Story of Samuel and his Wife Patsy from:
HANCOCK COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND ITS PEOPLE 1844 - 1989, © 1990 Hancock County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.,
MARTHA "PATSY" ODLE RHEA
Patsy was born in Virginia to parents unknown. At age seventeen she married Jeremiah Odle, a newcomer to Tennessee. A widower, Jeremiah had recently moved from up state New York with his three sons, Samuel, Robert, and Jeremiah Jr. In 1832, a son, William, was born to this union. The elder Jeremiah died when his son was two years old.
Without benefit of marriage, Patsy moved into a small log cabin within the town site of Greasy Rock with Samuel "Ham" Rhea. Born to this couple were the following children; Mary Elizabeth b. 1835, Joseph G. b. 1838, Malissa E. b. 1839, Susanah "Suki" b. 1841, Nancy b. 1843, William Doll b. 1845, Andrew G. b. 1847, Oliver b. 1850, Lee b. 1854.
Samuel was a blacksmith and supplemented his income by fiddling. Right from the beginning, Samuel treated William like one of his own children. By the time he was able to hold a hammer, Samuel was teaching young William his trade.
In 1858, Patsy was separated from Samuel and was living in the Prospect area of Newman's Ridge with her four youngest children. Most of the Civil War years were spent living amongst her friends, the Goodmans, Bunchs, and Collins. When William Doll left his wife, Elizabeth Howell, Patsy moved to the river bottoms along the Clinch River, just below the Sneedville Bridge. Elizabeth needed help with her children, and Patsy need a home.
Several months after Patsy's son, Captain William Odle was killed, Jane, his wife, died of pneumonia. This left five orphaned children. Patsy volunteered to raise the youngest child, Tennie, age five.
When Patsy's granddaughter, Martha Odle. married and moved to Morristown in 1877, Patsy joined the newlyweds. Patsy died at age seventy-five and lies buried in the cemetery directly west of the court house. Her headstone reads:
MARTHA RHEA
BORN MAR. 24, 1812
DIED JULY 15, 1887
Sometime after 1880, a winter storm caught Samuel unprepared on the banks of the Clinch River. He sought overnight lodgings, but was turned away. The next morning he was found face down, frozen to death. He is buried next to Patsy.
HANCOCK COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND ITS PEOPLE 1844 - 1989, © 1990 Hancock County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.,
MARTHA "PATSY" ODLE RHEA
Patsy was born in Virginia to parents unknown. At age seventeen she married Jeremiah Odle, a newcomer to Tennessee. A widower, Jeremiah had recently moved from up state New York with his three sons, Samuel, Robert, and Jeremiah Jr. In 1832, a son, William, was born to this union. The elder Jeremiah died when his son was two years old.
Without benefit of marriage, Patsy moved into a small log cabin within the town site of Greasy Rock with Samuel "Ham" Rhea. Born to this couple were the following children; Mary Elizabeth b. 1835, Joseph G. b. 1838, Malissa E. b. 1839, Susanah "Suki" b. 1841, Nancy b. 1843, William Doll b. 1845, Andrew G. b. 1847, Oliver b. 1850, Lee b. 1854.
Samuel was a blacksmith and supplemented his income by fiddling. Right from the beginning, Samuel treated William like one of his own children. By the time he was able to hold a hammer, Samuel was teaching young William his trade.
In 1858, Patsy was separated from Samuel and was living in the Prospect area of Newman's Ridge with her four youngest children. Most of the Civil War years were spent living amongst her friends, the Goodmans, Bunchs, and Collins. When William Doll left his wife, Elizabeth Howell, Patsy moved to the river bottoms along the Clinch River, just below the Sneedville Bridge. Elizabeth needed help with her children, and Patsy need a home.
Several months after Patsy's son, Captain William Odle was killed, Jane, his wife, died of pneumonia. This left five orphaned children. Patsy volunteered to raise the youngest child, Tennie, age five.
When Patsy's granddaughter, Martha Odle. married and moved to Morristown in 1877, Patsy joined the newlyweds. Patsy died at age seventy-five and lies buried in the cemetery directly west of the court house. Her headstone reads:
MARTHA RHEA
BORN MAR. 24, 1812
DIED JULY 15, 1887
Sometime after 1880, a winter storm caught Samuel unprepared on the banks of the Clinch River. He sought overnight lodgings, but was turned away. The next morning he was found face down, frozen to death. He is buried next to Patsy.
