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Subject: continuation on John Rea's children
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 12:11:01 -0400 (EDT)

Martha, born February 20, 1796, married january 13, 1814, Zebulon Morris

Green Lee, born December 22, 1798, died March 9, 1890, married 1st. February
28, 1826, Levicia Laney. Nine Children. he married 2nd Adaline E. McAuley.
Issue three children. All of these to be mentioned later.

John Morgan, married 1st. Mary/Polly Ritch, second Nancy_____

James Milton

Avery Simpson, born 1801, died 1843, maried, March 25, 1823 to Mrs. Margaret
McSparren.

Adaline, maried James Irwin.

Children of Martha Rea and Zebulon Morris

1. Elizabeth, born January 17, 1816, married Zeke Johnson
2. Nancy, born August 19, 1817, married William Maxwell
3. Mary, born March 12, 1819
4. William C., born March 6, 1821
5. John R., born July 8, 1823, married Emma, daughter of Dr. Sam Watson,
Issue, a son John Watson, married Emma Morrison, had seven children, mention
later.
6. Zebulon Lee, born April 24, 1826.
7. Philemon Milton, born February 24, 1828, died October 9, 1902, married
Louise Alexander. Issue, five children, mentioned later.
8. Marthe E. born January 29, 1830

Children of Samuel Rea born in the north of Ireland in 1725, came to U.S.A.
in 1755.

Anne b. March 2, 1751
John b. Jan. 17, 1755 Married 1806 to Elizabeth Culbertson, daughter of
Colonel Culbertson.
William b. Aug. 1, 1757
Sarah b. October 27, 1759
Samuel (2) b. Dec. 27, 1761 Went to Erie Co. when a young man
hanna b. Jan. 19, 1768
James b. May 8, 1768 ?

Children of John Rea:
Samuel b. April 21, 1808
John b. June 28, 1809
James b. May 23, 1811
William drowned in infancy
Andrew Jackson b. 1815
Elizabeth b. Nov. 20, 1817
William b. June 6, 1820
Charles Jan. 5, 1823
William Holdship Rea b. April 13, 1856

Children of William H. Rea
Henry Robinson Rea b. may 31, 1863
James who was born May 23, 1811 was Samuel Rea's
father who was president of the Pennsylvania R.R.

Children of Samuel Ra who was born in Franklin Co. Pa. Dec. 27, 1761- went to
Erie Co. pa. when a young man.
John April 19, 1788
Samuel, James, Johnson, Margaret, Rebecca, nancy, Hanna, Elia.

Nancy Law born in County Down, Ireland Dec. 2, 1794. Came to Erie County Pa.
in 1812. John Rea and Nancy Law were married in 1814 (Our great grandfather)
Children of John Rea and Nancy Law

Margaret b. Jan. 23, 1815
William b. Oct. 9, 1817
Samuel b. Nov. 24, 1821
Rebecca b. Nov. 3, 1819
Nancy b. Aug. 17, 1823
Jane b. Oct. 19, 1825
Martha b. Nov. 19, 1827
John b. July 27, 1830
Ann, b. Jan. 16, 1833
James Johnson Rea born Dec. 8, 1838 (our grandfather0
Nancy Emily Rea born April 15, 1838 (Uncle James Boyd's wife)

John Rea d. Jan. 8, 1848
Nancy Rea Feb. 13, 1877
Martha Rea d. Aug. 29, 1883
Jane (Rea) Ralston d. Dec. 2, 1886
James Johnson Rea d. Dec. 13, 1887
Catherine B. Rea d. March 2, 1913

Catherine Brown was born March 23, 1836. Daughter of Nancy and James Brown of
Slatelick, Pa.

James Johnson Rea and Catherine Brown wer married at Slate Lick Pa. Nov. 17,
1857 by Rev. J. S. Boyd.
Children:
John Harvey Rea b. Jan. 26, 1859
James Brown Rea b. Sept. 25, 1861
Agnes Catherine Rea (Todd) b. Aug. 26, 1865
Emma Euena Rea (Todd) b. Aug. 17, 1869
Martha E. (Nellie) Rea ( Wilson) b. Aug. 3, 1871
Margaret I. Rea (Drake) b. July 14, 1874
Harriet B. Rea (Wilson) b. Feb. 21, 1878

Catherine E. Stepp born July 17, 1861 daughter of Levi and Margaret Stepp
died May 11, 1930.

James B. Rea and Catherine E. Stepp were married Dec. 25, 1884
James B. Rea died Sept. 5, 1922
Children:

Fanny Bell Rea b. march 10, 1887 d. March 26, 1963
James Johnston Rea b. May 8, 1887 d. Dec. 31, 1901
Myrtle Jane Rea b. Nov. 9, 1889 d. May 6, 1952
Samuel Harrison Rea b. march 12, 1891 d. May 22, 1962
Thomas Melangthon Rea b. Dec. 1, 1892 d. Dec. 28, 1949
Edward Rea b. Aug. 15, 1895
Catherine Euena Rea b.may 12, 1897
Margaret emily Rea b. July 12, 1903

Marriages:

Myrtle to H. I. Coburn Sept. 2, 1908
Fanny to Edwin Walker Dec. 14, 1910
Samuel to Nora Godward Feb. 26, 1915
Euena to John McConner Dec. 18, 1915
Thomas to Adaline Dinkelman
James to 1. Grave Grove June 29, 1916 2 children
d. July 24, 1924
2nd. Vinabelle Wilson Nov. 14, 1926
Margaret -1. John Beatty May 20, 1940 child Marie Elena
2. Howard Sommerville Aug. 28,1944 Child Edith Ann
Edward to Stella Vincent Oct. 23, 1937 Six children

This ends the info on Samuel Rhea(REA) and his descendants.
I copied this exactly as written, but I think it was written by two different
people.
The first 6 pages are in small print and look like they came from a book. The
rest is in larger print. Does anyone remember sending this to me.

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