My Genealogy Hound

John Ellis Rodley, M. D., a prominent citizen of Pacific, was born in Leeds, England, February 1, 1852. He attended the high school of his native city, and subsequently spent three and one-half years at the Mountain City School, of Edinburgh, Scotland, where he took a classical course, and graduated at the head of his class in the spring of 1870. The following three years he attended the University of Edinburgh, and in 1873 immigrated to the United States, settling first at Lebanon, Mo., where he engaged in the practice of his chosen profession. He attended the Missouri Medical College, at St. Louis, in 1879 and 1880, and also in 1880 and 1881, graduating in the latter year, when he returned to Lebanon, resumed his practice until 1882, when he moved to his present location. As a medical practitioner he has achieved unusual success, commanding a large and lucrative patronage. He was married September 20, 1881, to Mary E. Dowdell, a native of Union, Mo., and a daughter of J. W. and Louise E. (Mitchell) Bowdell. Dr. and Mrs. Rodley have had three children: Edward (deceased), Herbert Ellis and Wilmer (deceased). The Doctor is a Democrat in politics, a Master Mason, Knight of Pythias, and a member of the A. O. U. W. He was the youngest of five children (three deceased) of Edward and Sarah (Ellis) Rodley, natives of Leeds, England, where the mother died. Mr. Rodley came to the United States with his son, and is at present residing at Lebanon, Mo., a farmer by occupation. His father, Benjamin Rodley, was a woolen manufacturer of Leeds. Mrs. Sarah Rodley was a daughter of Benjamin Ellis, also a woolen manufacturer of Leeds.