Plumas-Sierra County CA Archives Biographies.....Rains, W. Smith 1833 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

W. SMITH RAINS.—Mr. Rains was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, December 16,
1833. At the age of sixteen he left his native state, and went to Missouri,
where he remained for twelve years. April 29, 1861, he started overland for
California, arriving in Sierra valley in September. He soon located on the ranch
of 360 acres, on which he has since lived. It is situated two and one-half miles
from Loyalton. He was the first to improve a farm in that part of the valley,
fencing 160 acres of land that year. He was married December 23, 1856, to Miss
Mary J. Stevenson, who was born in Boone county, Kentucky. Their children are
Robert Lee, born August 13, 1863; Carlotta, October 20, 1865; Ordelle, October
16, 1870; Azalia, June 20, 1874; a son not named, August 28, 1878; Olivette,
January 28, 1881.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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