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Subject: Fwd: Rhea of Tenn
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 10:30:48 -0400 (EDT)


My fingers thought ".COM" but the mind said ".EDU". "CRS" is setting in
rapidly.
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Subj: Fwd: Rhea of Tenn
Date: 97-05-05 10:20:56 EDT
From: LMcDaniel
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In a message dated 97-05-04 21:49:29 EDT, (Jack & Teresa
Hughes) writes:

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> Looking for specific details on these brothers. Jacob RHEA married Mary
> Derting(?) Feb/17/1872. Jacob d. 1918 Mary d. 1922. They had 11
children,
> Conley was the thought to be the oldest and Flora E. b 1895 was the
youngest.
> James RHEA married a Margaret Pullom, no idea where or when.
> Parent of the twins were Levi Baker(b1811) and Mary Hunsucker(b1815) Levi
is
> thought to be from Eatillvill(?), Scott Co. VA . USGS map does not have
the
> town. Was it an old town now defunct or swallowed up by a bigger city?
Levi
> and Mary are said to have had at least 9 children.
> Jacob is my ggrandfather. For some reason the note taking and information

> gathered on this family was abruptly stopped. I don't know if it was the
> "brick wall" or the proverbial "skeleton" that caused my granddad to
>abandoned the Baker line. My grandfather was wonderful name gatherer, going
>all over NE Tenn and SW VA interviewing families with the name of Snapp or

>Baker. He would handwrite his notes in a log book and just plain copy from
family
>bibles all the names and place he could gather. Got our Snapp line back
the Ship
>Samuel,1733. He was not good for family history, just listing names. He has
left
> us the greatest outline from which to start a true family history project.
After
>entering his name list in my computer, have several hundred names not all
>connected at this point.
>
> Would like to hear of other Baker,Snapp, Blackmore or Rhea searchers of
TN or VA.
>
>
> >>

Teresa, I am forwarding this on to the RHEA family e-mail slot for
distribution to other RHEA searchers. There is a RHEA Newsletter published by
Pat Hines for a very reasonable price. She can be reached at .
The Conley RHEA was of interest as I have a John Connely RHEA in my line, but
TX 1846.
Lloyd
McDaniel
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From: (Jack & Teresa Hughes)
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Date: 97-05-04 21:49:29 EDT

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From: David Dyas
Subject: Re: Jacob & James Baker, Twins, b 1848, TN? VA?

Hi, you may want to contact Lloyd at <>,
he has RHEA info of Tn.
David

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>
> Looking for specific details on these brothers. Jacob married Mary
Derting(?)
>
> Feb/17/1872. Jacob d. 1918 Mary d. 1922. They had 11 children, Conley
was
> the thought to be the oldest and Flora E. b 1895 was the youngest.
>
> James married a Margaret Pullom, no idea where or when.
>
> Parent of the twins was Levi Baker(b1811) and Mary Hunsucker(b1815) Levi
is
> thought to be from Eatillvill(?), Scott Co. VA . USGS map does not have
the
> town. Was it an old town now defunct or swallowed up by a bigger city?
Levi
> and Mary are said to have had at least 9 children.
>
> Jacob is my ggrandfather. For some reason the note taking and
information
> gathered on this family was abruptly stopped. I don't know if it was the
> "brick wall" or the preverbal "skeleton" that caused my granddad to
abandoned
> the Baker line.
> My grandfather was wonderful name gatherer, going all over NE Tenn and SW
VA
> interviewing families with the name of Snapp or Baker. He would hand
write
> his notes in a log book and just plain copy from family bibles all the
names
> and place he could gather. Got our Snapp line back the Ship Samuel,
1733. He
> was not good for family history, just listing names.
> He has left us the greatest outline from which to start a true family
history
> project. After entering his name list in my computer, have several
hundred
> names not all connected at this point.
>
> Would like to hear of other Baker,Snapp, Blackmore or Rhea searchers of
TN or
>
> VA.
>
> Teresa
>

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