William Rea

1829 -

• Name	William Rea
  Born	1829	Rea Homestead, Amberson Valley, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	P44559302	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2010

  
  

  Father	Robert Scott Rea,   b. 1773, Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland ,   d. 1844, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Fegan,   b. 1785, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 1815, Amberson Valley, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 30 years)
  Married	1814	Amberson Valley, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
  Family ID	F2384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Wiliiam was 15 when his father died from injuries from a riding accident. He would have probably lived with either his older brother, John (31) or Robert, Jr. (28). John and Robert had petitioned the court for control of their father's land after his death, as he had died intestate, and Robert remained on the family homestead in the Amberson Valley until after the Civil War, at which time he and his wife moved to Page County, Iowa. William was living in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania at the time of his father's death in 1844. He would have been 15 or 16 years old at the time, so it's possible he was staying with relatives there, or perhaps boarding.