Isaac Rittenhouse Prall [1800-1880]: Isaac was named for his maternal grandfather. He grew up in New Jersey and Harford Co.,MD, where he married Ann Bathia Rhodes, the niece of his step-mother. Isaac farmed until the family fell on hard times during the Civil War. Ann died in the spring of 1865. Isaac sold his land and joined several of his children in a move to Ohio. Isaac was living with his daughter Ann Kohler in Clinton Co., OH in 1870. It is known that Isaac died in 1880, but the location remains a mystery. Ohio, York and Lancaster Co., PA have been offered as the final destinations for Isaac.
Ann Bathia Rhodes [1812-1865]: Ann was born in Baltimore, possibly Fell's Point, Maryland to Captain Zachariah Rhodes and Harriet Cunningham in 1812. Her father and uncle were lost at sea in 1815. Ann's mother died about 1818. She was raised by her Aunt Bathia and Uncle Ralph Porter. Porter died in 1822. Bathia and Ann moved to Harford Co., MD. Aunt Bathia married widower Cornelius Prall Jr. in 1827 and Ann married his son, Isaac in 1828. Ann became the mother to ten children. She died early in 1865 at the age of 43.
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