Hi Susan, For one thing his middle name is Anderson not Allison. James Allison R. was the son of Green Rainwater ;bn 11 Jan 1850 (Wn Co.,Ala) and died 21 Feb 1947 in Oretta,Beauregard,La.James Anderson was bn 1837 in Marietta,Cobb,Ga and died in 1877 in Morrilton,Conway,Ark, where his boys were living. Loid had 3 children; Loid,Jr-died age 5 1/2 Katherine Dowdle R-md Thomas D.Humphreys,Jr-one son Thomas H.Humphreys. Allen R.-md Annie ? H.Cloud R. had one son Cloudy Night R. bn Sep 1894-lived Muscogee,Okla. James Wood had 2 children; Cherry Olive md Ralph Farris of Conway,Ark. Warren-md Margaret ? Effie T. md R.E Echols (he died 1913-age 49) They had 3 childre; Ned; Marjorie; Edith Have we found anyone who descends from James A. yet? Glidie

Winnie, You didn't give any dates for Vida, but the only Vida I can find in Ark, anytime up to and including 1920 is Vida Rainwater age 7-1910, which means she was bn 1903/4. Do you know of any siblings? I'll wait for your answer before I put more info online. Glidie

Hi Winnie, James Anderson Rainwater and Marguerite Tinnin married shortly before the CW in Oakland,Yalobusha,Ms. After the war they moved to Morrilton, Conway,Ark. Mr James Tinnin died in Ms. I do not have anything on the Tinnin line,sorry. Their children:(bn in Sardis,Panola,Ms) Jennie E.J.-age 19 1880 md B.F.Garrett of Memphis,Tn. She died 1890. James Wood-age 14 1880 md 26 Dec 1896 Dallas,Tx to Carrie Belle Cherry, daughter of George A.and Catherine Caroline (?) Cherry. Homer Cloud-bn Nov 1869 md 13 Dec 1892 to Pearl River McCracken. Cloud was a M.D and surgeon-He graduated of U of Va.He worked in the medical dept as a surgeon for the Pacific Railway. He died in 1902. Loid C. was bn 30 Aug 1870 md 1901 Rebecca Dowdle-daughter of R.A. Dowdle and Rebecca Aylett Taylor. Night W.-age 4 1880 died May 1921 The whole family moved to Ark shortly before their father died. Hope this helps someone. Glidie

In a message dated 1/15/99 2:19:53 PM Central Standard Time, hwbell@mc2k.com writes: > Hello everyone, > Just been listening ...... > I would also like to know where the Arkansas Reunion is held that Ron spoke > about. .... > > Thanks, > Winnie Bell > Bentonville, AR > For information on the Arkansas Rainwater reunion held on Mother's Day each year, contact the following: Glen and Doris Rainwater 6000 Rainwater Road Uniontown, AR 72955 Glen is a descendant of John Sanford Rainwater (1819 Jefferson Co, TN - 1898 Crawford Co, AR) who along with his father James Rainwater (1791 Richmond Co, NC - 1871 Crawford Co, AR) and brother Maston Crawford Rainwater (1822 Jefferson Co, TN - 1863 Crawford Co, AR) moved from Jefferson Co, TN to AR in the late 1840s. Ron Recer Edmond, OK

Hello everyone, Just been listening and reading all the mail and responses since we went on Rootsweb. I had previously been in touch with a few of you, namely Bob Schimmel, but had never made a good connection with my line. My Rainwater bunch ended up in Searcy Co., AR coming originally out of New York and Illinois by way of a few mid-south states. Vida Rainwater is as far back as I have been able to go. I won't go into my linage right now, but if it sounds familiar to anyone, please let me know. I would also like to know where the Arkansas Reunion is held that Ron spoke about. Also Joseph Lambert, how long have you been at Northwestern U.? I had a brother-in-law that was a professor there for many years, but left several years ago. Thanks, Winnie Bell Bentonville, AR

