Jesse Head Rodman

1815 - 1875  (60 years)

• Name	Jesse Head Rodman
  Birth	6 Mar 1815	, Washington, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Oct 1875	, LaRue, Kentucky
  Burial	, , Kentucky, Red Hill
  Person ID	I29718	Clan Montgomery
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2004

  
  

  Father	David Rodman,   b. Abt 1780
  Mother	Mary Head,   b. Abt 1780
  Marriage	1801	, Washington, Kentucky
  Family ID	F10914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Murray,   b. Abt 1820
  Marriage	Abt 1830
  Children	1. Rodman > 2. Mary M. Rodman,   b. Abt 1840 > 3. William E. Rodman,   b. 10 Jul 1846, Hodgenville, LaRue, Kentucky, USA > 4. Ursala Rodman,   b. Abt 1850
  Family ID	F10913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2015

  
  

• Notes

  !BIRTH: He moved to Larue County in 1838 became a prominent doctor, leadingcitizen, received the first appropriation of money for public schools as School Commissioner in Nov. 1845. He once called on Pres. Lincoln to talk aboutthe county draft quota. As a result Larue County was the only county in the US that had the draft halted for a time. From "Lincoln's Birth County" byEdward Benningfield Submitted by Caroline W.Chapman McGowan, CMS 894, and others. Updated Oct. 2000.