Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Rains, Lafayette 1833 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  LAFAYETTE RAINS, stock-raiser and farmer, P. O. Hutsonville, is one of the
largest and most prosperous stock-raisers and farmers of Hutsonville Township.
He is a son of Ambrose B. and Charlotte (Cox) Rains, whose history appears in
another part of this work. He was born near his present residence in Crawford
County, September 26, 1833. He was raised on a farm, and educated from the
common schools. At seventeen years of age, he went to California, and there
engaged in mining for about sixteen months. He then returned home, and engaged
in farming on a rented farm. In 1854, he bought his first land, a farm of eighty
acres, located three miles west of his present residence. In 1858, he sold his
farm and bought eighty acres where he now resides. His industry and economy has
gained him more than ordinary success, and he is now the owner of 546 acres of
land, well stocked and improved, with a large commodious  residence, and a large
 stock barn. Since 1872, he has been making the raising of stock a specialty. He
has now about sixty head on his place. In January, 1856, he married Miss Nancy
Cox, a native of Crawford County. She is a daughter of Thomas and Deborah Cox.
Mr. and Mrs. Rains have four children-John C., Martha, Mary A. and Emily. He and
wife are members of the Baptist Church. He is a member of the A., F. & A. M.,
and a Republican.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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