Biographical Sketch of James H. Rea, Greene County, Missouri, Campbell Township >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** Mr. Rea was born in Franklin county, Illinois, June 29th, 1845. His father, Thomas Rea, was a native of Bedford county, Tenn., born June 11th, 1811, and died in Franklin county, Illinois, in April, 1861. His mother was Miss Thenia Brashers, born in Tennessee, July 14th, 1811 and is still living in Franklin county, Illinois. James was ed- ucated in the common schools of that county, and began farming at an early age. In February, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, 30th Illinois Infantry, and afterwards in Company A, 136th Ill. Infantry, and served until mustered out in October, 1864. He was at Chickamauga, Moscow, the seige of Vicksburg and Lookout Mountain, besides many minor engage- ments. He was wounded at Chickamauga. At the close of the war he returned to Illinois, where he lived until the fall of 1877, when he moved to this county. Mr. Rea was married January 7th, 1865, to Miss Nancy Eubanks, of Franklin county, Illinois, born January 14th, 1843. Their union has been blest with eight children, viz.: Emma D., born November 16th, 1865; Harvey, born October 11th, 1867; Rosanna, born April 6th, 1870; Benjamin F., born August 7th, 1872; Thomas E., born September 19th, 1874; Harry, born August 10th, 1876; Maurice V., born February 29th, 1880; and Abram, born May 24th, 1882. Mrs. Rea was the daughter of John D. Eubanks, M.D., born in July, 1800. He was a chap- lain and surgeon in the Mexican War, and died at Tampico, Mexico, in December, 1847. Her mother was Annie Smothers, born in Tennessee, on July 16th, 1801 and died in Franklin County, Illinois, August 15th, 1875. Mr. Rea lives five miles east of Springfield, on the Martin Ingram place, where he carries on farming and deals largely in live stock. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================