James Samuel Rhea (1849-1898), 4th child of Elizabeth Looney Rhea and John Rhea,
grandson of Matthew Rhea and Mary Looney, married Fannie
Bell Trotter. They had 9 children. (For a list of the Rhea pages, see the Rhea Family Tree page.)
- Benjamin Edward Rhea 1881-1923 m. Cleo Arnold. No children.
- Matthew William Rhea 1883-1883.
- James Wilson Rhea 1883-1965 married Mary Lou Cross 1884-1947 and they had
6 children:
- Frances Elizabeth Rhea 1905-1908.
- Marion Overton Rhea 1909-1977 m. in 1926 Harry Gassaway b.1900 div.1940. She married 2nd
in 1943, C. M. Wilkinson b.xxxx d.1943, she married 3rd in 1965 Fred P. Hallum 1905-1982.
No issue ?
- Sarah Bell Rhea 1911- m. in 1941 Charles Tyron McNamee 1910-1978. No issue. (Sarah did
much of the correspondence and data gathering for Robert Rhea on the descendants of John
Rhea and Elizabeth Looney Rhea. She is very much in the literary and historical happenings
in Somerville, Fayette Co., TN.)
- James Samuel Rhea 1913-1973 married Annie Marie Crawford 1917-1993
and they had 3 children:
- Betty Cross Rhea 1915- married Claude Powell Snowden Jr. 1917- and
they had 2 children:
- James Wilson Snowden 1941- married Betty Lou White 1940- and they had 2 children:
- Amy Denise Snowden 1963- m. in 1995 Thomas Michael Embrey 1963-.
- James Wilson Snowden Jr. 1972- .
- Mary Lou Snowden 1950- m. in 1993 Mike Pilcher 1949- .
- Mary Louise Rhea 1925- married Arthur Frank Spengler Jr. 1920-1997
and they had 2 children:
- Sarah Ann Spengler 1957- married Allen Lee Janke 1953-1996 and they had 1 child:
- Zachary Arthur Janke 1984- .
Sarah married 2nd, in 1994, Dennis Dick 1942-1996.
- Mary Margaret Spengler 1960- m. in 1991 David Dean Reineke 1957- .
- John Edmondson Rhea 1885-1925 married Fannie Kemp Watkins 1883-1966
and they had 2 children:
- Addie Francis Rhea 1908-1993.
- Thomas Watkins Rhea 1910-1982 married Lillie Boyd Hightower 1909-1986 and they had 1
child:
- Thomas Watkins Rhea Jr. 1934-1992 married Suzanne Marshall 1940- and they had 2
children:
- Susan Blanche Rhea 1962- married William Selby Kennedy V 1960- and they had 2 children:
- Kaytlyn Suzanne Kennedy 1988- .
- Hannah Ann Kennedy 1992- >
- Martha Boyd Rhea 1964- married Stanley Milton Ferguson III and they had 2 children:
- Richard Thomas Ferguson 1992- .
- Matthew Rhea Ferguson 1994- .
- Sarah Bell Rhea 1889-1976 married Sidney Albert Baynes 1855-1930 and
they had 1 child:
- Mary Virginia Baynes 1922-1994 married Charles Riggs ( ) and they had one son:
Mary Baynes Riggs m. 2nd George Whatley and 3rd. Ridley Mulherrin.
- William Abraham Rhea 1891-1958 married Jessie Evelyn Scott 1896-1971
and they had 2 children:
- William Abraham Rhea Jr. 1921- married Martha Deborah Davis 1924- and they had 2
children:
- Martha Deborah Rhea 1953- married Gerald Francis Slattery Jr. ( ) and they had 3
children:
- Thomas Eamon Slattery 1986- .
- Matthew Rhea Slattery 1987- .
- Anna Elizabeth Slattery 1990- .
- William Humphre Rhea 1954- married Cathy Howell Tidwell 1954- and they had 3 children:
- Catherine Elizabeth Rhea 1983- .
- William Andrew Rhea 1986- .
- Patrick Scott Rhea 1989- .
- Reuben Scott Rhea 1926- married in 1947 Whitney Wheeler Burnette
1928-1984 and they had 2 children:
- Reuben Scott Rhea Jr. 1950- married Margaret Ann Tomlin 1952- and they had 2 children:
- Reuben Scott Rhea III 1977- .
- Gordon Matthew Rhea 1979- .
- Boyd Burnette Rhea 1953- married Jane Jourdan ( ) and they had 3 children:
- Boyd Burnette Rhea Jr. 1977- .
- Olen Jourdan Rhea 1979- .
- Joshua Harris Rhea 1982- .
Reuben Scott Rhea m. 2nd in 1993 Nancy Parsons and 3rd in 1996 Suzanne Marshall 1940-
(widow of Thomas Watkins Rhea, Jr.).
- Hunsdon Cary Rhea 1894-1895.
- Mary Elizabeth Rhea 1896-1984 m. in 1929 Raymond Gill McFadden 1891-1980. No issue.
- Robert Henry Rhea 1896-1955 m. Louise Unknown and 2nd Cora Unknown.
Margaret Eleanor 'Ellen' Rhea (abt1851-1878), 5th child of Elizabeth Looney Rhea and
John Rhea died unmarried.
Sarah Francis Rhea 1853-1924 (6th child of Elizabeth Looney Rhea and
John Rhea) married Henry Harrison Lewis. Continued.
