Gentry County MO Archives Biographies.....Rainey, Joseph October 26, 1844 - Unk
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Author: Gentry & Worth Co. History 1882

Biography of Joseph Rainey, Gentry County Missouri (Gentry and Worth County 
History-1882, p. 448, Gentry County Genealogical Society) 

Joseph Rainey, farmer, section 34, post office Berlin, is the owner of 390 
acres of good farming land, about 120 acres of which are in an excellent state 
of cultivation. He was born in Andrew county, Missouri, October 26, 1844, and 
is a son of John S. and Elizabeth Rainey, nee Sweeney, the former of North 
Carolina and the latter a native of Carroll County, Tennessee. At the age of 
six years Joseph moved to Gentry County, where he was reared on a farm, being 
educated in the common schools. April 2, 1867, he was married in this county to 
Miss Mary L. Jolly. By this union, they have had seven children, five of whom 
are living: James S., John R., Allie I., Melinda Jane and Franklin S. Rainey. 
Mrs. Rainey was born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, November 28, 1847. Her 
parents, Samuel J. and Melinda (Robertson) Jolly, were both natives of 
Breckinridge County, Kentucky. In 1862, Mr. Rainey enlisted at Maysville, 
Missouri, in Company H, First Missouri State Militia, as a private and served 
for three years. He is a member of the Masonic order. He moved to his present 
place last spring and here he intends to make his future home.

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