Rhoda Tait Barnum Emett; Birth: Jan. 21, 1884, Washington County, Utah, USA; Death: Nov. 30, 1969 Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA. Rhoda Tait Barnum was born to Charles Henry Barnum and Elizabeth Julianna Tait. She had 5 siblings: Henreitta, Lorenza "Renzie", Esther Elizabeth "Lissie", Lena Bell and William Tait Barnum. Her Grandfather William Tait came from Ireland to India with the British East India Company where he met her grandmother Elizabeth Xavier, who later traveled to Utah with the famous Willie Handcart Company. Rhoda married Don Thomas Emett in Saint George, Utah and they had 12 children: Silvia, Mona, Blanche, Anna Iva, Lola, Heartha, Francis, Don Eldon, Truce William, Claude and Merl.
Rhoda Tait Barnum Emett and Don Thomas Emett are buried in the Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana.