Tinbridge Hill in Lynchburg, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
William Henry "Billy" Rhodes
Billy Rhodes was a well-known tailor and clothing "renovator" in Lynchburg, who died in 1886 and was buried here among the indigent poor (in the city's Potter's Field).
Rhodes was beloved by all, and was remembered for his colorful and mysterious past. Between 1853 and 1855 he served as an assistant to Dr. Elisha Kane during Kane's famous research expedition to the Arctic. During the Civil War, Rhodes served the Confederacy as a member of the Seventeenth Virginia Regiment from Alexandria. After moving to Lynchburg from Alexandria after the war, rumors circulated that he had been involved in a murder in Alexandriarumors which "cast a shadow over all of his subsequent life."
Because of "unfortunate habits [that] engendered poverty," Rhodes died at the city Alms House in October 1886. He was buried by the city as a pauper, most likely across this side of the cemetery, along the exit driveway.
Source: "Death of 'Billy' Rhodes," The Lynchburg Virginian, 26 October 1886, 4-3.
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Location. 37° 24.835′ N, 79° 9.311′ W. Marker is in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is in Tinbridge Hill. It can be reached from the intersection of Taylor Street and 4th Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 400 Taylor Street, Lynchburg VA 24501, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: James River Suicide (here, next to this marker); War of 1812 Veterans (here, next to this marker); The Beale Treasure (here, next to this marker); Revolutionary War Veterans Buried in the Cemetery (here, next to this
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