This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_922988491_boundary Content-ID: <0_922988491@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII In a message dated 4/1/1999 11:09:37 AM Central Standard Time, Vel B1 writes: << <RAINWATER, A. M.--This early pioneer, was born in North Carolina, 29 August 1820. When quite young his parents moved to Tennessee, and later to Missouri, from whence in 1847, with ox teams, he crossed the plains to Oregon and came direct to Benton County, at that time locating his valuable farm of 200 acres, directly opposite Albany, where he was engaged in farming and fruit-raising.> Source: HISTORY OF BENTON COUNTY, OREGON Pub. By: David D. Fagan Portland, Oregon, 1885 Velma Brakel velb1@aol.com >> --part0_922988491_boundary Content-ID: <0_922988491@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: VelB1@aol.com Return-path: <VelB1@aol.com> To: or-roots@archive14.sos.state.or.us Cc: tendick@efn.org Subject: Re: Rainwater Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 12:09:37 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit In a message dated 3/31/1999 11:18:01 PM Central Standard Time, or- roots@archive14.sos.state.or.us writes: "My gggrandfather was Alexander Martin Rainwater Of Albany." (Aldean Tendick). <RAINWATER, A. M.--This early pioneer, was born in North Carolina, 29 August 1820. When quite young his parents moved to Tennessee, and later to Missouri, from whence in 1847, with ox teams, he crossed the plains to Oregon and came direct to Benton County, at that time locating his valuable farm of 200 acres, directly opposite Albany, where he was engaged in farming and fruit-raising.> Source: HISTORY OF BENTON COUNTY, OREGON Pub. By: David D. Fagan Portland, Oregon, 1885 Velma Brakel velb1@aol.com --part0_922988491_boundary--