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CHILDREN

2599. SUSAN ELIZABETH ALLEN, born Sept. 29, 1850; died 1856.

2600. GEORGIANA ALLEN, born Nov. 8, 1851; died Aug. 18, 1852. a. 2601. ALICE GER'I‘RUDE ALLEN, born Aug. 2, 1858; died Jan. 19, 1862.

2602. RICHARD HAZELL ALLEN, born Dec. 22, 1861; died March 23, 1870.

2603. GRACE LOUISE ALLEN, born Aug. 15, I864; died April 3, 1870.

§ 1952. ISAAC PEACE ROD MAN, 8 (Samuel Rodman, 7; Elizabeth Haz- ard, 6; Stephen, 5 ; Thomas, 4; Stephen, 3 ; Robert, 2; Thomas, I), was born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, August 18, 1822. He was educated in the pub— lic schools of his native town, but early entered the manufacturing business with his father. He had a passionate love for books, combined with a remarkable memory. His leisure hours were for years devoted to study, and thus he was enabled to take his place amongst men of a more liberal education on an equal footing.

After a few years of initiatory labor in his father’s mills, he, together with his brother, Rowland G. Rodman, entered into partnership with their father, under the name of S. Rodman and Sons.

He was for several years President of the Town Council of South Kingstown, and was a Representative for several terms in "the General Assembly of Rhode Island, and also in the Senate of the State. '

When President Lincoln called for seventy—five thousand men, at the commence— ment of the Civil War, he was among the first to respond to the call. He raised a military company composed of his fellow—‘townsmen for the Second Rhode Is— land Regiment of Volunteers, and was appointed by Governor Sprague its cap— tain. For his gallant conduét at the battle of Bull Run, Governor Sprague, when the Fourth Rhode Island Regiment was mustered into service, appointed him lieutenant-colonel, and soon after colonel. He distinguiShed himself by his gal— lant conduct in the battle of Roanoke, February 8, 1862, and at Newbern, March 15th, 1862. Abbott, in his History of the Civil War, said, in speaking of this battle: “The charge by Colonel Rodman, leading the Fourth Rhode Island Regiment, was one of the most heroic deeds of the day.” This gallant charge won a brigadier—general’s commission for Colonel Rodman. Yet he always insisted that his regiment deserved more credit for their conduct at the battle of Roanoke Island, in which they took a conspicuous part, than at the battle of Newbern. It was about this time that Mr. Robert Hale Ives, of Providence, asked Governor Sprague to give his son Robert a place on General Rodman’s staff. “Do you know What you are asking for P ” said the governor; “ he is your only son, and to give him this position means certain death, for General Rodman is the bravest man I ever knew, and will lead your son into‘ the very midst of danger. Let me place him on General Burnside’s staff, where he will be in comparative safety.” Mr. Ives said that his son would take no other positior. than on General Rod—

man’s staff; and so the brave young man met death, with his brave leader, on the field of Antietam.

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