James Henry Rains

Birth Date

1823

Death Date

1904-01-07

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Susan E. Bullock Rains in Mason County in June 1851. Father of Elizabeth P. Rains and Lillie Florence Rains. Married to Mary Elizabeth Bruer Rains in Mason County. Father of James M. Rains. Farmer with his brother, John M. Rains, in Mason County in 1850. Merchant and flour dealer with John M. Rains in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Nora Lundygen as a servant in Maysville in 1860. Grain dealer with John M. Rains in Mason County in 1863. Member of the Ringgold Lodge No. 27 of the International Order of Oddfellows.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville Ward 2, p. 78B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville Ward 2, p. 356.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County,Maysville Ward 2, p. 410B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, 1796-1946, Film #000281843, p. 230.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Kentucky, 9th Congressional District, Vol. 2, September 1863, p. 103 of microfilm, (Accessed via ancestry.com on May 20, 2020).
The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, Kentucky) Friday, January 8, 1904.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Roll # 7020453: All Counties Certificates, File #13538, p. 348 of microfilm.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Roll # 7020682: All Counties Certificates, File #16299, p. 3022 of microfilm.
Find A Grave, "James Henry Rains (1823-1904)," Memorial 22974552, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22974552 (accessed May 20, 2020).

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