Watch out for that apostrophe. In this context it signifies possession, not plurality. Rainwater is a single, proper noun. Rainwaters is the plural of that noun ("All the Rainwaters came home."). The apostrophe is used only for possession, as in "Miles Rainwater's house," and, in the plural, the "Rainwaters' house." When Rainwaters is the actual name, the plural becomes Rainwaterses, the singular possessive Rainwaters's and the plural possessive Rainwaterses'. See p. 159-162 of The Chicago Manual of Style, 13th edition. Although Rainwater as the singular would occasion no exceptions to these rules, Rainwaters as the singular could, as many experts accept shortened forms, like Rainwaters', for the singular possessive. Joseph Lambert >Did some members go by Rainwaters and others by Rainwater, >> did the writer intend to say Rainwater's when mentioning multiple persons? Joseph B. Lambert Department of Chemistry Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-3113 Telephone 847-491-5437 Fax 847-491-7713 E-mail lambert@casbah.acns.nwu.edu or jlambert@nwu.edu Webpage http://www.chem.nwu.edu/~lambert/ (best with Netscape 3.0 or higher)

Hi to all the Cuz's.......Just read a post from Ron in which he mentioned a Rainwater Reunion in Arkansas......Wish to add to that the Annual Rainwater Reunion at Somerset, Pulaski, KY which is held on the third saturday in August each year at the Pulaski County Park......The Park has a number of covered "Shelters" and may change from shelter to shelter as reservations are made each year........Hosted by a group of my actual First Cousins, the reunion normall draws about 250 people from at least 22 states.......Sort of a hometown "potluck" but if from out of state they will accept things like chips/dip, canned goods, store bought salads etc......or soft drinks...Ohhhh, BTW Pulaski is a dry County and is unlawful to have the hard stuff in the park......... Hope some of you may attend in future years. I will post next years calendar of events during the summer.......... My '98 reunion notice: "We just about blew it this year, our brains left our bodies, but never you fear. When preparing the reunion we missed one small thing, To call for a Shelter, for our big August fling. But never you worry and please don't fret, Cause we've got Shelter #7 and now we're all set. It will still be mid August and right about noon, On the 15th Day and that's pretty soon. So, pack up your baskets and fill them with food, Come with your pictures and a really good mood. We can't wait to see you at the Pulaski County Park, We'll have fun just talking and visitin' 'till dark. So God grant you safety as you head out our way, from the Rainwater girls, Alice, Susie, Vina, and Faye." Neat Huh???? Hal from sunny Northern California!

I have a copy of "Missouri Ancestors, Vol. VII, Wayne County, MO" and on page 13 listed in Union Grove Cemetery are: Hester A. Rainwater, Mar. 3, 1883 - Feb. 19, 1920; and John L. Rainwater, Nov. 11, 1877 - Feb. 9, 1961. There are other Rainwaters listed and they are: Lela Rainwater, Nov. 10, 1925 - Sept. 5, 1928; Nancy J. Rainwater, Oct. 25, 1858 - Dec. 9, 1943; Green and Lurane Rainwater (father and mother of W. W. Rainwater) concrete marker for three graves; Arthur G. Rainwater, 1903-1903; Bert W. Rainwater, Died July 19, 1964, Aged 65 yrs, 10 mo., 15 days; G. L. Rainwater, Died Mar. 25, 1960, Aged 66 yrs, 21 days; Harry E. Rainwater, Mo. Pvt. U.S.A. World War II, Aug. 24, 1896 -Dec. 18, 1972; Josephine Rainwater, Died Jan. 2, 1958, Aged 88 yrs., 4 mo., 11 days; U. S. Rainwater, 1878-1932; Corbet Rainwater, Jan. 27, 1894 - Nov. 18, 1975; ?osha Rainwater, Oct. 15, 1893 - Mar. 11, 1972; George W. Rainwater, June 15, 1860 - May 25, 1929. Union Grove Gen. Baptist Cemetery is located on Tram Road South of Greenville, MO; formerly known as Camp Mines. Hope this is helpful. Jane Purcell.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_916433401_boundary Content-ID: <0_916433401@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi! Does anyone have this line that can help this lady out?? Thanks, Lisa --part0_916433401_boundary Content-ID: <0_916433401@inet_out.mail.puxico.k12.mo.us.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <bdavis@puxico.k12.mo.us> Received: from rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (rly-zc04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.4]) by air-zc05.mail.aol.com (v56.22) with SMTP; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:44:05 -0500 Received: from puxico.k12.mo.us (puxico.k12.mo.us [204.185.114.1]) by rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with SMTP id OAA19897 for <nrainh20@aol.com>; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:43:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from phs (unverified [204.185.114.109]) by puxico.k12.mo.us (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.83) with SMTP id <B0000152160@puxico.k12.mo.us>; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:37:26 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990115134448.007953c0@puxico.k12.mo.us> X-Sender: bdavis@puxico.k12.mo.us X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:44:48 -0600 To: nrainh20@aol.com From: Barbie Davis <bdavis@puxico.k12.mo.us> Subject: Family Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I am Barbara "Barbie" (Rainwater) Davis. My father is Garry Lee Rainwater married to M. Carolyn Stanfield. His father- William Roscoe Rainwater Married Esther Mae VanMatre. My great-grandfather was John Lysander Rainwater, married to Hesther Ann Nicholls. Hesther's mother was also a Rainwater- Mary. John L.'s parents were Christopher C. Rainwater and Jane Hale. I'm still checking with various Aunts and Uncles for dates on births, deaths, and marriages. I haven't been able to connect our family line with any of the others that I have found but I know that there has to be a connecetion. I know that my grandfather (W. R.) lived in Southeast Missouri all his life. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!! --part0_916433401_boundary--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_916432899_boundary Content-ID: <0_916432899@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_916432899_boundary Content-ID: <0_916432899@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: JANASM@aol.com Return-path: <JANASM@aol.com> To: Rainwater-L-@rootsweb.com Subject: Rainwater Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:30:15 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit My line (as far as I have been able to trace) only goes back to my gGrandparents. my Mother was not raised with her Mother and therefore, that complicates matters a great deal. My Grandmother was Vivian Erma Rainwater and she died in Escambia County, Fl. She was born in Leakesville, Greene County, Miss. Her parents were Charley Rainwater and Julia H. Still. I have found where they were married in Miss., Greene County on Sept. 6, 1894 They are buried in Elberta, Baldwin County, Al.( I did get to go and look through this cemetary, although they have no markers, I went to the Town Hall and they verified that both were buried here.) I have NO further information and if this line looks familiar to anyone , please let me know. I have no other leads to go on at this moment. Thank you all, Janas Janasm@AOL.com --part0_916432899_boundary--

