Hi Annie, This is a message I sent to Joni. Katherine's (Catherine) middle name wasn't Clay-it was Crozier.Maude Love, Harry L,May Bell were 3 of the 5 children of Sarah Frances Asbury Rainwater and Christopher Columbus Petree.Their other 2 are Charles C.Petree and Bettie C. Petree. NOT DeTREE as some have on their records. I have a copy of Moses Fowlers Bible's family page. May Bell Petree married Bertram Rainwater-bn 6 Feb 1879 in Independence, Kan. the son of George W.Rainwater and his wife Clara E McClain. They md 10 Oct 1904. Glidie ---------- > From: grm <grm@castlenet.com> > To: Joni Yoakum <joni@knowledge-tree.com> > Subject: Re:Margaret Ann Rainwater > Date: Saturday, February 06, 1999 6:53 PM > > Hi Joni, > I recieved a copy of your message that you had posted on Debbie > Rainwater Anderson's web-page. I do research basically on the Rainwater > line so Bob Schimmel thought I could help you. > > John Henry Yoakum was bn 29 Apr 1833 in Tn(both parents also bn Tn) > I don't have a death date but he is buried in the Knoxville Cem.,Knoxville, > Ray, Mo.(I don't have his parents. sorry) > Margaret Ann Rainwater was bn 2 May 1840 in Knoxville,Ray Mo and died > 22 May 1900. She's also buried in the Knoxville Cem. She was the daughter > of (Rev and Dr) Moses Fowler Rainwater and his wife Elizabeth Clay Oliver. > You have a list of her children.Margaret and John married 3 Aor 1859 in > Livingston Co.,Mo (M515391-GS#0965985) (which means it was extracted > from a microfilm of the original record by the LDS church) > > Moses Fowler Rainwater was born 18 Jul 1804 in NC. He married Elizabeth > Clay Oliver (daughter of Charles Yarborough Oliver and Sophia Clay Nunely) > on the 2 Oct 1832 in Anderson Co.,Tn. He died 3 Jan 1886 inSt.Louis,Mo at the home of his only son-Charles Cicero. > Elizabeth was born 7 Jan 1815 in Andersson Co.,Tn and died 18 Aug 1895 > in St Louis, Mo at the home of her son Charles Cicero Rainwater. They're > both bur New Hope Cem.,Ray Co.,Mo. > > Their children: > 1-Juliett Oliver Rainwater-bn 3 Aug 1833 md 14 Feb 1850 to Joseph C.Grimes. > She died 19 Oct 1901.She was bn in Campbell Co.,Tn > 2-Catherine Crozier Rainwater-bn 11 Nov 1835 (Campbell Co.,Tn) She md > 16 Nov 1851 to Sebren Sneed Young (son of John Taylor Young and Louisa > Jane Sneed-both bn Ky) He was bn 2 Aug 1829. They had 9 ch. > 3-Charles Cicero Rainwater-bn 6 Apr 1838 Knoxville,Ray,Mo. He md 16 Sep > 1858 to Sarah Hannah Fowler (bn 26 Dec 1838 Calvert Co.,Md-daughter of > Samuel Fowler and his wife Mary Ann Eastwood) Charles died 10 Nov 1902. > They had no children. > 4-Margaret Ann Rainwater(see above) > 5-Sarah Frances Asbury Rainwater-bn 1 May 1842-md 7 Jan 1857 to Christopher > Columbus Petree. I have no death date for them. They had one > child-Charles > bn in Ray Co. They moved to Ore. > 6-James Knox Polk rainwater bn 5 Jan 1845-died 5 Mar 1852 of pneumonia. > 7- Amelia McPherson Rainwater-bn 8 Mar 1847-md 22 Dec 1864 to Joseph > Richardson Pugh. She died 27 Dec 1909 in Kansas City,Kansas and is > buried there.They had 5 children. > 8-Mary Elizabeth Rainwater-bn 22 May 1849-md 10 Mar 1870 to John W. > Pinkard. They had 3 children. > 9- Alice Mansur Rainwater-bn 19 Mar 1857-md 8 Sep 1875 to # 1 Crawford > Carroll. She md 2nd-William Sanderson. She died 24 Nov 1912. > > I have Moses Fowler's Bible record, also. This information came from the > book "The Holmes Family Tree" by Charles A.Noel (pub by Closson Press in > 1983. SL has a copy.Call # 929.273 > H734n > Hope this helps you some. > Glidie (Rainwater) Mobley > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >