"Morris, Reed, Voelker & Wife, and S. N. Rhoads on Voelker's
Porch - Alden"
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Interesting
Specimens Collected by Samuel Nicholson Rhoads
(There are about 4,500 specimens collected by
Rhoads at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA)
| Ruby-throated
Hummingbird
Haddonfield, NJ 5/19/1890
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| Pied-billed
Grebe
Haddonfield, NJ 3/5/1890
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| Swamp
Sparrow
Haddonfield, NJ 5/19/1890
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Residences
In the 1870 US Census Rhoads (age 8) is living in Haddonfield,
NJ in a household that included father Charles Rhoads (age 43), step-mother
Beulah (age 41), (sister Elenor (age 9), sister Anna N. (age 5), and two domestic
servants.
In the 1880 US Census Rhoads (age 18) is not listed as living
with his parents in Haddonfield, NJ. He appears to have been residing with his
uncle's family in Marple Township, Delaware County, PA. He was attending Westtown
School at the time.
Rhoads's uncle, Joseph Rhoads, owned extensive property
along what is now South Sproul Road (Route 320) just north of the present
Blue Route (Route 476) in Delaware County, PA. For the location on a modern
map Click Here. To locate the property
on an 1870 map Click
Here. (Look for Joseph Rhoads bottom center in green.) Parts of this property
are now contained in the St. Peter - St Paul Cemetery. In the collection of
the Academy of Natural Sciences there are 81 specimens collected by Rhoads
at or near this location. Most are from the 1878-1871 time period.
In the 1900 US Census Rhoads (age 38) was the head of a household
living on Cedardale Avenue in the Cedardale Division of Haddon Township, Camden
County, NJ. The household consisted of his wife Mary C. and son Evan (2 months
old).
In the 1910 US Census Rhoads (age 48) was the head of a household
living at 218 Redman Avenue, Haddonfield, NJ. The household consisted of his
wife Mary C. and son Evan L. (10 years old).
In the 1920 US Census Rhoads (age 56) was the head of a household
living at 81 Haddon Ave in the Borough of Haddonfield, Camden County, NJ. The
household consisted of his wife Mary C. and son Evan L. (19 years old).
In the 1930 US Census Rhoads (age 67) was the
head of a household living at 81 Haddon Avenue in the Borough of Haddonfield,
Camden County, NJ. The house hold consisted of his wife Mary C. He is also listed
as living at the Dufur Osteopathic Hospital in Horsham, Montgomery County, PA.
(This is consistant with what we know about his hospitalization after 1926)
Unable to locate Rhoads in the 1940 US Census but as of this
writing (7/12) many of the records have not been indexed.
| Cedarcroft
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At the age of 18 Samuel Nicholson
Rhoads was provided, by his parents, a farm that he named "Cedarcroft"
When he decided to move to Haddonfield he sold the farm and it was divided
up. He and his wife named the new development "Audubon" after
James Audubon.
The orginal house at the Cedarcroft farm is still there. It is in Audubon
NJ where Cedarcroft Avenue intersects with Mansion Ave. Click
Here for a Google Map of the location. |
Final Resting Place
Samuel
Nicholson Rhoads is buried in the Haddonfield
Friends Meeting Cemetery, Haddonfield, NJ
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References
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=7163&path=New+Jersey.Camden.Haddonfield.20&sid=&gskw=Samuel+N+Rhoads
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=13965&iid=dvm_GenMono000301-01065-0&sid=&gskw=beulah+rhoads
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6742&iid=4244333-00730&fn=N.+Samuel&ln=Rhoades&st=r&ssrc=&pid=37025068
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=31111_4330862-00841&fn=Saml+N&ln=Rhoads&st=r&ssrc=&pid=16098933
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6061&path=New+Jersey.Camden.Haddonfield.120.18&sid=&gskw=Samuel+M+Rhoads
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6224&path=Pennsylvania.Montgomery.Horsham.46.54&sid=&gskw=Saml+H+Rhoads
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1174&path=Passport+Applications%2c+January+2%2c+1906+-+March+31%2c+1925.1914-1915.Roll+0231+-+Certificates%3a+47103-47753%2c+14+Jan+1915-18+Jan+1915.208&sid=&gskw=Samuel+N+Rhoads
1900 Census - http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7602&iid=004120413_00912&fn=Saml&ln=Rhoads&st=r&ssrc=&pid=55407420
