Gang, here is a message from Ray Isbell. Our sympathy to the family of Mr. & Mrs. Rains. Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Isbell <isbell2@hotmail.com> To: <dguthrie@world-net.net>; <birdwell@tri-county.main.nc.us>; <JWCombs20@aol.com>; <rjc@web-access.net>; <LoveysCCC@aol.com>; <rbirdwell@1starnet.com>; <mafettes@yahoo.com>; <dmccain@ala.net>; <dchandler@farmerstel.com> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 8:19 PM Subject: The Death of Euclid Rains > I am sorry to report that Euclid Rains and his wife Nell, both 79, were > killed in a Sunday morning traffic accident on their way to church > services. The accident was reported at approximately 11:30 a.m., but I > think it probably happened earlier than that if church services were to > begin at 11:00. > > Euclid Rains was not a Masters descendant, but he was a Dalrymple > descendant and was connected to by blood or marriage to many of the > descendants of George Washington Masters (son of Notley Masters). He was > local historian, genealogist, and author, and preserved a lot of the history > of the George Washington Masters family of Dekalb County & Marshall Co., > Alabama. He preserved stories about the family during the Civil War and > also preserved the guitar song written by G.W.Masters' wife Sarah (Burriss) > in the 1850s and performed by her on the night before they moved from > Anderson, S.C. One of his projects was to try to save the log house built > by their son Benjamin Franklin Masters, but I believe that project fell > through. > Euclid was born at Rainsville and lived several of his childhood years > on my grandmother's farm in a tenant house that was originally a mule barn > belonging to Tal Bryant (one of the teachers at Jane Isbell High School). > This was the Birdwell-Isbell-Bryant-Slaton-Isbell-Dalrymple farm. John > Birdwell was the original owner after the Indians and then his niece, Jane > Dowdy Isbell, and all these other families were connections. My aunt > Mildred Dalrymple sold it about five years ago. They grew up with Euclid. > > The last time I talked with him, he was planning a series of books on > the settlers of Dekalb and Marshall Counties, in order to publish his > accumulated genealogical information. I don't know whether any of it was > published or not. He had asked me to help him write a chapter on the > Isbells and I'm sorry I told him I didn't have the time. > > An Associated Press story today said that he was the second blind > member of the Alabama legislature, but this article from the Gadsden Times > says that he was the first. > > http://www.gadsdentimes.com/rains828.html > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com.