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Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Kentucky native. Farmer with his brother, James H. Rains, in Mason County in 1850. Merchant and flour dealer with James H. Rains in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1860. Grain dealer with James H. Rains in Mason County in 1863.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

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.

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).

Find A Grave, "John Marshall Rains (1829-1909)," Memorial 11619019, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11619019/rai (accessed May 20, 2020).

Citation

Rains, John M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214159 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
H. A. McCaleb et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-05-08

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