Confederate Biography:  FRANK RAINEY, Anderson Co, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson, p. 192

Dr. Frank Rainey, now in charge of the Masonic Home and Industrial
Institute at Fort Worth, was born in Green county, Alabama, where 
his father was a planter.  His mother's maiden name was Mary Baker 
Hobson.  Dr. Rainey came to Palestine, Texas, with his brother, Col. 
A. T. Rainey in December, 1854, where he read medicine, and being 
licensed soon entered on the active practice of his profession.  
When the war came in 1861, he joined Capt. Tucker's Company at 
Palestine and went with it to Arkansas where it became a part of 
Randall's regiment, Carter's brigade.  His health became so bad he 
was honorably discharged.  After a rest of three months he again 
volunteered, enlisting in Co. H., 5th Texas Cavalry, of the old 
Sibley brigade, afterwards the Gen. Tom Green brigade, it having 
just returned from New Mexico where it had participated in the 
battles of Glorietta and Val Verde.  At the battle of Camp Bisland 
in Louisiana, he was trasferred to Col. Riley's 4th Texas Cavalry 
of the same brigade, to take charge of the medical and hospital 
department, later being promoted assistant surgeon of the regiment 
in which post he continued to serve until the close of the war.  
He now settled in the town of Crockett and practiced his profession.  
He was three times elected to the legislature to represent Houston, 
Cherokee, Angelina and Trinity counties, and in May, 1874, Gov. 
Coke appointed him superintendent of the Institute for the 
education of the blind, at Austin, where he served nearly twenty-one 
years.  He has been superintendent of the Masonic Home in Fort 
Worth, about eight years.  Dr. Rainey was "born a democrat" and has 
never departed from that political faith.  He was  member of the 
famous 13th legislature, in 1873, when it voted itself out of 
office after repealing the most iniquitous laws under the 
reconstruction acts, such as the state negro police law; the 
enabling act; the school law, etc., and passing the general election 
law which enabled the people to hold a general election whereby 
their own  state officers might be chosen.  Dr. Rainey was married 
in June, 1861 to Huldah, daughter of Dr. F. L. Merriwether of 
Houston county.  She was born in Harrison county.