Ron That Lightfoot Name should have been one word My spell check opened it into two words and I did not catch it. Len

Ron. You are correct again I have also seen it as Rain Waters. A lot depended on how the census takers wrote it down. I have had arguments with them over the spelling back in 1940 It was as though they had all the knowledge and everyone else was wrong.. The same went on with our friends the Light foot Family. Len Ron48@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 1/12/99 1:13:51 PM Central Standard Time, > GenieHal@Worldnet.att.net writes: > > > Hi, Just finished viewing the H2O URL page........and had a question> I > > noticed that Rainwater and Rainwaters is used as interchangeable > > names..........Did some members go by Rainwaters and others by Rainwater, > or > > did the writer intend to say Rainwater's when mentioning multiple > people???? > > > > I have noticed several other queries asking about a Rainwaters > > Family.......Is there a Rainwaters Family???? Are they connected???? > > > > Hal > > I think the answer is yes, yes and yes. I know I have used Rainwaters when it > should have been Rainwater's. I have also met a Rainwaters (at a Rainwater > reunion in AR) and have seen references to more than one Rainwaters. > Rainwater or Rainwaters - probably depends who wrote it down where and when. > > Ron Recer > Edmond, OK > > ==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== > Complaints/suggestions to listowner: > schimmel@northlink.com

Hi Don, Have you and your wife ever attended a Fanily History Seminar at BYU? I attended a class taught by Dr.LLoyd Bockstruck and I mentioned I was doing Rainwater research and this couple said -"I'm descended from a Rainwater and so is my wife" There can't be that many,can there? Did you write a sketch on your 's and Sula's Rainwater descent? Glidie

Sorry, I don't know what became of Roy, age 2 son of James.....the author, Donald Webber, follows the line of Miles Evan Rainwater only after John Raleigh........Webber doesn't show James as having any children......... Also, sorry I didn't note that the last six children of John Raleigh were by second wife Rhonda Ann Cole.........I typed fasted than I thought and missed seeing the note re: Rhonda.............

