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From: Polly Dixon <>
Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] Jesse and Margaret Blair Rhea
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 10:17:17 -0600


Ed:

I am the author of the article you mentioned. Mary Ann Wright and James
Harvey Dixon were my father's parents.

I am also the team leader for Rhea-L Group #8, JAMES AND JESSE RHEA.
All the information you quoted from my article should be in RHEA-L
archives.

So far we have been unable to connect our James Rhea with any of the
other Rhea lines.

Polly Dixon

wrote:
>
> I came across something interesting. In the book 'McMinn County TN and its
> People 11819-1997' an article submitted by Polly Dixon outlined the
> descendants of Jesse and Margaret Blair Rhea. Their grandson, James Harvey
> Dixon married Mary Ann Wright. Mary Ann was a descendant of Robert and Sarah
> Bingham Rhea.
>
> ED FOLEY
>
> 1. Jesse RHEA born 25-Sep-1778, NC?, married 7-Dec-1802, in Blount Co. TN,
> Margaret BLAIR, born about 1783, MD?, died 10-Jun-1851, Monroe Co. TN. Jesse
> died 10-Jul-1859, Monroe Co. TN. Had 14 children. They were in Monroe Co. TN
> by 1834 Margaret: Daughter of John and Mary Blair.
> Children:
> 2. i James RHEA born about 1810.
> ii Lewis RHEA born 13-Dec-1822, Blount Co. TN, married 9-Oct-1851, in
> TN, Mary Eliza HUMPHREYS, born about 1822. Oregon Donation Land Claims Vol.
> II - Shows birthdate, place, marriage to Mary, its date. Aff. were Thomas
> Turner, Wm Gilchrist, John McCullough, Washington Thomas. Arrived Oregon 19
> Sept 1853, SC 1 Mar 1854. Lewis was affiant on the claim of Thomas M. and
> Jane Humphreys. Thomas had arrived in Oregon on the same day as Lewis and was
> born 1 Oct 1800. Probably Mary Eliza's parents. (Mary had married just 2
> years before.).
> 3. iii John RHEA born about 1815.
> 4. iv Margaret Ann RHEA born 27-May-1832.
> v Harvey RHEA born about 1830, TN?. Feb 1872 Harvey sold to Onslow
> Dixon, his sister Margaret's husband, 92 1/2 acres of land in Monroe Co. TN.
> He along wit brothers Lewis and S. M. Rhea sold this land which had belonged
> to their father.
>
> Second Generation
>
> 2. James RHEA (1.Jesse1 ) born about 1810, Blount Co. TN, married Mary wife of
> James RHEA, born 1-Jan-1810. James died Jasper Co., MO.
> Children:
> i James Rhea Jr. born 1-Jan-1829.
> ii Jesse RHEA born about 1830.
> iii Matilda RHEA born 1-Jan-1832.
> iv Nancy Jane RHEA born 1-Mar-1838, TN, married 6-Aug-1852, James H.
> FRANKLIN, born about 1838.
> v Spencer RHEA born about 1840.
>
> 3. John RHEA (1.Jesse1 ) born about 1815, Monroe Co. TN, married Jane 'Jinny'
> CAMERON, born about 1815.
> Children:
> 5. i William M. RHEA born about 1835.
>
> 4. Margaret Ann RHEA (1.Jesse1 ) born 27-May-1832, married 15-Nov-1859, Onslow
> M. DIXON, born 1-Feb-1833, TN, died 20-Aug-1873. Margaret died 16-Mar-1919.
> Her family is outlined in the book McMinn Co. TN and its People 1819-1997.
> After her husband suffered heat stroke while working in the wheat fields and
> died in 1873, she bought a farm on Old Athens Road near Madisonville. She and
> son Lewis lived there until her death. Onslow: Apprenticed to James Baker in
> McMinn Co. TN in June 1837, binding him at the age of 4. Appears in the 1850
> TN census at 17 as a farmer in the household of James and Julia Baker. 1860
> Monroe Co. TN census shows OM Dixon and wife M.A. Dixon both age 28. On Sept
> 15, 1860 Onslow bought land from H. Hunt in McMinn Co. TN where the 1870
> census shows he and his wife in 6th Distict wtih 4 chidren all born in TN.
> Onslow was a private in Co. C 62nd TN Mounted Infantry in 1863.
> Children:
> 6. i William Ellison DIXON born 9-Oct-1860.
> 7. ii Mary Jane DIXON born 9-Aug-1852.
> iii Nancy DIXON.
> 8. iv James Harvey DIXON born 28-Oct-1869.
> v Henry Lewis Marion DIXON born 5-Oct-1872, TN, died 8-Jun-1960, buried:
> Madisonville City Cem.
>
> Third Generation
>
> 5. William M. RHEA (3.John2 , 1.Jesse1 ) born about 1835, TN?, married
> Margaret Jane SMALLING, born about 1830.
> Children:
> i Eliza RHEA born about 1855, Monroe Co. TN, married Andrew McClellan
> HUNT, born about 1855. Andrew: Lived in Tellico Plaines, Monroe Co., TN.
>
> 6. William Ellison DIXON (4.Margaret2 , 1.Jesse1 ) born 9-Oct-1860, TN,
> married 15-Dec-1886, Ellen MINIS, born about 1860, buried: City Cem.,
> Madisonville, TN. William died 23-Aug-1910, TN, buried: City Cem.,
> Madisonville, TN.
> Children:
> i Margaret Ann 'Minnie' DIXON born about 1888, TN?.
> ii Minnie DIXON born about 1890, TN?.
> iii Alice J. DIXON born about 1892, TN?.
> iv Johnnie DIXON born about 1892, TN?.
> v Hugh M. DIXON born about 1894, TN?.
>
> 7. Mary Jane DIXON (4.Margaret2 , 1.Jesse1 ) born 9-Aug-1852, married
> 1-Oct-1886, Asbury COX, born about 1852.
> Children:
> i Dee COX born 1-Jan-1886.
>
> 8. James Harvey DIXON (4.Margaret2 , 1.Jesse1 ) born 28-Oct-1869, Monroe Co.
> TN, married 3-Oct-1901, Mary Ann WRIGHT, born 13-Jan-1867, (daughter of Robert
> Rhea WRIGHT and Mary Jane WILSON) died 26-Feb-1949, buried: Madisonville City
> Cem. James died 17-Apr-1949, buried: Madisonville City Cem.
> Children:
> 9. i Robert Onslow DIXON born 21-Jul-1902.
> ii Marvin Wright DIXON born about 1905, TN.
> iii Alvin Penland 'Doc' DIXON born about 1907, TN?.
> iv Harvey Scott DIXON born about 1909, TN?.
> v John Wilson DIXON born about 1911, TN?.
>
> Fourth Generation
>
> 9. Robert Onslow DIXON (8.James3 , 4.Margaret2 , 1.Jesse1 ) born 21-Jul-1902,
> married 19-Dec-1928, Nina Pauline BROWN, born 26-Sep-1905, died 17-Sep-1992.
> Robert died 30-Jul-1971.
>
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