Rachel, the oldest daughter, born in Greenbrier County, Virginia, October 16, 1783; married November 20, 1801, James Rhea, born in the same county, June 3, 1780; moved to Barren County, Kentucky; had ten children; then moved to Jefferson County, Illinois, to the old Rhea place, four miles northeast of Eichview, in 1824, where their youngest child, Thomas F., was born, July 28; in 1827 James Rhea and most of his family moved to Island Grove township, in Sangamon County, where he died in 1843, his widow in 1851. Of their children, the oldest was Elizabeth, born in 1802, in Barren Sangamon; County, Kentucky, and married thereto George May; emigrated from thence with their parents first to Jefferson County, then to moved afterwards to Mason County, where she died her husband and children then moved to Gentry County, Missouri.
The oldest son was James, who was born August 27, 1804; married in Jefferson County, Illinois, in 1826, Susan Mattox; was a soldier in Captain Bowman's company in the Black Hawk War; a captain of militia in 1832-33; after killing his uncle accidentally in 1832 moved near Little Rock, Arkansas, in the fall of 1834, and died there in 1840, leaving a widow and three children. William, the second son, born March 10, 1807; married December 11, 1828, Susan Foutch, in Sangamon County; had twelve children, nine of whom lived to maturity; and died February 8, 1860; his widow lives near New Berlin, Illinois. Richard, the third son, born January 14, 1809; married to Eliza Rhea and had three children; when he died his widow married William Etheridge, and moved to Iowa. Jehoida, born October 11, 1813; married, in Sangamon County, John Foutch in 1827, and had four children, and died about fifteen years ago.
Rachel died at the age of ten. John, born July 14, 1817; married November, 14, 1839, Julia A. Stark, born June 21, 1823, in Rutland, they had seven children, and with their children and descendants, live near New Berlin, Sangamon County. Mahala, born April 25, 1820; married, in Sangamon County, Joseph Pulsifer; had twin sons, Kevo and Nevi, who are married and live in Gentry County, Missouri; their mother died soon after their birth, and their father disappeared, it is thought was murdered for money while on a business trip to St. Louis. Mary A., born October 27, 1822; died April 28, 1851; married E. E. Alsbury; had one child, Lucinda, who married James Shuff. Thomas F. Rhea, the youngest son, born in Jefferson County; married October 3, 1844, Lucinda Wilcox; has five children living, all daughters; is a stock-raiser and dealer at New Berlin, Sangamon County.