Hi Mary Ann, Sorry to be so late but I've had a flare-up of my Lupus and I've been real sick for 3 days.Not feeling to good today-but too many things to do. My line of Rainwater was William Rainwater who married Elizabeth Lucas on 2 Nov 1823 in Marengo Co.,Ala. They had 3 sons-Richard, John R. and Elkaney L. I'm descended from John R. I have information on all 3, though. Hopefully, I'll eventually find someone doing research on my line. I've been doing research close to 45 years now and have accumulated quite a bit of Rainwater data, trying to sort out families. I'm slowly building a data base on my computer so that I can pull them up when I need them. Now-Pinkney Ferron Rainwater was bn 16 Oct 1811 in Anderson Co.,SC. He md abt 1833 to Sarah A.Eskew, daughter of Richardson Eskew and Elizabeth Middleton.Pinkney served in Co C 42 Reg't Ga Vol Inf in the "Milton Tigers" and was assigned the job of pastmaster of Reg't. He was discharged 4 Nov 1862 due to "chronic rheumatism". He died Apr 1865 due to complications of sickness incurred in CW. Their children; 1-Martha C.-bn 1834 in Roswell,Cobb,Ga-md 21 May 1851(Bk B-pg197-Milton Co.,Ga) to Daniel P.Major son of James and Clarinda (Phillips) Major (daughter of Rev Richard Phillips and Delilah Rainwater).Daniel was bn 8 Dec 1826 and died 9 Jun 1898.They had 5 known children 2-James A. Rainwater-bn 1837 in Marietta,Fulton,Ga-md 14 Dec 1859 in Yalubusha Co.,Ms(Bk C pg 99)to Marguerite Tinnin(daughter of James Tinnin, formerly of Tn who was a rich planter and large slave owner)He died 1889 in Ark. He served during the CW in Co E 29 Ms Inf. Reg't.They lived in Panola Co.,Ms, and James was a "corn" schoolteacher. They had 6 children. 3-Louisa J.-bn 1839 md Thomas K. McDonald, moved to Tx. had 9 children. 4-Miriam Elizabeth was bn 26 Mar 1843 in Milton Co.,Ga. She md 29 Dec 1857 to Joel Rucker, son of Simeon Bluford Rucker and Jane Barnwell.She died 20 Apr 1913 and he died 18 Jul 1889. They had 4 children (some info from "The Rucker Family Genealogy-pg192 compiled by Mrs. Sudie (Rucker) Wood.) 5-Virgil Cicero was bn abt 1845.He was in the CW in Co E 22 Ga Inf. He md 14 Jan 1866 to Mary F ?. He died 24 May 1903 in Nebo,Smith,Tx They had 2 known children.(CW pension application #22066 Tx (GS#0963950) 6-Lemuel Fowler was bn 2 Apr 1848 in Stone Mountain, DeKalb,Ga. md 6 Jan 1876 to Laura S.Jones,daughter of James S.Jones ,sherrif of Panola Co.,Ms.They lived in Sardis,Panola,Ms. He was only 15 when the CW broke out and he enlisted.He was in Co E 27th Ga Batt.He trained as a lawyer in the office of Gen.Edward Walthall and was admitted to practice in 1874.He served 2 terms as Mayor of Sardis and he also served as State Senator from 1896-1900. He was elected to the State Senate again in 1923. He died 27 Jul 1933. They had 6 children. (part of info came from"Biographical Sketch-Ms Official and Statistical Register 1924-28:Southern Reporter July 1933 7-Pinkney R-bn Nov 1850,md 4 Nov 1886 to Parthenie Caroline Pool in Milton Co.,Ga(Bk B pg 253) She was bn Nov 1870.They had 9 children. 8-Sarah V.-bn 1853 md 2 Dec 1869 Joel L.Bowen,son of James and Frances. 9-Parthenine A-bn 1856-md 25 Jun 1871 to William C.Sampler-liv Atlanta,Ga 10-John Milton (some say he was called Jackson R) bn abt 1862 . He md his cousin Sarah E.Rainwater (daughter of John Milton and Aleezer R)on 25 Dec 1884 in Milton Co.,Ga.(Bk B-pg 197) He died before 1897.They had 2 children 11-Caroline Eunice-bn Feb 1866-unmarried in 1897 11-Lula unmarried in 1897- Some of this information is taken from the estate settlement of Pinkney's Uncle David Tillotson Rainwater. He died 27 Jan 1866 in Anderson Co.,SC leaving his wife Violet Smith a life estate, so his estate couldn't be settled until she died. She died 9 Jan 1897. They had no children. The estate packet ran to 153 pages. (Judgement Roll # 5961 Anderson Co.,SC-obtained from SC Dept of Archives and History)It gives a lot of relationships, and families. I have lots more on these families-their children. What is your regular mailing address and I'll send it to you.?Would you send me the information on your tie-in to this family,please. Glidie

