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From: "Polly Dixon" <>
Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] KEFAUVER/Simeon S. RAY
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 14:28:10 -0500
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Hi Johnita:

This is a little "blip" of info to add to your Kefauver item: Madisonville
is in Monroe Co., TN. My father was born and reared there and his family
were good friends of the Kefauvers. We used to visit Charlotta "Miss
Lottie," Estes' aunt, at the beautiful old home where he grew up, and where
he is buried in the family cemetery.

Estes Kefauver's father was Cooke Kefauver.

(Dr.) Robert Fielding Cooke, whom you mentioned, was a large land owner in
Monroe County and, interestingly enough, he sold 587 acres to my
great-great-uncle, John A. Wright, around 1856. Part of that property
eventually was inherited by my grandparents, James Harvey Dixon and Mary Ann
Wright. James Harvey Dixon was a descendant of Jesse Rhea and Margaret
Blair of Monroe Co., TN ; Mary Ann (Wright) Dixon was a descendant of Robert
"Bobbie" Rhea, Jr., Revolutionary and War of 1812 soldier of Blount Co., TN.

John A. Wright's wife was Ann Secelia Cook, who was somehow related
to Dr. Robert F., to the best of my recollection. Ann's father was James
Cook (or Cooke) of Blount Co., TN. John A. and Ann Secelia Wright and three
of their adult children, a daughter-in-law, and a niece all died within a
three-week period during a typhoid epidemic in Monroe Co., TN in July-August
1861.

Sadly (to me), "progress" has come to the little city of Madisonville, and
much of the Kefauver farm property was sold recently to developers, leaving
only a small portion of the original land and the home intact. I believe
one of Estes' nephews lives there now.

This won't further anyone's genealogy research, but I continue to be amazed
at how inter-connected we all seem to be!

----- Original Message -----
From: Johnita P. Malone <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [RHEA-L] Simeon S. RAY

OK. Now you've mentioned a name which causes me to respond : KEFAUVER
>
> Now this is going to be a long story so bear with me:
>
> Descendants of J. P. Kefauver
>
> 1 J. P. Kefauver b: Unknown in of Roanoke, Virginia d: 6 June 1893
> ..+Nancy Rieves Cooke b: 30 December 1839 m: 12 December 1861
> d: 16 February 1926 in Madisonville, Tennessee Father: Robert Fielding
> Cooke Mother: Charlotte Kimbrough
> ..2 Robert Cooke Kefauver b: 28 August 1870 d: Unknown
> ......+Fredonia Estes b: Unknown m: 14 January 1897 d:
> Unknown
>
> Nancy Rieves Cooke above was the daughter of Robert Fielding Cooke.
> Robert Fielding Cooke was the son of William Henry Cooke and Mary
> Cantrell.
> William Henry Cooke was the son of Robert Cooke, the Revolutionary War
> soldier, and Susan Burch Watson.
>
> Estes Kefauver was descended from this line.
>
> Now to the Rhea connection.
>
> Robert Cooke's and Susan Watson's daughter, Nancy Cooke (& sister of
> William Henry Cooke), married my ancestor, Sebird Smith Rhea. Sebird
> Smith Rhea was the son of Ezekiel Rhea and Elizabeth Pryor. Sebird and
> Nancy (Cooke) Rhea died in Mercer Co., MO.
>
> I have not definitely found the father of my Ezekiel Ray/Rhea but would
> like to prove that he was the Ezekiel mentioned in the will of Moses
> Wray who died about 1802 in Franklin Co., VA. Franklin Co., VA., is very
> close to Bedford Co., VA.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Johnita
>
>
> The Cook's wrote:
> >
> > Hello, I found some information yesterday on-line linking to my
MALLORY's
> > and RAY's.
> > The information was submitted by Jeanene Scott, Carol Anderson and Doris
> > Troyer so if any of you are on this list I would sure like to share
> > information. THANK you for this work~!
> >
> > Now I have a father for my William E. RAY and a surname for his wife,
> > Elizabeth.
> >
> > William E. RAY b. 1819 Lynchburg, Bedford, VA.
> > m. 1843 Elizabeth Ann KEFAUVER b. 1 Aug 1825.
> >
> > Father of William E. RAY:
> > Simeon S. RAY
> > Mother: Unknown
> >
> > Father of Elizabeth A. KEFAUVER:
> > Jacob KEFAUVER
> > Mother: Sarah Jane JAMES
> >
> > *Sarah is the 2nd wife of Jacob as he remarried upon the death of Nancy
Ann
> > VINYARD.*
> >
> > The eldest child of William RAY and Elizabeth KEFAUVER-RAY:
> > Sarah A. RAY b. 23 Sep 1843 Roanoke County, VA.
> > on 15 Apr 1860 Sarah married Granville H. MALLORY b. 22 Feb 1839.
> > They married in Daviess County, Missouri.
> > Sarah RAY-MALLORY is my Grandfather's Grandmother.
> > Thank you, Marie
> > *Researching MALLORY, RAY, ETHINGTON, PRATT and many more~!
> >
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