Sarah Ann Jetton was the daughter of Isaac
Jetton and
Susannah A. Davis and was born on December 25, 1846 in
Caldwell County Kentucky. As a child, Sarah moved with
her
parents from Kentucky to Texas, to Arkansas and perhaps
other places before settling in Dallas County Missouri.
She
married Joseph Robins Rains in Dallas County on July 2,
1868. Joseph was born on March 6, 1850 in Missouri and
died
on June 21, 1918 in Bolivar, Polk County Missouri at his
daughter Mary's home.
Sarah was about 22 years old when she married
Joseph Rains
and according to entries in her bible she was a
strong
independent minded lady who apparently intended to remain
single, or perhaps had given up on finding someone worthy of
marriage. Sarah poetically wrote in her bible:
"Single
is my life and always was my joy. Thank God I am
no mans wife
nor no man cant controle me"
"Single I am and
single I'll remain. A Lazy man I wont
maintain".
How old she was when she wrote those is not known but in
any event, my gg-grandfather was obviously able to
change her
mind. Joseph and Sarah spent most of their lives in
Buffalo, Dallas County Missouri but moved to Neosho
Falls, Woodson County Kansas prior to 1908 where Sarah died on 7 May,
1910.
Joseph Robins Rains was the son
of Stephen Rains and Abigail
Gregg, daughter of
Lewis Gregg and Susannah Cozad. He was
born in Buffalo, Dallas County Missouri on March
6, 1850 and
died on June 21, 1918 in Bolivar, Polk County
Missouri.
Joseph's father Stephen Rains was born in Ohio
and was the son
of Isaac Rains and Sarah Dixon. Isaac was born
in Randolph
County North Carolina and was the son of
Lawrence Rains, born
on December 13, 1752
probably in Caroline County Virginia, and
Anna
McManus.
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Joseph Robins Rains,
Sarah Ann Jetton
and Children
[James
[Bob] is standing next to his father and Virtie
is seated
in front. Mary is standing behind Joseph
and Millie
is standing behind Sarah.]
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1. Susan Ann Rains was born
April 4, 1869 and died on August 23, 1869 in Dallas County
Missouri.
2. Mary Elizabeth Rains
3. Millie Jane Rains was
born on May 23, 1875 in Dallas County Missouri. She married
William Cooper Jr., of Neosho Falls Kansas, on December
31, 1906 in Dallas County Missiouri. Millie was living with her
parents Joseph and Sarah Rains during the 1910 Kansas census,
however, and
was listed as a widow. The 1920 Kansas census lists her as the
wife of Delbert Cox so she apparently remarried. She died on
October 24, 1921.
Millie and William had one son:
1. Atlas Cooper
4. Virtie Ann Rains
was born on April 3, 1882 in Dallas County Missouri. She married
Charles Robert Cooper on October 7, 1908 in Neosho Falls Woodson
County Kansas. She died on January 4, 1931 in Neosho Falls.
5. James Robert Rains was
born on March 22, 1885 in Dallas County Missouri. He married
Nellie Mae Hudson daughter of Samuel A. Hudson and Katurah.
Nellie's mother Katurah was a widow and living with them in
1910. Nellie was born in August of 1888 in Kansas. James "Bob"
and Nellie lived mostly in Kansas City Kansas where Bob worked
for the P & O Plow company, farmed and in a 1925 census was
listed as a contractor. Bob and Nellie did not have any
children.
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