Robert Preston Rhea 1791-1872

Robert Preston Rhea (1791-1872), second child of Jane Preston and Matthew Rhea, married Nancy Davidson (1801-1875) in 1828 and they had 7 children:(Data for this page is from "The Family Tree" by Mary Preston Gray and much of he later information was supplied by Robert E. Rhea.) NOTE: The symbol ~ means about or approximately. Also use to indicate estimated dates. > means after and

1. Matthew Rhea b.1838 d.xxxx married Sallie or Sarah F. Rhea 1845-1893.
2. Jane Rhea b.~1827 married Dr. Rivers b.abt.1810
3. Josiah Davidson Rhea b.~1829
4. John Preston Rhea 1829-1896 married Matilda Ann Longacre 1834-1922 and they had 10 children:
1. Mary Genevieve Rhea 1858-1902 married Edward J. Burkey. They had one child:
• Mary Burkey married William Thomas and had one son:
• William Thomas.
2. Nannie Rhea 1860-1860
3. Matthew Belmont Rhea 1862-1891.
4. Robert Orestes Rhea 1864-1938 married Barsha Maggie Gammon 1868-xxxx and they had 5 children:
• Karl Rhea ~ 1888 married Zilla Webb and they had 2 children:
• Mary Nell Rhea ~1910 married Charles O. Harris and had one daughter:
• Susan Harris.
• Karl C. Rhea ~1912.
• Belmont Rhea ~1890 married ? Holborn and had one daughter name unknown.
• Bertha Viola Rhea b.~1892 d.1966 married Irby Leonard Ramsey 1915-1978 and they had 5 children:
• Margaret Irene Ramsey.
• Mary Elizabeth Ramsey.
• Glenn Orestus Ramsey married and had one son Ronald L. Ramsey b.1955.
• Irby Lynn Ramsey.
• Clarabelle Ramsey.
• Clara Beatrice Rhea 1893-1954.
• Lorena Rhea 1901-1972.
5. Nancy Kalla Rhea 1866-1936 married Eli Warren and had 4 children:
• Cecil Rhea Warren.
• Clair King Warren.
• Ernest Glenolyn Warren.
• Eric Lynn Warren.
6. Joseph Addison Longacre Rhea 1869-1948 married Emma Mills and had 2 children:
• Hal Preston Rhea abt.1895.
• Gladys Rhea b.abt.1897 d.1972 married Hampton Hyder and had 2 children:
• Jane Rhea Hyder.
• Marjorie Nelle Hyder.
7. John Preston Rhea Jr. 1872-1915 married Ada Texanna Carmack 1878-1924 and they had 3 children:
• Matthew Wendell Rhea 1905-1972.
• Mary Beuloxia Rhea 1906-1982 married Edward Blevins and had one son who died in infancy.
• Eva Preston Rhea 1910- married Claude J. Buckles 1904-1968 and they had one daughter:
• Jane Preston Buckles 1944- married Robert C. Hersch 1941-1989 and they had one son:
• William Preston Hersch 1978- .
8. Margaret A. Rhea 1874-1917 married Elihu F. Dykes 1872-1913 and they had one child who died in infancy.
9. Josiah Edward Rhea 1877-1944 married Nannie Jackson and they had 2 children:
• Gwendolyn Rhea b.abt.1900.
• Lyle Rhea b.abt.1902.
10. Nora Matilda Rhea 1878-1949.
5. Sarah Rhea b.1840 d.xxxx married Mr. C. C. Jackson b.abt.1820
6. Robert Campbell Rhea (1837-1911), a physician, married Margaret Caroline McQueen (1846-1930) and had eleven children.:
1. Samuel Robert Rhea (1868-1930) first child of Robert C and Margaret, married Nelly Hendrickson and they had 4 children.:
• Caroline Rhea b.~1898
• Robert Rhea b.~1899
• Randolf Rhea b.~1900.
• Margaret Rhea b.~1901
2. Mary Elizabeth Rhea (1869-1924) married Dr. Shoun Donnelly 1869-1915 (Another source refers to him as Joseph Smith Donnelly) of Mountain City, Tenn. They had 3 children.:
• Jane or Irene Donnelly 1897-1978 married Robert Wiely Sutherland (1890-1966) and they had 2 children:
