DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - RAINS CEMETERY ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Davidson County Cemetery Survey ==================================================================== DAVIDSON COUNTY CEMETERY SURVEY PROJECT is a cooperative effort of many groups including the Metro Archives, Colonial Dames (NSCDA-TN), Nashville Room of the Public Library, Metro Planning and Historical Commissions, Historic Nashville, Inc., the State Archaeologist, local historians and citizens. Initiated by the Nashville Town Committee of the Colonial Dames during the fall of 1999, with the training of volunteers to survey and record tombstones and with a grant to the Metro Archives for a staff person to enter the inscriptions on a computer database. The project has involved over 90 volunteers. RAINS CEMETERY AN-44: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, CUMMINS PARK DRIVE 19 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS: BIGLEY Born: 1848 Died: 1924 Top: UNCLE Front Inscription: D.W. BIGLEY/APR. 30, 1848/APR. 26, 1924 GAINES Born: 1861 Died: 1861 Front Inscription: MAGGIE,/DAUGHTER OF/W.H. & M.B./GAINES/BORN/APR. 15, 1861/DIED/MAY 9, 1861/TOO PURE FOR EARTH/GOD HATH TAKEN/HER TO HIMSELF GAINES Born: 1837 Died: 1861 Front Inscription: MAGGIE B./WIFE OF/WM. H. GAINES/BORN DEC. 29, 1837/DIED APR. 22, 1861/SHE LIVED AS PEACEFUL AS A DOVE/SHE DIED AS BLOSSOMS DIE/AND NOW HER SPIRIT FLOATS ABOVE/A SERAPH IN THE SKY MATLOCK Born: 1840 Died: 1873 Front Inscription: URSULA T. MATLOCK/BORN/ NOV. 8, 1840/DIED/JUNE 27, 1873 Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: U.T.M. RAINS Born: 1875 Died: 1942 Front Inscription: URSULA PILLOW RAINS/1875-1942/?/BLACKMAN H. & EMMA T. RAINS RAINS Born: 1873 Died: 1915 Front Inscription: WILFORD H. RAINS/1873-1915/SON OF BLACKMAN H. & EMMA THOMPSON RAINS RAINS Born: C.1897 Front Inscription: CAMILLE RAINS/INFANT DAUGHTER OF/JOHN MARK & CLARA B. RAINS/BORN C.1897 RAINS Born: 1873 Died: C.1900 Front Inscription: JOHN MARK RAINS/1873-C.1900/SON OF JOHN GOWEN RAINS RAINS Born: 1885 Died: 1906 Front Inscription: FELIX ROBERTSON RAINS/1885-1906/SON OF BLACKMAN H. & EMMA THOMPSON RAINS RAINS Born: 1883 Died: 1910 Front Inscription: JOHN EDGAR/RAINS/BORN/AUG. 8, 1883/DIED/AUG 28. 1910 RAINS Born: C.1840 Died: C.1914 Front Inscription: BLACKMAN HAYS/RAINS/C.1840-C.1914 RAINS Born: 1852 Died: 1924 Top: MOTHER Front Inscription: ALICE L. RAINS/JULY 15, 1852/JULY 12, 1924 Footstone: YES Footstone Inscription: A.L.R. RAINS Born: 1848 Died: 1883 Front Inscription: JAMES EDGAR RAINS/BORN/FEB. 18, 1848/DIED/JULY 31, 1883/LEAVES HAVE THEIR TIME TO FALL/AND FLOWERS TO WITHER AT THE NORTH WIND'S BREATH/AND STARS TO SET-BUT ALL,/THOU HAST ALL SEASONS FOR THINE OWN, O DEATH RAINS Born: 1799 Died: 1875 Front Inscription: WILFORD H./SON OF/WILLIAM AND URSULA/PILLOW RAINS/BORN/SEPT, 27, 1799/DIED/SEPT. 25, 1875/A KIND HUSBAND/A TENDER FATHER Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: W.H.R. RAINS Born: 1810 Died: 1849 Front Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/MARIAH L. DAUGHTER OF/JOHN & LYDIA GOWEN/WIFE OF WILFORD H. RAINS/WHO WAS BORN JANUARY/ 26, 1810 AND DEPARTED/THIS LIFE JULY 7, 1849/AGED 39 YEARS 5/MONTHS AND 11 DAYS/HOPE LOOKS BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF TIME/WHERE WHAT WEE NOW DEPLORE/SHALL RISE IN FULL IMMORTAL PRIME/ AND BLOOM TO FAID(SIC) NO MORE UNKNOWN Born: Died: Front Inscription: ILLEGIBLE UNKNOWN Born: Died: Front Inscription: ILLEGIBLE UNKNOWN Born: Died: Front Inscription: ILLEGIBLE UNKNOWN Born: Died: Front Inscription: ILLEGIBLE Footstone: YES Footstone inscription: J.J.M.