Eliza Rhea "Grandma" Anderson Fain
Birth: Aug. 1, 1816
Blountville
Sullivan County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Jan. 19, 1892
Rogersville
Hawkins County
Tennessee, USA
Granddaughter of Col. John Anderson, Sr. (of John Anderson Blockhouse history) and Rebecca Malissa (Maxwell) [Hall] Anderson; AND Rev. Joseph C. Rhea and Frances (Breden) Rhea.
Daughter of Audley "Andy" Anderson and Elizabeth (Rhea) [Anderson] Fain.
Sister of Frances Rhea "Fannie" (Anderson) McAlister, Rebecca Maxwell (Anderson) Gammon, and Nancy Rhea Audley (Anderson) Gammon.
Wife of Col. Richard Gammon Fain, Sr., CSA, Civil War.
Mother of Hiram Fain, Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" Fain, Sarah Gammon "Sallie" (Fain) Fain, Nicholas "Nick" Fain, Samuel A. "Sam" Fain, Isaac Anderson "Ike" Fain, George Powell Fain, Frances Susan "Fannie" (Fain) [Smith] Campbell, Richard Gammon "Dick" Fain, Jr., John Lynn Fain, Nancy Anderson "Nannie" Fain, Ellen Rhea "Ella" Fain, and Eliza Ruth "Silla" "Lillie" Fain.
Eliza Rhea (Anderson) Fain was my 1st cousin 4 times removed through the Anderson families of Scott County, VA and Bledsoe County, TN.
Updated April 9, 2014.
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Parents:
Audley Anderson (1785 - 1818)
Elizabeth Rhea Fain (1789 - 1853)
Spouse:
Richard Gammon Fain (1811 - 1878)
Children:
Hiram Fain (1834 - 1869)*
Sarah Sallie Gammon Fain (1838 - 1912)*
Nicholas Fain (1840 - 1900)*
Samuel A. Fain (1842 - 1874)*
Isaac Anderson Fain (1844 - 1917)*
Frances Susan Fain Campbell (1848 - 1914)*
Richard G. Fain (1852 - 1922)*
Nancy Anderson Fain (1854 - 1876)*
Ellen Rhea Fain (1856 - 1879)*
Eliza Ruth Fain (1858 - 1882)*
Siblings:
Frances Rhea Anderson McAlister (1812 - 1856)*
Rebecca Maxwell Anderson Gammon (1814 - 1863)*
Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain (1816 - 1892)
Nancy Rhea Audley Anderson Gammon (1818 - 1837)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Rogersville
Hawkins County
Tennessee, USA
Created by: Sammy Boyd, Genealogist
Record added: Apr 01, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 67753939