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John Rhea 1791–1864 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1791

Birth Location: Tennessee, USA

Death Date: abt 1864

Death Location: Tennessee, USA

Father: David Rea

Mother: Mary Berryhill

Spouse(s): Nancy Shelton

Children(s): Lavinia Rhea, Elizabeth Ray

John Rhea was born in 1791 in Tennessee, USA, the child of David Farmer Rea And Mary Jane Berryhill. John Rhea married Nancy Shelton, and had children including Elizabeth Ray, Lavinia Rhea. John Rhea passed away in 1864 in Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • John Rhea was born in 1791 in Tennessee, USA, the child of David Farmer Rea And Mary Jane Berryhill.
  • John Rhea married Nancy Shelton, and had children including Elizabeth Ray, Lavinia Rhea.
  • John Rhea passed away in 1864 in Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Rea
1757–1839
Birth Location: Kent, Delaware, United States
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Mary Berryhill
1761–1807
Birth Location: –
MB

Spouses(s)

Nancy Shelton
1795–1860
Birth Location: Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
NS

Children(s)

Lavinia Rhea
1824–1911
Birth Location: Alabama
LR
Elizabeth Ray
1817–1862
Birth Location: , , Tennessee
ER

John Rhea's Ancestors

Self
John Rhea
1791–1864
Birth Place: Tennessee, USA
Parents
David Farmer Rea
1757–1839
Kent, Delaware, United States
Mary (Jane) Berryhill
1761–1807
Grandparents
John Rea
1735–1767
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Martha Farmer
1739–1811
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Joseph (Samuel) Berryhill
1734–1781
Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Hannah Price
1735–1790
Great-Grandparents
John Rea
1702–1757
Marion Rea
1702–1772
John Tomberlin
1719–1790
Elizabeth Wright
1709–1754
John Sr.
1687–1751
Mary Bigness
1690–1758
Thomas Price
1694–1759
Mary Cawood
1720–1785
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Rea
1670–1757
Margaret (6GGM)
1682–1772
David Rea
1665–1727
Janet Burgess
1669–1725
William Tomberlin
1661–1740
Mary Price
1663–1750
John Wright
1680–1752
Ann Bell
1680–1714
Alexander Berryhill
1661–1725
Lady Cartwright
1661–1700
Joseph Bigness
1670–
Rees Price
1679–1760
Elizabeth Williams
1681–1745
John Cawood
1693–1767
Eleanor Smallwood
1700–1775

