In a message dated 3/31/99 10:27:16 PM Central Standard Time, schimmel@northlink.com writes: > Searching: Rebecca Rainwater Hensley > Researcher: bchrrh@mounet.com, Hiltons, VA > > My gf was David Gentry Rainwater from Logan > Co. W.VA he was born in 1889 in Marion Co. Ky. I'm told his father was > Stanton Rainwater (Marion Co.) That's where I've hit a wall. My ggmother > was Stantons 2nd wife, don't know her name. May have been > Mattie/Martha/Emily Jane, surname Cloud or Barnes, from W.VA. > Anyway, Stanton was already old when they married but they had several > children - > David, Thomas, Dow, ?Clancy and Sally. I'm told that when Stanton died, > 2nd wife sold farm and moved back to W.Va. > > Recently made a trip to Nancy, Ky, > where most of Stanton's first family lived and found a grandson, but he was > already in his late 80's. Didn't get much help, we just figured out > Stanton had been married twice. And my ggmother was the one that sold > the farm and left the county. Any comments helpful. > The following won't be a big help, but it may give you a few more pieces to the puzzle. Mar 31 1999 Family Group Sheet Husband: Stanton Rainwater ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wife: Eva Tarter Married: in: 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Maiden name shown as "Tarler" on Peter's birth record. ------------------------------------------------------------------- M Child 1 P M Rainwater Born: May 01 1853 in: 1 Died: Jun 11 1913 in: 1 Buried: in: Tarter-Hudson Cemetery, Pulaski Co, KY 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- M Child 2 Peter C Rainwater Born: Sep 12 1859 in: KY probably Casey Co 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: 1 Cemetery Records Vol 2 Pulaski Co, KY page 320 2 Vital Records Index North America, CD6, FHL#216820 Marion County borders Casey County on the northwest and Pulaski County borders Casey County on the southeast so all of this is in the right part of KY for your Stanton. There were quite a few Rainwater families in Pulaski County through out the 1800's and Stanton probably belongs to one of them, but I didn't find him listed on the census records for 1850-1900 census. You might try looking for him in Marion or Casey counties. Hope this little bit of data is helpful. Ron Recer Edmond, OK