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From: La Nelda Gordon <>
Subject: [RHEA-L] Re: P. V. Rhea
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 17:11:30 -0600


Hi Again,

My information that I have on the Rhea family is from my mother and also from a
book written by Twyla Gill Right called Oxbows and Calico it was written in
1986. She has a whole chapter on PV and Mary Fannon. She also has information on
the Will left by John Rhea. and a chapter that reads like this:
There is a family rumor that PV was John's son by an adulterous affair with a
woman whom the sent away, after buying her a mill in Arkansas, on the stipulation
that she leave the baby with sally, who would claim it as her own. No one knows
if this is true, but is is noticeable that Pleasent V. was left less property the
the other children at his parents death. The book as lots of good information
regarding PV. A photo of him and Mary and a picture of his house.

I wonder if anyone has checked with Hood county to see if there is any information
on record as far as a obituaries goes. Maybe I can get someone to look that up
and see if parents are listed.

What kind of info do you want on Elijah and Sarah? I have lots of info on the Wall
family down from Elijah. and just a little up from him. On Mary Fannon, I only
have her mother and fathers names.

LaNelda

wrote:

> I am convinced that Pleasant Vincent Rhea was not the son of John and Sallie
> Rhea of Lincoln County, TN. They did have a son Pleasant Vincent Rhea. He was
> born about 1803, married Fannie White (who may or not have been a widow at the
> time). They moved to Washington County Arkansas where Pleasant Vincent Rhea
> died about 1864. I think that pretty much eliminates them as the parents of
> Pleasant Vincent Uriah Jackson .... Rhea. It is very frustrating trying to
> find parents for him. I did correspond with a descendant of Pleasant and
> Fannie who said that they had heard a rumor that there was another relative
> with the same name who was quite a bit younger than their P. V. Rhea. That
> would certainly fit in with the different ages. Unfortunately, they didn't
> have any more info on the younger one.
> I keep running into P. V. Rhea descendants through the internet, you are the
> first one descended from Sarah Jane Elizabeth and Elijah Walls. I haven't been
> able to find anymore information about them.
> I would love to exchange information about the Rhea family. Do you have
> anything on the Fannin family?
>
> Denise

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