Gaston, Joseph. "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912." Vol. 2. Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 761. E. M. RHODES is the well known and popular proprietor of the Bay View Hotel, the best hostelry in Bay City and a fine summer resort on the Tillamook Bay. His birth occurred in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, on the 27th of January, 1852, his parents being Benjamin and Mary (Myers) Rhodes, who were likewise natives of the Keystone state and are now deceased. The father, an agriculturist by occupation, was born about 1816 and passed away in 1896. The record of his children is as follows: David, who is a resident of Pennsylvania; Catherine, the wife of L. P. Postlethwaite, of Pennsylvania; Henry, living in Manton, Alberta, Canada; E. M., of this review; John, who passed away in Pennsylvania, leaving a family of six daughters; Calvin, who makes his home in Valley City, North Dakota; Thaddeus, who resides in Pennsylvania; and Coring May, the wife of William Swigert, of McVeytown, Pennsylvania. E. M. Rhodes supplemented his preliminary education, obtained in the common schools of his native state, by a course of study in the University of New York, specializing in medicine. After leaving college he practiced medicine for one year in association with an uncle who was a physician. In 1880 he embarked in the drug business at Mount Union, Pennsylvania, successfully conducting an establishment of that character for twenty-five years. On the expiration of that period he came to Portland and found Oregon so alluring that he closed out his business in Pennsylvania and took up his permanent abode here. He first purchased a store and fixtures and for one year conducted a confectionery and lunch establishment in the Rose city. Subsequently he became the proprietor of a rooming house on Sixteenth and Morrison streets and after disposing of the same purchased the Roy Crest at Twelfth and Yamhill streets in Portland. Selling that place, he bought the Bay View Hotel, which is conceded to be the best hostelry in Bay City and a fine summer resort on Tillamook Bay. The hotel is extensively patronized, for its genial proprietor neglects nothing that can add to the comfort of his guests. On the 14th of February, 1890, Mr. Rhodes was united in marriage to Miss Minnie McClure, a native of Pennsylvania and a daughter of Dr. James Monroe and Elizabeth (Potter) McClure, who traveled life's journey happily together for fifty-six years. The father, a practicing dentist of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was born in 1825 and died in 1895. The mother, whose birth occurred at Catawissa, Pennsylvania, in 1824, was called to her final rest in 1899. Both the paternal and maternal grandfathers of Mrs. Rhodes participated in the Revolutionary war. She was one of a family of twelve children, five of whom are yet living, namely: Conscer, a resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania; Clarence, of Portland, Oregon; G. A., living in Braddock, Pennsylvania; C. P., of Lewistown, Pennsylvania; and Mrs. Rhodes. Three sons of the family÷Theodore, Thomas and Conscer÷served in the Civil war and were incarcerated in Libby prison. Our subject and his wife have one daughter, Esther, who is now the wife of J. H. Joyce, manager of the Hazelwood Cream Store in Portland. Mr. Rhodes gives his political allegiance to the republican party, while in religious faith he is a Presbyterian. He is a man of marked force of character, of helpful and courteous bearing, of strong determination and honorable purpose, and these qualities have been the elements in a career which is most commendable in all of its phases. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in August 2007 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.