Person:Matthew Rhea (1)

From Notable Southern Families By Zella Armstrong, Janie Preston Collup French:, pg. 254:

• IV MATTHEW RHEA III

IV. = Matthew Rhea III lived and died in Kinnically, near St. Johnston. Ireland. He had a son named William Rhea II. who married Elizabeth Lockhart. William Rhea was born and married in Ireland. After 'the birth of his children he moved. wiIh his 'family to America (1785) and located in Washington County, Virginia, where he lived until ,his dieath. He had children: (1) Mattlhew Rhea IV, who married Margaret Breden, (sister of Frances, Elizabeth and Nancy Breden, who married', respectively, Joseph, William and Samuel Rhea) and had children: (a) Elizabeth Rhea; (b) William Rhea; (c) Margaret Rhea; (d) Robert Bruce Rhea (1814-1888) (married; twice: First, Sarah Ann White, no issue; Second, Sarah Sells. Children: Margaret Rebecca Rhea, (1876-) who married Robert Ear- hart Rhea (son of Joseph Rhea and Elizabetih Ann (Earheart) Rhea). Children under Robert Barnes Rhea: John Matthew Rhea, (1878-) who married Elizabeth Payne (iresham, and had children: Eleanor Elizabeth and John Mail hew Rhea II; William Rankin Rhea, (1880-) who married Mary Zeta Slack, and had children: Robert Bruce and Julia HoLston); (e) Sallie Rhea; (f) Jane Rhea, (married Alexander Doggett. and had chldren: Catherine, James, and William); (2) Jennie Rhea; (3) Joseph Rhea; (4) William Rhea; (5) Sarah Rhea; (6) Elizabeth Rhea; (7) ROBERT RHEA. (1784-1841) (was born in Ireland and came to America wNh his father (1785) and located in Washington County. Virginia. Later he moved to Sullivan County, Tennessee, where he lived 'until his death). He married twice: First, Elizabeth Rhea (daughter of Rev. Joseph Rhea and Elizabetih (Mcllwaine) Rhea); Second, Jane Scott (daughter of John Scott, a colonel in the Revolutionary War). By his firsl' wife he had four children, given in full under Elizabeth Rhea. By the second wife he had children: (a) Mary Rhea, (1827-1882) who married James J. Snapp, and had children: Robert L. Snapp; Mary J. Snapp; James B. Snapp; Sarah E. Snapp; Margaret V. Snapp, (1857) (who married Robert Snapp, and had children: Mary E. Snapp, who married Oharles R. Bright, and had children: Virgnia and William; Myrtle Snapp; James Snapp; Mattie L. Snapp, who 'married Joseph Booher, and had children: Belle and Everett; Margaret Snapp; Landon Snapp); Loueja Snapp; Laura Snapp; William Snapp; (b) Jane Rhea, who married Smith; (c) Margaret Rhea, who married Audley Anderson (son of Edward B. Anderson and Eleanor (Rhea) Anderson). Children under Edward B. Anderson.

Note: William F. Rhea, member of congress from 9Ui Virginia District, is a grandson of William Rlhea and Elizabeth (Lockhart) Rhea.

1. ↑ Preston Genealogy Web Page, page of Fred Preston (e-mail: fpreston@@iamerica.net)
   Rhea Family Tree.