----- Original Message ----- From: "David Donahue" <[email protected]> What is the evidence that she was a Long? How do we tie these children to John A, what is the evidence ? thanks! > Mary (Polly) Long, second wife and widow of John A. Rains, possibly but > not proven a daughter of Claudius Gloud Long and Sarah > Winfred Z. Rains (called Rennie) (1827-1895) > N. C. > John Pinkley (Jack) Rains (1833-1900) > Isaac Wesley Rains (b. ca. 1835) > Martha C. Rains (1837-1917) > William Presley (Bill) Rains (1840-1845) > Henry Harrison Rains (1841-1919) > > There also was an Adaline (Addie) Rains, b. ca 1825 and a Serena Effie > Rains (1829-1894). > > David