Surnames: Rea, Wright, Bailey, Johnson, Kerr, Hewitt.
Samuel W Rea, farmer and stock grower, Carmichaels, Penna, was born in the township where he resides, February 2, 1829. He is a son of Jesse Rea and Mary Wright Rea, natives of Montgomery County, Penna. His parents were of Scotch Irish origin, and came to Greene County in May, 1828, where Mr Rea, who was a farmer all his life, died in 1870. Samuel W Rea was the only son in a family of four children. He was with his parents on the farm until he attained his majority, and attended the district school in the township and Greene Academy at Carmichaels. He has devoted his
time to farming and the growing of fine stock, and has met with more than the average success. He owns a fine farm of 360 acres in Cumberland Township.Mr Rea was united in marriage in 1848 to Miss Ruth Ann Bailey, daughter of William Bailey and Zillah Johnson Bailey. Their children are: Jesse L Rea; Amanda Jane Rea, wife of H Kerr, and has one daughter, Ruth E Kerr; L M Rea, who married Josephine Hewitt, and is the father of one child, Anna Mary Rea; John M Rea; M Zillah Rea; E F Rea; C Albert Rea; and Calvin W Rea. William B Rea, Hannah Frances Rea, James W Rea and Nettie Rea are deceased. In politics Mr Rea is a Republican. He has been school director in his township, and filled important offices in Carmichaels Presbyterian Church, of which his family are all members.
Note from Gaylene Kerr Banister. Maintainer of the Greene Co., PA, Bibles, Bios, Deeds, Obits, Pensions & Wills GenConnect Boards
H Kerr who married Amanda Jane Rea is Huston Kerr, son of Eleanor Davis and James Shannon Kerr (James Shannon is a brother of my gg-grandfather, Amos H. Kerr). I also have some info about Ruth Ellen Kerr, who married Robert H. Randolph, and their children. Some of the info I have is on my website. There is a Greene Co. GenConnect board for bios.