Colonel Byron Crandall Rhome, the son of Peter G. and Nancy Almira Crandall Rhome, was born November 22, 1837 in Richmond County, Georgia. After his mother's death in 1840, Byron, along with his father and siblings, moved to Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas in the early 1850s. Sometime after 1876, Byron moved to Wise County. He convinced the Ft.Worth-Denver Railroad to come through the little town which eventually became Rhome, Texas. He and several members of his family are buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Colonel Byron Crandall Rhome, the son of Peter G. and Nancy Almira Crandall Rhome, was born November 22, 1837 in Richmond County, Georgia. After his mother's death in 1840, Byron, along with his father and siblings, moved to Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas in the early 1850s. Sometime after 1876, Byron moved to Wise County. He convinced the Ft.Worth-Denver Railroad to come through the little town which eventually became Rhome, Texas. He and several members of his family are buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
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