RAINS CEMETERY

 

AN-44: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN, CUMMINS PARK DR

 

19 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS

 

BIGLEY               Born: 1848          1924                                   

Front inscription: UNCLE               D.W. BIGLEY/ APR. 30, 1848/ APR. 26, 1924        

                                                                                                          

GAINES               Born: 1861          1861                    

Front inscription: MAGGIE,/ DAUGHTER OF/ W.H. & M.B./ GAINES/ BORN/ APR. 15, 1861/ DIED/ MAY 9, 1861/ TOO PURE FOR EARTH/ GOD HATH TAKEN/ HER TO HIMSELF    

                                                                                             

GAINES               Born: 1837          1861                                   

Front inscription: MAGGIE B./ WIFE OF/ WM. H. GAINES/ BORN DEC. 29, 1837/ DIED APR. 22, 1861/ SHE LIVED AS PEACEFUL AS A DOVE/ SHE DIED AS BLOSSOMS DIE/ AND NOW HER SPIRIT FLOATS ABOVE/ A SERAPH IN THE SKY     

                                                                                                                    

MATLOCK          Born: 1840          1873                                                  

Front inscription: URSULA T. MATLOCK/ BORN/ NOV. 8, 1840/ DIED/JUNE 27, 1873            

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: U.T.M.

 

RAINS                  Born: 1875          1942                                                  

Front inscription: URSULA PILLOW RAINS/ 1875-1942/?/ BLACKMAN H. & EMMA T. RAINS            

                                                                                                         

RAINS                  Born: 1873          1915                                                  

Front inscription: WILFORD H. RAINS/ 1873-1915/ SON OF BLACKMAN H. & EMMA THOMPSON RAINS

                                                                                                                                      

RAINS                  Born: C.1897                                                                  

Front inscription: CAMILLE RAINS/ INFANT DAUGHTER OF/ JOHN MARK & CLARA B. RAINS/ BORN C.1897

                                                                                                                                                     

RAINS                  Born: 1873          C.1900                               

Front inscription: JOHN MARK RAINS/ 1873-C.1900/ SON OF JOHN GOWEN RAINS            

                                                                                                                         

RAINS                  Born: 1885          1906                                   

Front inscription: FELIX ROBERTSON RAINS/ 1885-1906/ SON OF BLACKMAN H. & EMMA THOMPSON RAINS        

                                                                                                                                      

RAINS                  Born: 1883          1910                                                  

Front inscription: JOHN EDGAR/ RAINS/ BORN/ AUG. 8, 1883/ DIED/ AUG 28. 1910            

                                                                                                                                         

RAINS                  Born: C.1840       C.1914                                              

Front inscription: BLACKMAN HAYS/ RAINS/ C.1840-C.1914          

                                                                                                                        

RAINS                  Born: 1852          1924                                                  

Front inscription: ALICE L. RAINS/ JULY 15, 1852/ JULY 12, 1924                                              

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: A.L.R.         

 

RAINS                  Born: 1848          1883                                                  

Front inscription: JAMES EDGAR RAINS/ BORN/ FEB. 18, 1848/ DIED/ JULY 31, 1883/ LEAVES HAVE THEIR TIME TO FALL/ AND FLOWERS TO WITHER AT THE NORTH WIND'S BREATH/ AND STARS TO SET-BUT ALL,/ THOU HAST ALL SEASONS FOR THINE OWN, O DEATH           

                                                                                                                          

RAINS                  Born: 1799          1875                                   

Front inscription: WILFORD H./ SON OF/ WILLIAM AND URSULA/ PILLOW RAINS/ BORN/ SEPT, 27, 1799/ DIED/ SEPT. 25, 1875/ A KIND HUSBAND/ A TENDER FATHER      

                         

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: W.H.R.       

 

RAINS                  Born: 1810          1849                    

Front inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ MARIAH L. DAUGHTER OF/ JOHN & LYDIA GOWEN/ WIFE OF WILFORD H. RAINS/ WHO WAS BORN JANUARY/ 26, 1810 AND DEPARTED/ THIS LIFE JULY 7, 1849/ AGED 39 YEARS 5/ MONTHS AND 11 DAYS/ HOPE LOOKS BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF TIME/ WHERE WHAT WEE NOW DEPLORE/ SHALL RISE IN FULL IMMORTAL PRIME/ AND BLOOM TO FAID (SIC) NO MORE      

                                                                                                              

UNKNOWN                                                                                                 

Front inscription: ILLEGIBLE

                                                                                         

UNKNOWN                                                                                                 

Front inscription: ILLEGIBLE                                                                   

 

UNKNOWN                                                                                  

Front inscription: ILLEGIBLE                                                                                                                

Footstone: YES   Footstone inscription: J.J.M.

              

UNKNOWN                                                                                                 

Front inscription: ILLEGIBLE       

 

SITE SURVEYED APRIL 1, 2000