Story of Samuel and his Wife Patsy from:
HANCOCK COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND ITS PEOPLE 1844 - 1989, © 1990 Hancock County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.,
MARTHA "PATSY" ODLE RHEA
Patsy was born in Virginia to parents unknown. At age seventeen she married Jeremiah Odle, a newcomer to Tennessee. A widower, Jeremiah had recently moved from up state New York with his three sons, Samuel, Robert, and Jeremiah Jr. In 1832, a son, William, was born to this union. The elder Jeremiah died when his son was two years old.
Without benefit of marriage, Patsy moved into a small log cabin within the town site of Greasy Rock with Samuel "Ham" Rhea. Born to this couple were the following children; Mary Elizabeth b. 1835, Joseph G. b. 1838, Malissa E. b. 1839, Susanah "Suki" b. 1841, Nancy b. 1843, William Doll b. 1845, Andrew G. b. 1847, Oliver b. 1850, Lee b. 1854.
Samuel was a blacksmith and supplemented his income by fiddling. Right from the beginning, Samuel treated William like one of his own children. By the time he was able to hold a hammer, Samuel was teaching young William his trade.
In 1858, Patsy was separated from Samuel and was living in the Prospect area of Newman's Ridge with her four youngest children. Most of the Civil War years were spent living amongst her friends, the Goodmans, Bunchs, and Collins. When William Doll left his wife, Elizabeth Howell, Patsy moved to the river bottoms along the Clinch River, just below the Sneedville Bridge. Elizabeth needed help with her children, and Patsy need a home.
Several months after Patsy's son, Captain William Odle was killed, Jane, his wife, died of pneumonia. This left five orphaned children. Patsy volunteered to raise the youngest child, Tennie, age five.
When Patsy's granddaughter, Martha Odle. married and moved to Morristown in 1877, Patsy joined the newlyweds. Patsy died at age seventy-five and lies buried in the cemetery directly west of the court house. Her headstone reads:
MARTHA RHEA
BORN MAR. 24, 1812
DIED JULY 15, 1887
Sometime after 1880, a winter storm caught Samuel unprepared on the banks of the Clinch River. He sought overnight lodgings, but was turned away. The next morning he was found face down, frozen to death. He is buried next to Patsy.
HANCOCK COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND ITS PEOPLE 1844 - 1989, © 1990 Hancock County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.,
MARTHA "PATSY" ODLE RHEA
Patsy was born in Virginia to parents unknown. At age seventeen she married Jeremiah Odle, a newcomer to Tennessee. A widower, Jeremiah had recently moved from up state New York with his three sons, Samuel, Robert, and Jeremiah Jr. In 1832, a son, William, was born to this union. The elder Jeremiah died when his son was two years old.
Without benefit of marriage, Patsy moved into a small log cabin within the town site of Greasy Rock with Samuel "Ham" Rhea. Born to this couple were the following children; Mary Elizabeth b. 1835, Joseph G. b. 1838, Malissa E. b. 1839, Susanah "Suki" b. 1841, Nancy b. 1843, William Doll b. 1845, Andrew G. b. 1847, Oliver b. 1850, Lee b. 1854.
Samuel was a blacksmith and supplemented his income by fiddling. Right from the beginning, Samuel treated William like one of his own children. By the time he was able to hold a hammer, Samuel was teaching young William his trade.
In 1858, Patsy was separated from Samuel and was living in the Prospect area of Newman's Ridge with her four youngest children. Most of the Civil War years were spent living amongst her friends, the Goodmans, Bunchs, and Collins. When William Doll left his wife, Elizabeth Howell, Patsy moved to the river bottoms along the Clinch River, just below the Sneedville Bridge. Elizabeth needed help with her children, and Patsy need a home.
Several months after Patsy's son, Captain William Odle was killed, Jane, his wife, died of pneumonia. This left five orphaned children. Patsy volunteered to raise the youngest child, Tennie, age five.
When Patsy's granddaughter, Martha Odle. married and moved to Morristown in 1877, Patsy joined the newlyweds. Patsy died at age seventy-five and lies buried in the cemetery directly west of the court house. Her headstone reads:
MARTHA RHEA
BORN MAR. 24, 1812
DIED JULY 15, 1887
Sometime after 1880, a winter storm caught Samuel unprepared on the banks of the Clinch River. He sought overnight lodgings, but was turned away. The next morning he was found face down, frozen to death. He is buried next to Patsy.
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