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George W. Rea (Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1799 d. 1875

Lewis County, Kentucky farmer. Maryland native. Married to Susan McElvain Rea in Lewis County on August 27, 1822. Father of George W. Rea, Mary E. Rea, John Rea, Elizabeth Rea, Joseph Rea, Margaret J. Rea, Susan H. Rea, Amanda E. Rea, and Henry C. Rea. Farmer in Lewis County in 1850. Farmer in Lewis County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 2, p. 181B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 804.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lewis County Marriages, Film #000344051, p. 60.

Find A Grave, "George W. Rea (1827-1875)," Memorial #129759191, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129759191 (accessed April 17, 2020).

Citation

Rea, George W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213587 (November 12, 2026).

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