Virginia Hortense Woodruff Rodes
Born: November 1833
Birthplace: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Father: David Woodruff 1798 – 1875
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
Mother: Eliza Antonette Bell 1811 – 1884
Husband: Major General Robert Emmet Rodes 1829 – 1864
(Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)
Married: September 10, 1857 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Children:
Robert Emmet Rodes Jr. 1863 – 1925
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
Belle Yancey Rodes Treanor 1865 – 1931
(Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida)
Antebellum Events:
1844: Death of her sister Florence Woodruff.
1852: Death of her brother Horace P. Woodruff.
1857: Married her husband in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Civil War Life Events:
1861: Death of her brother Educator Milford Fenn Woodruff.
1863: Birth of Son Robert Emmet Rodes Jr. in Lynchburg, Virginia.
1864: Death of her husband Major General Robert E. Rodes Sr.
1864 – 1907: Widow of Major General Robert E. Rodes
1865: Birth of her daughter Belle Yancey Rodes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Postbellum Events:
1864 – 1907: Widow of Major General Robert E. Rodes
Active in Church and charitable events in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
1875: Death of her father David Woodruff in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
1878: Death of her brother Dr. Zachary Taylor Woodruff in Tuscaloosa.
1883: Death of her brother David Pendleton Woodruff in Tuscaloosa.
1884: Death of her mother Eliza Bell Rodes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Died: September 4, 1907
Place of Death: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Cause of Death: Effects of Stroke of Paralysis
Age at time of Death: 73 years old
Burial Place: Evergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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