Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Tombstone Tuesday - Vinesa and Jesse M. Rhea


Vinesa Rhea
Born
Dec. 1, 1852
Died
July 30, 1907 
A tender mother and a good faithful friend 

Jesse M. Rhea
Born
Sept. 2, 1852
Died
Oct. 26, 1910
He was loved by God and man

Buried Leeper Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 9 April 2014.

Jesse M. Ray [sic] married Miss Vinesa Mitchell 18 March 1875 Livingston County. Vinesa Mitchell is found in the household of Miles and Lucinda Mitchell on the 1860 Livingston County census. Jesse Rhea is listed on the 1860 Monroe County, Tennessee census in the home of Wiley and Jane Rhea.

Published 15 July 2014, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Vinesa and Jesse are my 2nd great grandparents.

Jane was a MCDONALD. There is a sad story that has been passed down through the generations about her marital breakup with Wiley in Tennessee.

Lucinda was a BENNETT. Her parents were Nathan BENNETT and Rebecca JONES.

Anyone who descends from the BENNETT’s of Livingston County can find a wealth of research information that goes back to the 1600’s in colonial Virginia and at least 1500 in Somerset, England. They have connections to many historical families.

Most recently, I read about part (at least) of the family who were Virginia Puritans (not to be confused with the New England Puritans).

Brenda Joyce Jerome said...

Thank you for this additional information.