Dear Mrs. Carlton: Further on the question of the father of Nancy Edwards, wife of Miles Rainwater. Can you (or anybody) send me a copy of page 82 from the Spartan Baptist Asso. booklet? I have copies of pp. 70-71 and 91-93, but not 82. I thought I had all the mentions of Miles Rainwater. Page 70 mentions Miles briefly but mostly this section is about James the preacher. Page 92 describes the events surrounding Miles's death, which I have found nowhere else. This page is the source of the misinformation that Miles married Nancy Miles, who actually was his mother. Interestingly, another of this church histories (my ancient copy gives neither the title nor page, but it may be this same pamphlet) states that "Rev. James Rainwater, a near relative of Miles Rainwater, ... married Nancy Miles, daughter of Sarah Farrow and Thomas Miles." It seems that people liked to marry Nancy Miles off rather frequently. Estate records do indicate that she was married to a James Rainwater, but the ages fit better for James in the generation prior to that of Miles, James the blacksmith, and James the preacher. Joseph B. Lambert At 04:00 PM 1/9/99 -0500, MCarl310@aol.com wrote: >Today just wrote a note on Miles RAINWATER. About an article that appeared in >the "Spartan Baptist Association for Philadelphia Church in S.C.", page 82. >That is where the info came about Nancy Edwards, daughter of Issac Edwards, >marr to Miles RAINWATER. My interest in the article repeats the info that >Miles and the Rev. James were cousins. I do not have copy of the article. >But a library with Gen. holdings might have the book. I live in Dallas, Texas >and they have a lot of books on the early Baptist churches with names and >biographies. If you have Bible information to the contrary, I suggest to >clear up some records that might be in error, by sending your information to >this group, and cite where the Bible records came from, and who last owned the >Bible. That would be a great help to group, and would clear up false leads >for that branch of family. Also mention of that article appears in "My Folks >II, by Thelma Sargent, a book at Family History Library. Hope I am not adding >to confusion about RAINWATERS. Mary Ellen Carlton > > >==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== >Complaints/suggestions to listowner: >schimmel@northlink.com > 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)