Matthew Robert Rhea

1846-1902

Matthew Robert Rhea b. 7-5-1846 d. 8-21-1902 third child of Elizabeth Looney Rhea and John Rhea, married on 12-14-1870, Anna Adelaide Tucker b.7-22-1850 d.6-10-1938 and they had 4 children.: Other pages in this line are Matthew Rhea and Mary Looney, Harriet Rhea and Arthur Peter Winfrey.

  1. Thomas Tucker Rhea b. 10-8-1872 d.8-18-1944 married Susan Mae Thomson on 1-27-1908.
  2. John William Rhea b.7-22-1874 d.9-28-1874.
  3. Lucy Mary ("Lula Mae") Rhea b.8-9-1876 d.3-6-1912 married Dr. George Mosely Shaw (1863-1941) and had one child.
    • Lucy Adelaide Shaw (1911-1911).
  4. Edward Francis Rhea b.1-30-1878 d. 6-10-1957 married on 3/4-27-1909, Mary Adele Herbert b.10-30-1885 d.12-20-1969 and they had 3 children.:
    1. Frances Adele Rhea b.10-27-1916 married twice. First to Richard Hanslow Harrison b.1911. Married on 2-9-1938 and they had 3 children. She married secondly James Albert Murphy on 10-8-1949, no children recorded.
      • Lynn Harrison b.9-16-1941 married on 6-22-1962 to Donald Wayne Gardner 1935- and they had 2 children:
        • Stephen Allen Gardner (1964- ) married Robin Elizabeth Logerwell (1963- ) and they had 2 children:
          • Joshua Thomas L. Gardner (1989- ).
          • Kelsey Erin Gardner (1991- ).
        • David Todd Gardner (1967- ).
      • Richard Hanslow Harrison II b.6-23-1944 married Ellen Doris Katharina Steglich (1947- ) and they had 1 child:
        • Mark Gotthard Harrison (1976- ).
      • Gene Lee Harrison b.2-25-1946.
    2. Thomas Edward Rhea b.1-6-1920 married on 2-5-1944 Helena Annette Card b.8-11-1918 d.5-31-1990 and they had 8 children: (Thomas married secondly on 11-25-1991 Josephine Muri Townsend b.2-18-1943.)
      1. Thomas Edward Rhea Jr. (1945- ) married in 1966 Donna Fern Thomas (1947- ) and they had 2 children: (Thomas and Donna were divorced in 1978. Thomas married in 1981 Karen P. Evans b.1948. They were divorced in 1993.
        • Thomas Edward Rhea III (1972- ).
        • Lynnette Frances Rhea (1977- ).
      2. Allene Adele Rhea (1946- ) married Johnie Dale Grimes (1947- ) and they had 4 children:
        • Rachel Lenette Grimes (1969- ) married Douglas O'Neal Allen (1969- ) and they had 2 children:
          • Brittney Annette Allen (1991- ).
          • Whittney Allene Allen (1991- ).
        • Katherine Allene Grimes (1972- ).
        • Rebecca Jane Grimes (1977- ).
        • Victoria Rhea Grimes (1983- ).
      3. Catherine Rhea 1949-1949).
      4. George Matthew Rhea 1950-1997 married Gail Anita Russell 1949- and they had 2 children:
        • April Anita Rhea 1977- .
        • Stephen Matthew Rhea 1983- .
      5. Sarah Elizabeth Rhea 1951- married Robert James White 1951- and they had 3 children:
        • Elizabeth Adele White 1976- .
        • James Harrison White 1980- .
        • John Rhea White 1983- .
      6. Herbert Card Rhea 1956- married Nellie Lavonne Fry 1955- and they had 2 children:
        • Joshua Glen Rhea 1980- .
        • Ashley Marie Rhea 1984- .
      7. Richard Card Rhea 1956- married Lanney Louise Cooper 1957- and they had 4 children:
        • Amy Elizabeth Rhea 1983- .
        • Bradley Adam Rhea 1985- .
        • Amanda Leeann Rhea 1987- .
        • Melissa Annette Rhea 1990- .
      8. Robert Eugene Rhea b.11-6-1958 in Oklahoma married Lisa Jane Martin 1960- and they had 2 children:
        • Matthew Robert Rhea 1987- .
        • Alexander Samuel Rhea 1992- .
    3. Stephen Herbert Rhea b. 8-18-1922 married on 9-7-1945 Sarah Linda Williams and they had 4 children:
      1. Stephen Herbert Rhea Jr. 1949- married Leigh Schopfer 1952- and they had 2 children:
        • Emily Keith Rhea 1983- .
        • Elizabeth Leigh Rhea 1986- .
      2. Suzanne McCleish Rhea 1951- .
      3. Linda Lavenia Rhea 1956-1956.
      4. Marilyn Baird Rhea (1959- ) married Van Cheeseman on 9-27-1997 in Memphis, TN.

    James Samuel Rhea (1849-1898), 4th child of Elizabeth Looney Rhea and John Rhea, married Fannie Bell Trotter. See the page James Samuel Rhea.


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