I have lost all info just building back up.Please bear with me.
I am still stuck on grandfather:
Charles William Rhea b nov 24 1867 Lees Summit Mo.I believe that his
father James R Rhea is was in the 1880 census Pleasant Hill ,county of
Cass ,State of Missouri,also1870 in township 48 ???? in the county of
Jackson,state of Missouri,but his name was speller Ray . Family names
are the same .Could please help on this
I just contacted the jackson county vital records they could not find
anything
thanks
Charles
Reason- Jackson County could not find anything , is because records did not have to be kept anywhere until 1910 or so. I would check with Cass County Historical Society, Gen. Society. which you can find through usgenweb.org These societies would be in Harrisonville, Mo.
Unfortunately census takers only spelled the last names the way they sounded to them. so don't leave out the Ray. You might also check bates co. mo and howard co mo. parts of them went into Jackson co mo.
I will also do some checking too,