John Rhea's Descendants

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John Rhea (1791–abt 1864) m. Nancy Shelton (1795–Aft. 1860)
  1. 1. Lavinia Rhea 1824–1911 m. John (Starnes) Jaco 1817–1883
    1. 1. Catherine Jaco 1844–1880 m. James (A Godwin) Jr 1839–1867 m. John (M) Childress 1840–1900
      1. 1. James (Andrew Crockett) Godwin 1865–1936 m. Charlotte (Danielle) Camp 1868–1936
        1. 1. Alonzo (Edward) Godwin 1893–1975 m. Ola (Mae) Jett 1896–1983
        2. 2. Jimmy (Alvie) Godwin 1909–1976 m. Mattie (Eva) Jaco 1918–1996
        3. 3. Ernest (Lester) Godwin 1907–1996 m. Meda (Stella) Harper 1907–1993
        4. 4. Charles (Eugene) Godwin 1905–1985 m. Nora Baird 1907–1990
        5. 5. Grady (Oliver) Godwin 1903–1952
        6. 6. Leonard (Robert) Godwin 1901–1970
        7. 7. Elmer Godwin 1900–
        8. 8. Samuel (James) Godwin 1895–1952 m. Lula (Ann) Fricks 1897–2000
        9. 9. Ollie (Belle) Godwin 1891–1976 m. Luther (Lafayette) Light 1887–1972
        10. 10. Thomas (Houston) Godwin 1889–1946 m. Kate (Belle) Caston 1891–1949
        11. 11. Calvin (Benjamin) Godwin 1887–1955 m. Bertie (Kate) Gilliland 1884–1959
        12. 12. Claude (Wood) Godwin 1899–1991 m. Lillie (Mae) Smith 1901–1981
        13. 13. Wallace (Henry) Godwin 1897–1975 m. Mollie (Myrtle) Patterson 1902–2000
        14. 14. Cecil Godwin 1902–
      2. 2. Isabelle Childress 1869–1935 m. Byron (McFarland) Carter 1870–1935
        1. 1. Eugene (Miller) Carter 1891–1976
        2. 2. Jeff (H) Carter 1888–
        3. 3. Tempie (P) Carter 1894–
        4. 4. Betty (M) Carter 1897–
        5. 5. Cecil (B) Carter 1899–
        6. 6. Bennett (B) Carter 1903–
        7. 7. Robert (R) Carter 1908–
      3. 3. Lula (Ann) Childress 1872–1965 m. Obie (Bennett) Eason 1868–1940
        1. 1. Pearl (Atha) Eason 1897–1955
        2. 2. Minnie (Lee Eason) Olinger 1902–1978
        3. 3. Joe (Lewis) Eason 1910–1991
        4. 4. James (Howard) Eason 1894–1950
        5. 5. Ernest (Thomas) Eason 1906–1944
        6. 6. John (L.) Eason 1892–1909
    2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth) Jaco 1848–1929 m. John (Jackson) Patterson 1846–1914
      1. 1. William (Jackson) Patterson 1878–1957 m. Mary (Leona) Powell 1881–1965
        1. 1. Ida (Belle) Patterson 1918–2004 m. Arnold (Horton) Godwin 1916–2006
        2. 2. Minnie (Lou) Patterson 1915–2000 m. Lee Bearden 1914–2002
        3. 3. Henry (Clay) Patterson 1904–1920
        4. 4. Bettie (L) Patterson 1909–2009 m. Marvin (Andrew) Fricks 1901–1972
        5. 5. Mollie (Myrtle) Patterson 1902–2000 m. Wallace (Henry) Godwin 1897–1975
      2. 2. Dora (Bell) Patterson 1892–1979
        1. 1. Golden (Inez) Baird 1913–1999
      3. 3. Mary (Jane) Patterson 1876–1954
        1. 1. Lola Puckette 1909–1979
      4. 4. Lucinda Patterson 1870–1910 m. William (N) Mashburn 1862–1941
        1. 1. Bessie (Ann) Mashburn 1896–1973 m. Emmett Burke 1897–1981 m. George (Walter) Brown 1893–1960
        2. 2. Earnest (Lester) Mashburn 1905–1993
        3. 3. Ina (Easter) Mashburn 1910–1998 m. Clyde (M) Norman 1904–1971
        4. 4. Irene Mashburn 1891–1922
        5. 5. Millard (J) Mashburn 1899–1917
        6. 6. Jessie (Lee) Mashburn 1904–1956
        7. 7. Delmar (Earl Mashburn) Sr. 1907–1984
      5. 5. Margarett (Frances) Patterson 1871–1889
      6. 6. Nancy (Viola) Patterson 1880–1961 m. Robert (Basil) Kirtland 1873–1929
        1. 1. Mae Kirtland 1898–1978
        2. 2. Magnolia Kirtland 1900–1988 m. Brant (Millard) Wright 1896–1964
      7. 7. Zan (Wesley) Patterson 1874–1943 m. Nora O'Neal 1877–1969
        1. 1. Leonard (McKensley) Patterson 1899–1990 m. Kitty (Lena) Patterson 1898–2000
        2. 2. Vida (Belle) Patterson 1897–1918
        3. 3. Mary (Estell) Patterson 1903–1961
        4. 4. Mattie (Loraine) Patterson 1907–1997
        5. 5. Laura (Gertrude) Patterson 1895–1977
      8. 8. Daisy (Anne) Patterson 1883–1937
        1. 1. Valorie Quinn 1922–2004
        2. 2. Henry (L D) Quinn 1915–2012
        3. 3. Audrie (Belle) Womack 1905–2002
      9. 9. Samuel (Arthur) Patterson 1886–1934
        1. 1. Laura (Bell) Patterson 1913–2002
      10. 10. Maude (Maye) Patterson 1888–1985
        1. 1. Ila (V) Isbell 1909–1994
    3. 3. Nancy (Ann) Jaco 1847–1920 m. David Norman 1848–
      1. 1. William (A) Norman 1872–1900
        1. 1. Minnie Norman 1895–1981
      2. 2. David Norman 1876–
    4. 4. Martha (Jane) Jaco 1853–1918
    5. 5. William (Brooks) Jaco 1854–1880
    6. 6. Lucy Jaco 1861–1944
    7. 7. Frances Jaco 1851–1935 m. Samuel (Hutsel) Evans 1856–
      1. 1. Tempy (Jane) Evans 1870–
    8. 8. Jasper (Joshua) Jaco 1864–1949
  2. 2. Elizabeth Ray 1817–1862
    1. 1. Melvina Smith 1840–1912
    2. 2. Henry Smith 1839–1903
    3. 3. Francis (Caroline) Smith 1843–1876
    4. 4. James (Madison) Smith 1848–1882
      1. 1. Mary (Emma) Smith 1875–1966
    5. 5. David (D) Smith 1855–
    6. 6. Lucinda Smith 1857–1908

John Rhea's Timeline

2 Records

1791
1791
Birth of John Rhea in Tennessee, USA
Tennessee, USA
1864
abt 1864
Age 73
Death of John Rhea in Tennessee, USA
Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1791
    Event Place: Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1864
    Event Place: Tennessee, USA
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