William Alexander Rhea
Full Name: William Alexander Rhea
Date of birth: February 24, 1833
Date of death: March 26, 1906
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Terms of Service top
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Nov 2, 1863 - Aug 6, 1866
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10th
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McKinney / Collin
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Collin
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Resolutions and Journal entries |
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Capt. William A. Rhea, 29th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 3/29/1906, pp. 34-35.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Biographical sketch, Capt. William Alexander Rhea, pp. 717-718. "Early in 1863 he returned to Texas, and the following year was elected a member of the legislature." Marriage to Ella Foote, 7/16/1868.
Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
Capt. William Alexander Rhea, portraits, biographical sketch, interment in Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Collin County.
Find a Grave.
RHEA, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1833-1906).
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait/drawing, "Gubernatorial Possibilities - No. 2," Fort Worth Gazette, 3/10/1892, p. 13, crediting UNT Libraries. Birth date 2/24/1833, "represented Collin county once in the legislature in 1864 while on his crutches."
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Confederate States Army, Captain, Company D, 6th Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, W.A. Rhea.
Find a Grave.
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company D, 6th Texas Cavalry; assistant adjutant general for organization of state militia.
Handbook of Texas Online.
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William Alexander Rhea, birth date 2/24/1833 in Tennessee, death date 3/26/1906 in Collin County, Texas; spouse Ella B. Foote, son William Alexander Rhea (1874-1941); family tree of CMKnight.
Ancestry.com.
William A. Rhea, death date 3/26/1906 in McKinney, Collin County.
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Notice of Texas House of Representatives honoring the memory of Capt. W.A. Rhea, 4/7/1906, p. 6.
Galveston Daily News.
Obituary and portrait, "Death of Capt. W.A. Rhea." The Democrat (McKinney), 3/29/1906, p. 8, crediting the Collin County Genealogical Society.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Mentioned in memorial for son W.A. Rhea, founder of Southern Methodist University Law School, August 1941, pp. 441-442.
Texas Bar Journal.
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