Individual Details
Henry Houston Rainwater
(May 1859 - 1926)
1880 Census: Henry, age 21, with Ceiley A., age 22, and Artis, age 1.
1900 Census. Lees Creek Twp, Crawford, AR, Hh 182
Henry H. Rainswater, b. May 1859, age 41, married 24 years, b. AR
Celia A., wife, b. Feb 1858, 43, 10 children - 8 are living
Author O., son, b. Aug 1881, 18
John S., son, b. Jan 1884, 16
Warren,son, b. Mar 1889, 11
Iva E., dau, b. Jan 1892, 8
Benjamin H., son, b. Dec 1894, 5
William H., son, b. Apr 1897, 3
Wallace E., son, b. Dec 1899, 5 months
James Rhoden, Servant, b. 1881, age 19
In Hh 181
Ella Rainwater, b. May 1830, age 70, widow, 6 children, all living, b. KY
Josaphene, dau, b. Jul 1870, 29, b. AR
Nancy Allen, sister, b. Mar 1848, age 58, single, b. AR
1910 Census. Warren, Harris, Wallace all still at home. A few doors from Henry is Isabell Rainwater, age 80, widowed, born in Kentucky; living with her is Josie age 40, single.
Found in 1920 Crawford Co Census. Age 60, born Arkansas, Father born in Tennesse, mother born in Kentucky. Age 60; Celia age 61 - her Father born in Missouri, her mother in Arkansas. Nancy Allen, listed as "Aunt", age 81 and deaf lived with them.
Next door is Harris Rainwater and wife Grace - he's 22, likely a son of Henry and Celia. There is also a Wallace E., age 20 only a few pages away.
Events
| Birth | May 1859 | Arkansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 1 Sep 1876 | McDonald County, Missouri - Celia Ann Turner | | ||
| Death | 1926 | |
Families
| Spouse | Celia Ann Turner (1858 - 1936) |
| Child | Artie L. Rainwater (1879 - ) |
| Child | Arthur O. Rainwater (1881 - ) |
| Child | John Sanford Rainwater (1884 - 1952) |
| Child | Warren Rainwater (1889 - ) |
| Child | Iva E. Rainwater (1892 - ) |
| Child | Benjamin H. "Buddy" Rainwater (1894 - ) |
| Child | William Harris Rainwater (1897 - 1958) |
| Child | Wallace Edgar Rainwater (1899 - 1965) |
| Father | Rev. John Sanford Rainwater (1819 - 1898) |
| Mother | Isabella E. Allen (1830 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Lucinda Catherine "Katie" Rainwater (1861 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Nancy J. Rainwater (1863 - ) |
| Sibling | Martha C. Rainwater (1866 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Margaret Emeline "Maggie" Rainwater (1868 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Josephine "Josie" Rainwater (1870 - 1918) |
Endnotes
1. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), Hall Cemetery, p.254.
2. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056), Lees Creek Twp., p.232a, Household 182..
3. LDS Microfilm #1254041 & #1254042, US Census 1880 AR, Crawford Co, Lees Creek Twp; p.468b; Dwelling 68.
4. Transcribed by Jeania Moore Burns, US Census. 1870. Arkansas, Crawford County., Lees Creek Twp; p.215b; Dwelling 120..
5. U.S. Federal Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription (Ancestry.com); 1790-1940.
6. Email.
7. US Census 1910 AR, Crawford County (LDS Microfilm #1374061), Lee's Creek Township; Household 13.
8. Rainwater Research and Dababase
9. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), Hall Cemetery, p.254.