Bethea Family Genealogy- 8th Generation

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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

Charlie Council Bethea⁸ born: 3-6-1879 Monroe Co., Al
died: 1961 in Caddo Mills, Tx.
Buried: IOOF Cemetary
married: Rose Elizabeth Bledsoe in 1904

Charlie Council Bethea⁸ born: 3-6-1879 Monroe Co., Al died: 1961 in Caddo Mills, Tx. Son of Ausborn Watkins Bethea and Margaret Nettles Buried: IOOF Cemetary. Married Rose Elizabeth Bledsoe in 1904 born: 2-29-1880 in Scott Co., Virginia
died: 1938 in Caddo Mills, Tx. Children:

1. Totsie Marguerite Bethea⁹ born: 8-29-1906 in Caddo Mills, Tx.
died: 11-16-1983 married: Wright Sockwell 10-7-1933
born: 9-24-1905 died: 11-21-1967

2. Conard Redmon Bethea⁹ born: 1-16-1910 in Caddo Mills, Tx. died: 9-4-1993
married: Helen Mildred Stephenson 3-12-1932 born: 10-11-1913 died:

3. Odell Bethea⁹born: 8-26-1912 in Caddo Mills, Tx. died: 1974 married: Jack Briscoe Long
born: 1-8-1909 died: 8-6-1987

4. Nellie Marie Bethea⁹born: 1-19-1917 in Caddo Mills, Tx died: 5-30-1993 married: Wilsie Givens Moore born: 7-23-1915 died: 1-1-1986

5. Charles Wray Bethea⁹born: 11-14-1922 in Caddo Mills, Tx.
died: married: Freida Janette Frazier 6-26-1953
born: 9-2-1935 in Greenville, Tx.

"English" John Bethea¹ -> "Virginia" John Bethea² -> "Sweat Swamp" William Bethea³->
Goodman Bethea⁴->Jesse Bethea⁵ -> Jesse Council Bethea⁶ -> Ausborn Watkins Bethea⁷ ->
Charlie Council Bethea⁸

*1st*	John "English John" Bethea #66 666 b. about 1684
2nd	John "Virginia John" Bethea #6 666 b. about 1704 d. 1779
*3rd*	William "Sweat Swamp" Bethea #6 66601= #666. b. 1726, d. about 1784
*4th*	Goodman Bethea #66602 b- oct 1759 S.C. m- Mary Council - 2 children. He served as a Lieutenant in Revolutionary War, he's also on the 1790 census. Brother to "Devil" John Bethea
*5th*	Jesse Bethea #666022 not much known about this Jesse, born in S.C. believed to have removed to Wilcox Co. Al with his son Jesse Council, possibly buried in unmarked grave in Reaves Chapel Cemetery, Wilcox , Al.
*6th*	Jesse Council Bethea #6660221 m- Cynthia Henry (she is rumored to be related to Patrick Henry) 6 children.
7th	Ausborn Watkins Bethea b.1830 in Monroe Co., Alabama died 1894 buried in Buena Vista Cemetary m. Margaret Nettles
8th	Charlie Council Bethea b. 3-6-1879 Monroe Co., Al d. 1961 in Caddo Mills, Tx. m. Rose Elizabeth Bledsoe in 1904