Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Rains, Henry 1837 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  HENRY RAINS, stock-raiser and farmer, P. O. Hutsonville; is a son of Ambrose
B. and Charlotte (Cox) Rains, whose history appears in the biography of Simpson
Rains. He was born in Crawford County, Ill., March 2, 1837; his early life was
spent at home, assisting to till the soil of his father's farm, and receiving
such an education as could be obtained from the common schools When he was
twenty-one years of age, his father gave him 120 acres of land, and he
immediately began farming for himself, and remained upon this land until 1868,
when he sold a part of it, and exchanged the remainder with his brothers; the
following summer, he bought 160 acres, known as the Southworth farm. In 1865, he
traded this farm for 139 acres, where he now resides. Mr. Rains has made the
raising of stock a specialty, and also deals largely in stock. He is now the
owner of 281 acres of good land. In 1861-November 21-he married Miss Rebecca
Lindley, who has borne him six children, viz.: William A., Alice L., Nestus O.,
Nellie A., Thomas L. and Mary A. Mr. and Mrs. Rains are members of the Baptist
Church. He is a member of the Knights of Honor, and a Republican in politics.

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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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