In a message dated 1/12/99 1:13:51 PM Central Standard Time, GenieHal@Worldnet.att.net writes: > Hi, Just finished viewing the H2O URL page........and had a question> I > noticed that Rainwater and Rainwaters is used as interchangeable > names..........Did some members go by Rainwaters and others by Rainwater, or > did the writer intend to say Rainwater's when mentioning multiple people???? > > I have noticed several other queries asking about a Rainwaters > Family.......Is there a Rainwaters Family???? Are they connected???? > > Hal I think the answer is yes, yes and yes. I know I have used Rainwaters when it should have been Rainwater's. I have also met a Rainwaters (at a Rainwater reunion in AR) and have seen references to more than one Rainwaters. Rainwater or Rainwaters - probably depends who wrote it down where and when. Ron Recer Edmond, OK

Hal, On the 1900 census for Perry Co., Ark (Vo 7 Ed 163 sh 10) James has his mother in the household, along with his sister Margaret E. Parcain and her daughter Ida M. and James' son Roy-age 2. What happened to him? James wife had died before the 1900 census. Glidie

Hi John, In reply to your's on the children of John Raliegh R and Genetta Thomas. He had 7 children by Genetta: all bn Casey Co.,Ky 1-James Christopher-bn 3 Apr 1860 2-Miles Evan-bn 14 May 1863 3-Margaret Ellen-bn14 May 1867 4-Charles Thomas-bn 24 June 1870 5-William-bn 11 Sep 1873 6-Henry T.-bn15 Jan 1877 7-Mary Jane-bn 10 Sep 1879 Between Sep 1879 and 1883 John and Genetta divorced and he married Rhoda Ann (Cole) Brown. Their children: bn Adair Co.,Ky 1-Charles R.-bn Apr 1884 2-Martha A-bnJun 1885 3-Harison-bn May 1889 4-Scott-bn 4 Nov 1890 5-Dink-bn Jul 1894 (not sure what his real name was) 6-Alfred-bn Aug 1899 7-Noah L. (he's not on the census that I've been able to find.However he is named in his father's pension records with Alfred-both minors with guardian- G.Wolford) (payment record #833299 and 858031-up until 10 Mar 1818 evidently when Noah became of age.) Hope this helps some. Glidie

Must have missed early message re John Raleigh Rainwater, but that not withstanding: John Raleigh Rainwater 1841-1910 wife: Genetta Thomas 1839-1918 Children: James Christopher 3 Apr 1860, Casey Co., Ky. Chrissie was married twice. Died March 26, 1940 in Choctaw, Arkansas, buried Black Folk, Arkansas. No Children, first wife died in childbirth, was expecting twins. Miles Evan Rainwater, Born 14 May 1863, Casey Co., Ky. Married Harriet Elizabeth Davidson 24 Feb 1886 in Casey Co., KY. Miles died 4 jan 1941 in Le Flore Co., OK (Have more information as to his family) Margaret Ellen Rainwater, Born 18 May 1867 in Casey Co., KY Her first husband was a Pertain; second husband was a Eoff; and third husband was Thomas Harrell. She died 28 Jan 1949. Charles Thomas rainwater, born 24 June 1870 in Casey Co., Ky. "Charlie married Alta Hunter about 1888, went to Arkansas about 1888 and homesteaded land adjoining the Hunter family. (Four children data available). William Rainwater born 11 Sept 1873 in Casey Co., KY. Married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shannon. They had a son William who was a disabled Veteran and never married. William Sr died 23 Oct 1895, there were no other children. Henry T Rainwater born 15 Jan 1877 Casey Co., Ky. Died 10 Aug 1919 in Casey Co no other data available. Mary Jane Rainwater Born 10 Sept 1879 in Casey Co., KY. Died 17 June 1887 in Illinois. No other data available. Charles R Rainwater, born April 1884, Adair Co., KY. No other data available. Martha A Rainwater, born June 1885 in Adair Co., KY. No other data available. Harrison Rainwater, born May 1889 in Adair Co., KY. Married a Lucy Carter, no other data available. Scott Rainwater, born 4 Nov 1890 Adair Co., KY. Married Nancy Carter, no other data available. Dink Rainwater, born Jul 1895, Adair Co., KY. No other data available. Alfred Rainwater, born Aug 1899, Adair Co., Ky. No other data available. Data from the Don Webber "Rainwater Genealogy" Hal, from warmer Northern California.

I have four total children for John Raleigh/Genetta Thomas: Miles Evan (1863-1941)/Harriett Simpson James Christopher (1860-unk) Charles Thomas(1870-)/Alta Hunter William John