William Porter Rhea was born about 1827 or 1830 in Wayne County, Tennessee, to Moses and Martha Viannah (Austin) Rhea. He married Mary Ann Byrne between 1850 and 1858, in Arkansas. William P. and Mary Anne had these children: Cornelia Ann Rhea (Tucker), Vianna Rhea (Bradley), Mary Josephine Rhea (Rogers), Texas Byrnes Rhea (Rogers), Margaret E. Rhea (Bradley), William A. Rhea, Ida Rowena Rhea (Davis), Eda Rhea (Lawson), Laura Rhea, John Hudgins Rhea, James Otis Rhea, and Tessa Bertie Rhea. William died on September 9, 1892, in McLennan County, Texas, and was buried in the Fletcher Cemetery, McLennan County, TX.
Info in the McLennan County Early death book:
Rhea, W. P. 65 yrs; by W.A. Rhea; d. of consumption (TB), Sept. 9, 1892; int. at Fletcher Cem., Sept. 10; 32.15; 1-169
William Porter Rhea was born about 1827 or 1830 in Wayne County, Tennessee, to Moses and Martha Viannah (Austin) Rhea. He married Mary Ann Byrne between 1850 and 1858, in Arkansas. William P. and Mary Anne had these children: Cornelia Ann Rhea (Tucker), Vianna Rhea (Bradley), Mary Josephine Rhea (Rogers), Texas Byrnes Rhea (Rogers), Margaret E. Rhea (Bradley), William A. Rhea, Ida Rowena Rhea (Davis), Eda Rhea (Lawson), Laura Rhea, John Hudgins Rhea, James Otis Rhea, and Tessa Bertie Rhea. William died on September 9, 1892, in McLennan County, Texas, and was buried in the Fletcher Cemetery, McLennan County, TX.
Info in the McLennan County Early death book:
Rhea, W. P. 65 yrs; by W.A. Rhea; d. of consumption (TB), Sept. 9, 1892; int. at Fletcher Cem., Sept. 10; 32.15; 1-169
Gravesite Details
The military marker actually belongs to Walter Preston Rhea of Tennessee, not to William Porter Rhea.
Family Members
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Cornelia Ann Rhea Tucker
1858–1939
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Vianna Rhea Bradley
1860–1932
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Mary Josiephine Rhea Rogers
1861–1917
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Texas Byrne Rhea Rogers
1863–1939
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Margaret Rhea Bradley
1865–1936
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William Alexander Rhea
1867–1939
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Ida Rowena Rhea Davis
1870–1946
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Eda Rhea Lawson
1872–1971
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John Hudgins Rhea
1877–1937
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James Otis Rhea
1879–1960
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Tessa Bertie Rhea
1883–1972
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Laura Rhea Kennedy
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