• Nancy Elizabeth Sutherland 1925-1995 married Richard Starr Boswell 1927-1980 and they had 3 children:
• Richard Starr Boswell Jr. 1950- married Lillian Virginia Glenn b.1956 and they had one daughter:
• Sara Elizabeth Boswell b.1985 .
• Elizabeth Donnelly Boswell b.1954 .
• Wiely Sutherland Boswell b.1956 married Pamela Sears b.1956 and they had 2 children:
• Pamela Starr Boswell.
• Wiely Sutherland Boswell Jr. b.1989 .
• Joseph Clayton Sutherland 1926-1968 married Sara Elizabeth Reddock 1921- and they had 3 children:
• Joseph Clayton Sutherland Jr. 1953- married Sharon Angela Hanmaker 1959- and they had 3 children:
• Laura Elizabeth Sutherland 1982- .
• Susan Alison Sutherland 1986- .
• Angela Blair Sutherland 1988- .
• Margaret Leigh Sutherland 1956- married Richard Berry Smith 1952- and they had one daughter:
• Ashley Mary Smith 1986-
• Charles Reddock Sutherland 1960- married Terrell Alashia Dawson 1960- and they had one son:
• Charles Reddock Sutherland Jr.
• Harrison Rhea Donnelly 1899-1926 .
• Margaret Edith Donnelly 1900-1986 married William Young Hill 1900-1978 and they had 3 children:
• Elizabeth Ann Hill 1927- married Earl Ray Sullivan 1922- and they had 2 children:
• Dennis Lynn Sullivan 1955- married Rosa Christina Guevara 1959- and they had 2 children:
• Erin Rhea Guevara Sullivan 1991- .
• Elena Pilar Guevara Sullivan 1994- .
• Margaret LaUna Sullivan 1959- married Gregory La Monte Howard 1954- and they had 3 children:
• Victoria Elizabeth Howard 1991- .
• Erica Lynn Howard 1994- .
• Alexandra Katherine Howard 1997- .
• Janice Rhea Hill 1930-1975 .
• William Donnelly Hill 1931-1986 married Evalyn Mae Wilson 1939- and they had 5 children:
• Brenda Rhea Hill 1961- married Jeffrey Lynn Bowman 1959- and they had 2 children:
• Rachel Elizabeth Bowman 1986- .
• Andrew William Bowman 1987- .
• William Wilson Hill 1963- married Robin Delain Main 1966- and they had one child:
• Mandy Brooke Hill 1991- .
• Rebecca Leah Hill 1964- .
• Beverly Lynn Hill 1968- .
• Bridgette Young Hill 1969- .
3. Nancy Matilda/Martitia Rhea (1871-1942) married Dr. Charles Meigs Dulaney 1868-1934 of Blountville, Tenn. They had 7 children.:
• Charles Meigs Dulaney II
• Robert Nathan Dulaney married and had a son, Charles Wright Dulaney.
• William Davis Dulaney married Dorothy Brown and they had 3 children:
• William Dulaney.
• Carol Dulaney.
• ???? Dulaney.
• Mary Elizabeth Dulaney
• John Jay Dulaney
• Laura Dulaney
• James Rhea Dulaney
4. Margaret Belle Rhea b.1873 d.xxxx dau. of Robert C. and Margaret McQueen, died unmarried.
5. Josiah Davidson Rhea b.>1873 died unmarried.
6. Francis Preston Rhea b.>1874 unmarried.
7. John Wayne Rhea b.>1875 died young.
8. Charles Caldwell Rhea b.>1876.
9. Edwin Bruce Rhea b.>1877.
10. Eleanor Campbell Rhea b.1885 d.xxxx married William Clayton Wright of Mountain City, Tenn. They had one child.
• Charles McQueen Wright b.~1910 married Nell Turner and had 2 children.
• George Wright.
• Bill Wright.
11. Beulah Carolyn Rhea b.1890 d.xxxx last child of Robert C. and Margaret McQueen was unmarried.
7. Margaret "Mollie" Rhea b.~1839, daughter of Robert Preston Rhea and Nancy Davidson Rhea was unmarried.

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