THE BETHEA FAMILY IN NORTH AMERICA - DESCENDANTS OF CHARLES HENRY BETHEA

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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

CHARLES HENRY BETHEA⁸

(b. 1867- d. 1897)

From near Hampton, Calhoun County, Arkansas

Georgia Bethea - Charles' Wife

Charles (Charlie) Herny Bethea was born on Sept. 30, 1867 and lived to be thirty years of age. He was the oldest son of Tristram Pinkney Bethea and Rebecca Ann Vise and apparently was born during the trip across Mississippi into Arkansas from the East, ( Dillon, South Carolina, via Georgia and North Alabama) following the Civil War. His Father had been a soldier for the Confederacy. He was the oldest of thirteen children, and eventually had the profession of being an engineer on the small logging railroads (narrow gauge) which brought trees and logs out of the timberlands to sawmills. He worked at Buckner (Warren County), and offered hospitality to his Sisters and Brothers, who occasionally visited from Calhoun County. On one such visit, his Sister Jenny (Virginia) Bethea was introduced to Earl Smith and they later were married. Charles Bethea was married to Georgia A. Robinson (b. May 10, 1870 – d. April 17, 1938).

1) Bryan Bethea (9th)
2) Blanche Bethea (9th) married Monroe Hopkins
3) Carl Bethea (9th) married Anna
4) Fred Bethea (9th) married Bessie

She later remarried after Charles’ death and had a family with George H. Clay (b.6-22-1876 - d. May 28, 1948). Their children were Frank Clay and Kathryn Clay (Browing).

"English" John Bethea¹ -> "Virginia" John Bethea² -> "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea³->"Devil John" Bethea ⁴-> William Bethea⁵-> Tristram Bethea ⁶-> Tristram Pinkney Bethea⁷->Charles Henry 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. 1836- d. 1917) m. Rebecca Vise*
8th	Charles Henry Bethea⁸ b. Sept. 30, 1867 d. April 13, 1897 at age 30. Charles Bethea was married to Georgia A. Robinson. Their children were: Carl Bethea⁹, Fred Henry Bethea⁹, William Jenning Bryan Bethea⁹, Blanche Bethea⁹