Size: 7 items

Date Span: 1852-1908

Scope / Content: Copy of the will (1852) of Robert Rea, father of B.F. Rea; notebook (1855-1861) of expenses and wages paid by Rea; scrapbook (1879) of clippings from the Scientific American; obituary (1908) and biographical sketches (n.d.) of Rea; and U.S. Dept. of Agriculture circulars (1868).

Biographical Sketch: Rea, a Georgia native, graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1842. He practiced medicine in Greensboro, Georgia, until 1852, when he moved to LaFayette, Alabama. During the Civil War, he served as a Confederate surgeon. He returned to LaFayette after the war and practiced medicine in Chambers County.

CALENDAR:

3 Copies of circular, Return Day, July 1, 1868

Copy of Robert Rea's Will

Copy of newspaper clipping about Benjamin Franklin Rea's death

Picture of B.F. Rea

Copy from Dictionary of Alabama

Article on smallpox

A biographical manuscript on Dr. Benjamin Franklin Rea

Scrapbook and small notebook