SWEENEY, Elizabeth Jane, Obituary - Gentry County, Missouri

OBITUARY OF ELIZABETH JANE SWEENEY (SWINNEY) RAINEY

 (CLIPPING FROM THE ALBANY PAPER, GENTRY
COUNTY, MISSOURI; Dated May, 1903)

Another Pioneer Gone: GRANDMA RAINEY died at the home of her son, JOSEPH
RAINEY, near Berlin, on Friday, May 1, 1903, aged 88 years and 24 days.
ELIZABETH J SWINNEY was born in Tennessee, April 7, 1815. She was
married to JOHN RAINEY in 1832, and the moved to Dekalb Co. and remained
until 1850, when they went on to the Owl Creek Homestead, which has
continued to be the property of the Rainey Family since that time.

Eleven children were born to them, seven of whom survive. The living
children are BENJAMIN, SAMUEL, WILLIAM, JOSEPH, AND JOHN RAINEY; MRS.
CORNELIA BOLEY AND MRS. PHILENE MEADOWS. Forty-eight grandchildren,
thirty great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren also
survive. The aged husband died nineteen years ago.

GRANDMA RAINEY had united with the Methodist church early in life, and
she continued true to her Christian proffession through life, dying firm
in the faith that triumphs over death and the tomb. She was loved and
honored by a large circle of friends, who will join with the family in
mourning the death of one who has been a true neighbor, friend and
mother to the generations that have brought the south part of Gentry
County up from a wilderness to the splendor community it is today.

The funeral services were conducted by ELDER D. CAMPBELL, assisted by
REV. BALL of King City, at the Berlin Church on Saturday, after which a
large crowd of the relatives, neighbors and friends followed the remains
to the Owl Creek Cemetery, where they were laid to rest by the graves of
the husband and children.
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OBITUARY OF WILLIAM RAINEY

"WILLIAM RAINEY DIED TUESDAY" (CLIPPING FROM THE ALBANY PAPER, GENTRY
COUNTY, MISSOURI, DATED 6 APRIL 1921)

WILLIAM RAINEY, an old and well known citizen of the south part of
Gentry County, died at 4 o'clock last Tuesday morning, at his home a
mile southeast of the Maple Grove Church. Mr. RAINEY had been bothered
by kidney and heart trouble and other complications, and had been in
poorest health for some time.

The deceased was 85 Years, 6 Months and 18 DAYS old. He was born in
Tennessee, his parents coming to Missouri when he was a small child.
They first settled in Andrew County, remaining there only a short time;
then moved to Gentry County and settled on the RAINEY Homestead in the
Owl Creek neighborhood, where he lived for almost eighty years.

On Feb. 1, 1872, he was married to NANCY EMMALINE BOLEY. Eleven children
were born to them, all of whom, with their mother are still living. The
nine sons and two daughters are: JOHN H., BENJAMIN PORTER, DAVID M., ROY
O., and MRS. CLARENCE STARK, all of St. Joseph, MO.; HIRAM B. of Essex,
MO; IRA D. OF Dix, IL; ALBERT B., ELMER L., MRS. CLAUDE EVENS and TIPTON
RAINEY of near Ford City, MO. All of these except Hiram and Ira were
present at the funeral of their father.

Early in life MR. RAINEY had made confession in faith in Christ, and
united with the Christian Church. He had also been a member of the
Masonic Lodge for more than 50 years. He was a true husband, a kind
father, and a good neighbor, and will be greatly missed, both in the
community and in the home. Besides the faithful wife and eleven
children, he leaves 23 grandchildren, one brother, JOHN RAINEY, who is
in Oklahoma, and one sister, MRS. PHILENA MEADOWS of near Winslow, MO,

besides a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were conducted at the Maple Grove Church yesterday
(Wednesday) at 12 o'clock by REV. W.C. WHITEHOUSE, PASTOR of the
Christian Church at King City, after which the members of the Masonic
Order took charge of the remains and laid them to rest with the last
rites of Freemasonry, in the King City Cemetery.
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Kristin Rainey Rumble
Donnace7@Prodigy.Net
<http://pages.prodigy.net/donnace7/>
"The Oklahoma Rainey's"

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