Bethea Family

Genealogy Website

This is a history of the descendents of an Englishman who crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Great Britain to Virginia about 1700. The Bethea family expanded and grew over the last three hundred years.

The Bethea Family in North America

1700 - 2000

8th GENERATION DESCENDANTS

  COLUMBUS LEE BETHEA8

(b. Sept. 4, 1877  -  d. April 4, 1911)

COLUMBUS LEE BETHEA8
b. Sept. 4, 1877  -  d. April 4, 1911

Son of Tristram Pinkney and Rebecca Vise Bethea7 born Sept. 4, 1877. Married to Maggie Whittington.  Died April 4, 1911 at age of thirty-three. One male child, Clarence LaMarr Bethea9, born Sept. 22, 1911, after the passing of Columbus Lee.

 

"English" John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2 ->  "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea->"Devil John" Bethea 4 -> William Bethea5 -> Tristram Bethea 6 -> Tristram Pinkney Bethea7 ->   Columbus Lee Bethea8

 

1st John "English John" Bethea  b. about 1684

 

2nd John "Virginia John" Bethea   b. about 1704 d. 1779

 

3rd  William "Sweat Swamp" Bethea  b. 1726,  d. about  1784

 

4th Bethea, John  "Devil John" (b. Oct. 1752) m. Mary Henegan (4th)  

 
5th Bethea, William  (b. 7-23-1775) m. Olivia Pearce , Sarah Hargrove  (5th)

6th Bethea, Tristram (b. Dec. 3 , 1802) m. Nancy McLaurin, Sarah Todd (6th)

7th

 

 

TRISTRAM PINKNEY BETHEA (b. March 14, 1836- d. April 13, 1917) m. Rebecca Vise (b. Nov. 9, 1836 , d. April 17, 1917)

 

 

8th

COLUMBUS LEE BETHEA8 b. Sept. 4, 1877  -  d. April 4, 1911 Married to Maggie Whittington.  Died April 4, 1911 at age of thirty-three. One male child, Clarence LaMarr Bethea9

 

9th Clarence LaMarr Bethea9 born Sept. 22, 1911  married Mabel Edith Rich. They have 6 children. 

 

10th Richard Lee Bethea10 b. 08/18/31 d. 12/02/84 @ age 52

Mary Josephine (Bethea) Conaulty 10 b. 05/12/34 d. 01/31/87 @ age 52

Ruth Ann (Bethea) Hensley 10 b. 09/12/37 Currently resides in Pasadena, Texas

Carolyn Sue (Bethea) Rose10 b. 12/21/40 Currently resides in Wichita, Kansas 

James LaMarr Bethea10 b. 01/04/43 d. 07/05/92 @ age 49  

Kathryn Jean (Bethea) Bevan10 b. 12/06/52 Currently resides in Humble, Texas

 

 
 

 

Significant Places Research Publications A Bethea Story Bethea Family English John Bethea

 

 

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