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Emory Rains
Full Name: Emory Rains
Date of birth: May 4, 1800
Date of death: March 4, 1878
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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City/County |
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Counties in District |
S
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6
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Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
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8th
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(2)
(3)
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Springville / Wood
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Upshur, Wood
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H
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25
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Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
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5th
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Shelbyville / Shelby
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Panola, San Augustine, Shelby
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H
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9
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Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853
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4th
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Shelbyville / Shelby
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San Augustine, Shelby
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H
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Shelby
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Dec 13, 1847 - Nov 5, 1849
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2nd
(4)
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Shelbyville / Shelby
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Shelby
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(1)
8th Legislature, Regular Session - 11/7/1859, p. 2. Included in "roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, being called by Districts, the following Senators appeared, presented their credentials, took the oath of office and their seats."
Senate Journal.
(2)
Emery Rains.
Senate Journal.
(3)
8th Legislature - One of 15 newcomers to the Senate, 8th Regular Session, p. 302.
The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(4)
Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, Texas Democrat, 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, p. 157.
Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
RAINS COUNTY and EMORY, TEXAS, named for Emory Rains.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Handbook of Texas Online
RAINS, EMORY (1800-1878). "Sometime before 1859 he moved to Wood County; he represented that county in the Senate of the Eighth Legislature."
Handbook of Texas Online.
Emory Rains. "As a state senator from Wood County, Rains refused to swear allegiance to the Confederacy and remained at home farming for the rest of the war."
Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
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Other Resources |
Sarah Brown Hipp Barrett, mother of Eli Brown Barrett, was the niece of Emory Rains, pp. 104-105. Relatives: Emory Rains - great-uncle; Eli Brown Barrett - great-nephew, Fannin County Folks and Facts.
RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Emory Rains, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
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