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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 |
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8th GENERATION DESCENDANTS
Ritch L. Bethea8
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Ritch L. Bethea8
born 8/14/1923, died 7/30/1977. Son of
William Henry
Bethea and Ruby Dekle.
Ritch Bethea and his family were raised in Perry, Fl.
Ritch and his
brother Reid were attending Virginia Military Institute when World War II
broke out . Ritch joined the Army Air Corp. in June of 1942. He served in the
Pacific Theatre until it's end. He was married on February 19, 1947, in Perry
Fl. where they met. Ritch's life was cut short by an illness in 1977.
Married Delores Jean Massey born 5/23/1929.
1) Ritch Steven Bethea9, born 11/23/1947
2) Dennis Neil Bethea9 born 2/28/1950
3) Robert L. Bethea9 born 5/10/1954
m. Teresa F. Hodges
4) Lisa Jean Bethea Williams9 born 12/22/1957
m. John Michael Williams.
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English"
John Bethea1 -> "Virginia" John Bethea2
-> "Buckswamp" John Bethea3-> |
| 1st | John
"English John" Bethea
b. about 1684 |
| 2nd | John
"Virginia John" Bethea
b. about 1704 d. 1779
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| 3rd | "Buckswamp"
John Bethea settled Buck Swamp abt.
1756 |
| 4th | Parker
Bethea b. 3-17-1790, d.
12-27-1867 |
| 5th | John
Harllee Bethea b. 9-2-1815, d. 9-7-1894
m. Catherine Ann Roberts. |
| 6th |
James
John Bethea
b.12-2-1862 d. 12-22-1946 m. Martha Louisa Roberts. |
| 7th |
William Henry Bethea
b. 10-18-1889 d.07-11-1947 m. Nettie Graham , Ruby Dekle |
| 8th |
Ritch L. Bethea
b. 8/14/23 d.7/30/1977 m. Delores Jean Massey |
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