U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rains, William (1826-1891) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Page 488 William Rains, son of Gabriel Rains, was born in 1826, in Pendleton County, of Irish and English descent. In 1849 he married Malinda Hedrick, of Randolph County. Children: James R., Catharine, Margaret, Robert L., Ida Belle, William, Gilbert and Albert G. He owns 100 acres of land on Dry Fork, 26 miles from St. George; has been in the mercantile business five years, and has been post- master at Red Creek the same time; has been in Tucker since 1867, and has been a member of the board of education, justice of the peace and county commissioner. The latter office he held four years; is a man of solid business qualities, and exerts a good influence in his neighborhood. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Tucker County, WV (Pages 69-70, Line No. 43) FULL-NAME: William Rains DEATH-DATE: March 12, 1891 DEATH-PLACE: Dry Fork District CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Tumor of stomach AGE-AT-DEATH: 64 years PARENTS: Gabriel & Margaret Rains BIRTH-PLACE: Pendleton Co. OCCUPATION: Farming CONSORT-OF: Malinda Rains INFORMANT: James R. Rains, son ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------