Brief Life History of James Milus
When James Milus Rains was born in 1864, in Alabama, United States, his father, Charles Raines, was 44 and his mother, Melissa Long, was 32. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States in 1880.
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Sources (3)
- Melus Rains in household of Malesa Rains, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Rains - Government record: birth-name: James Rains
- James Rains in household of Chas Rains, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · Sultana Tragedy
In April of 1865, the steamboat the Sultana exploded. The Civil War had been over for awhile so this was considered the worst maritime disaster in US history. Compared to the Titanic where 1,512 people were killed, 1,8000 soldiers were killed on the Sultana. Confederate soldiers that weeks earlier had been fighting with Union soldiers were now fighting to save their lives.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): variant of Raines .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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