When I was stationed in Germany Rainwater was considered a translation of the German name Ragginwasser. (I don't know if the spelling is right.) My father, Franklin William Rainwater, was born in Arkansas, but lived in north eastern Missouri. Worked as a sharecropper and on the railroad. He married my mother, Carrie Ann Wheeler, in Bragg City, Missouri, September 5, 1920. Would like to learn more about my ancestors. FROM: Dewet Eugene Rainwater drainw122@aol.com