There were 3 Rainey families that I know of in the vicinity of Curve in Lauderdale Co in the 1850s. The only possible match from these families is a Martha Rainey, daughter of Isom (Isham) Rainey and Mary M (Polly) Garrett. She was born Mar 13, 1848 and was a twin of my ancestor, Henderson A. Rainey. I have her name as Anne Martha, but I could be wrong. Do we have a match?

Hi I just been starting this family research stuff. Well actually I've been doing it for a while, but have just made leway with it. I found a family tree with John Wesley Newman. Evelina Newman, John Wesley Newman's daughter, was my husbands great grandma. Evelina married a we believe James but not sure on the first name. Jerrell was his last name.

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Anna

Jerry. I am so glad you got my e mail. I have been researching since about 2004 when my mom passed. My father"s line is Raines-Rains. Margret Rains was born June 23rd 1836 in Madison County Tn. She married William W Newman on Dec 10th 1857 in Madison. Margret was the daughter of Joel S Rains and Elizabeth Yarbrough. There were about 15 children born to Joel and Elizabeth. One of course was margret and another was my grandfather Jesse Newton Rains My grandfather Jesse was married first to Cordelia Justice. Cordelia died shortly after giving birth to her 8th or 9th child. (at that time the last name was spelles Rains. My father told me than when Jesse married my grandmother Nannie Parlow they changed the spelling to RAINES. Jesse and Nannie had an additional 8 or 9 children. Several of the children born to Jesse and Cordelia moved to the Lauderdale area. My grandfather and Nannie were basically from Madison and Gibson counties. William was born Sept 16th 1833. Margret and William also had a large family. James Andrew Newman Born Oct 31 1859 - Albert Monroe Newman (B Jan 7 1861 - John Robert B Oct 16 1863 - George William B Sept 15 1864- Joel Thomas B Feb 1 1866- Charles Henry B Jan 7 1868 - Sarah Elizabeth B Mar 21 1869- Walter Bedford B Dec 30 1872. I am sure I have come across the name Sinclair somewhere in my research but I am not the most organized when I search. I probably have about 20 notebooks just on the Rains line alone but have never been organized. I just jot notes here and there and soon I had 20 notebooks of unorganized notes. Would love to share any info you may have, If you can tell me your grandmothers name and maybe her father's name I may be able to find more info for you, Do you have an E mail for Alvin Newman as I would like to check on the photo"s he has. Again thanx for getting back to me> It is always good to find another link in the family. Bev (RAINES) Gaylord

Finally something I can help with. Yes let me tell Alvin about this and then he can give you his e-mail.

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Anna

Ok, I recieved this email I believe last December from a Bev Gaylord. I just copied u on it. William George Newman was my Great grandfather on my Grandmother's side Her name was Daisy Newman