John McDonald Rains (1847-1883) - Find a Grave Memorial

John McDonald Rains Veteran

Birth

1847

Tennessee, USA

Death

10 Mar 1883 (aged 35–36)

Milam County, Texas, USA

Burial

Smyrna Cemetery

Milano, Milam County, Texas, USA Show Map

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**Family records record he is buried in Smyrna. He died the same year as his daughter, Louvenia. This is noted in the application for Confederate widow pensions by his wife, Julia Virginia Murray Rains.

Private, Co. H 8th Regiment Tennessee Infantry, CSA

enlisted 17 May 1861, Nashville, TN

Promoted to Sergeant 1 April 1863

Paroled at Greensboro, NC 1 May 1865 as a Sergeant of Company D of that Regiment.

Private, Co. H 8th Regiment Tennessee Infantry, CSA

enlisted 17 May 1861, Nashville, TN

Promoted to Sergeant 1 April 1863

Paroled at Greensboro, NC 1 May 1865 as a Sergeant of Company D of that Regiment.

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Julia Virginia Murray Colley

1855–1934

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Julia Virginia Murray Colley

Mattie Rains Ferguson Ditto

Louvenia V. Rains

Howard McDonald Rains

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