Frank Sherman Rhoads
born April 4, 1866 [calculated from age at death]
died September 15, 1881, in Dayton, Illinois

Obituary:

                                      Died
On Thursday last, at the residence of his father, J. Rhoades, in the town of Dayton, Frank Sherman Rhoades, aged 15 yrs. 5 mos. and 11 days.

The funeral will take place at the late residence on to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.¹

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The only evidence that he is buried in the Dayton Cemetery comes from the Gladfelter funeral home records which contains the following:

Sep 16, 1881 (burial)   son, Jas. Roads, bur Dayton²

1. [Ottawa, Illinois] Free Trader, September 17, 1881
2. A photocopy of the early Gladfelter funeral home records is at the La Salle County Genealogy Guild in Ottawa, Illinois.