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Subject: Re: [RHEA] Attn: Polly from Helen (William Henry Rhea/Ray)
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:49:51 EDT

In a message dated 9/22/2003 12:05:50 AM Central Daylight Time,
writes:

> have heard a story similar to the one you related about the father dying
> and the mother re-marrying, but it doesn't seem to fit with what I know
> about Lewis L. Rhea and Martha "Patsy" Holloway. They were both elderly
> when they died. The version of the story I heard was written to Mr. Will
> Parham, researcher and historian in East Tennessee back in the 1920s and
> 1930s. I have a copy of that letter from the Will Parham Papers at the
> McClung Library in Knoxville

I agree with you that Lewis' 7th son, William H. Ray, is not the one for
whomI am searching - Lewis' son was b. 1845 and our William married in 1837 . I
should mention that he died ca. 1845 in MS

Is there a William Henry Ray mentioned in the letter of the Will Parham
Papers? Are these papers available online?

Thank you so much for helping with this search. It is frustating not to have
found anything about his ancestry in all these years.

Helen

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