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From: "Patricia Hall" <>
Subject: [RHEA] 6. Robert Rhea
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 12:43:53 -0500


6. Robert Rhea was born in 1759, and died October 31, 1834 in Pocahontas
County, Virginia, now West Virginia.[67]After three years of separation, in
1796 he divorced his first wife, Martha Meek,daughter of Thomas and
Agnes/Nancy Meek,[72]and sister to Elizabeth,the wife of his brother, James.
The grounds were adultery and desertion.[174] There were five
children:(1)William Rhea, October 30,1782-March 2, 1855,[175]who married
Elizabeth Boiler, sister to Catherine, his father's second wife,February 24,
1802.[176]their six children were (A)David Rhea,who married Elizabeth
Givens,December 31,1822; (B)Martha Rhea, married to George C. Givens,October
12, 1826; (C)Sarah/Sally Rhea, married 1st,David Carson,October 11,
1831,2nd,Edward Daniels;(D)Samuel Rhea, married Eleanor Wilday, January 7,
1841; (E)Nancy Rhea, who married William Smith; and (F)Thomas Rhea, married
to hannah Carson, January 25,1832. David, Martha,and possibly Sarah were
born in Virginia, the other in Pike County,Ohio.[177](2)Martha Rhea married
Thomas Rhea, believed to be the son of her uncle, James, the bond dated
january 23,1804,[86](see above under "James"). (3) Thomas Rhea may have
married Mary/Polly rhea, daughter of his uncle, James, June 27,1805,in
Barren County, Kentucky,[87](see under "James").Robert bequeathed one
hundred dollars to be divided among Thomas' children, and the same amount
for (Samuel Rhea's children.[90] (5)Robert Rhea Jr., who left few traces in
Virginia, may have moved to Hopkins County, Kentucky(see above under
"Alexander").
Robert's second marriage was to Catherine Boiler, daughter of David and
Nancy'Agnes(Fisher)Boiler, the sister of Elizabeth, wife of his son,
William. The marriage bond, which included the names of her parents, was
signed in Bath County on October 25, 1798.[178]She died testate at age 81 on
September 21,1856.[67,179]The names and birth dates of their children are in
the Robert Rhea Family Bible.[67](1)James Rhea, born April 25,1799, married
1st,Betty Callison, May 8,1822. His second wife was Sarah Goodwin or
Goodman.He moved to Missouri in 1838. (2)Nancy Rhea,was born March 19,1801,
and (3)Elizabeth Rhea, born September 7, 1803. Both died in July, 1805.
(4)Hannah Rhea, April 5, 1806, married William Collison on October 16,
1828.(5)Ann Rhea,April 4,1809, married William Hill on April 17, 1828.
(6)David Rhea, September 12, 1811, married Ruth Kinison on September 2,
1833. By 1838, he was living in Lagrange County, Indiana.[181](7) Archibald
Rhea,born June 5, 1818, died in Johnson County, Missouri on September 14,
1902.On December 20, 1838, he married Jeannette Beard, August 13,1819 to
June 11, 1894. Their children were: William Robert Rhea, born April 20,1840,
Elizabeth Katherine Rhea, September 22,1842, Margaret Martha Rhea, March
30,1845-December 24,1934, and James David Rhea, born January 20,1848. On
December 22, 1868, Margaret Martha Rhea married William MathisWolfenbarger,
February 18, 1842-July 1, 1915. They were the parents of eight
children.[180]Robert's widow, Catharine, left each of her sons one dollar,
and divided everything among Hannah's children and Ann.[182]
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