Individual Details
Felix Grundy Gaines
(February 27, 1814 - November 17, 1859)
1850 Scott County, Arkansas, Parks, Dwelling/Family #121/121: Felix G. GAINES, 36, male, farmer, real estate $500, Virginia; Rebeccca GAINES, 25, female, Mississippi; Martha GAINES, 3, female, Arkansas; Cornelius GAINES, 1 1/12, male, Arkansas.
1850 Census Agriculture Schedule: Felix G. Gains owned 50 acres of improved land and 60 acres of unimproved, valued at $300.00. His farming implements were valued at $80.00 and he had 4 horses, 1 ass or mule, 5 milch cows, 2 working oxen, 12 other cattle, 19 sheep and 65 swine valued at $547.00. His farm had produced 20 bushels of wheat, 700 bushels of Indian corn, 100 bushels of oats, 2 bales of cotton, 8 lbs. of wool, 20 bushels of peas and beans, 15 bushels of Irish potatoes, 30 bushels of sweet potatoes and 200 lbs. of butter valued at $50.00. His slaughtered animals were valued at $90.00.
"Records show Redmon Grisby Gaines was born in Culpeper County, Virginia and at about the age of 16 (about 1830) the family moved to Tennessee, town and county unknown. Inasmuch as he was the fourth son, it is to be presumed that Felix Grundy Gaines was also born in Culpeper County, Virginia and moved to Tennessee with the family. In 1843, Cornelius Gaines and his wife and three brothers and three sisters moved to Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas." ("The Gaines Family Tree" typescript, page 6.)
Some information about the familes of Gaines, Grigsby, Foster, Hurt, Taylor, Pendleton from a Pedigree Chart done by Peggy Powers Wiley, 3717 Lenwood Street, Amarillo, Texas 79109; tele: 806-355-2046, about 1980.
1850 Census Agriculture Schedule: Felix G. Gains owned 50 acres of improved land and 60 acres of unimproved, valued at $300.00. His farming implements were valued at $80.00 and he had 4 horses, 1 ass or mule, 5 milch cows, 2 working oxen, 12 other cattle, 19 sheep and 65 swine valued at $547.00. His farm had produced 20 bushels of wheat, 700 bushels of Indian corn, 100 bushels of oats, 2 bales of cotton, 8 lbs. of wool, 20 bushels of peas and beans, 15 bushels of Irish potatoes, 30 bushels of sweet potatoes and 200 lbs. of butter valued at $50.00. His slaughtered animals were valued at $90.00.
"Records show Redmon Grisby Gaines was born in Culpeper County, Virginia and at about the age of 16 (about 1830) the family moved to Tennessee, town and county unknown. Inasmuch as he was the fourth son, it is to be presumed that Felix Grundy Gaines was also born in Culpeper County, Virginia and moved to Tennessee with the family. In 1843, Cornelius Gaines and his wife and three brothers and three sisters moved to Waldron, Scott County, Arkansas." ("The Gaines Family Tree" typescript, page 6.)
Some information about the familes of Gaines, Grigsby, Foster, Hurt, Taylor, Pendleton from a Pedigree Chart done by Peggy Powers Wiley, 3717 Lenwood Street, Amarillo, Texas 79109; tele: 806-355-2046, about 1980.
Events
| Birth | February 27, 1814 | Prince William County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | August 26, 1841 | Rebecca Arnold | |||
| Death | November 17, 1859 | Parks, Scott County, Arkansas | |||
| Burial | Parks, Scott County, Arkansas |
Families
| Spouse | Rebecca Arnold (1822 - 1899) |
| Child | Mary Jane Gaines (1843 - 1848) |
| Child | Susan Elizabeth Gaines (1844 - 1849) |
| Child | Martha Annalee Gaines (1846 - 1849) |
| Child | Cornelius Wyatt "Neal" Gaines (1849 - 1922) |
| Child | Julia Ann Rebecca Gaines (1851 - 1899) |
| Child | Permelia Frances "Fannie" Gaines (1853 - 1931) |
| Child | James Foster Gaines (1856 - 1909) |
| Father | Cornelius Gaines (1779 - 1847) |
| Mother | Susanna Foster (1786 - 1824) |
| Sibling | James Foster Gaines (1805 - 1853) |
| Sibling | Judge William Henry Gaines (1807 - ) |
| Sibling | Jane Gaines (1809 - 1873) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Gaines (1811 - ) |
| Sibling | Redmon Grigsby Gaines (1816 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann Gaines (1819 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Isaac Thomas Gaines (1821 - ) |
| Sibling | Cornelius Augustine Gaines (1824 - ) |