Evergreen Cemetery
Jefferson County, Iowa

Note: This headstone is for five members of the Raines family. The surname on the headstone is "Raines"; some sources have been found that used "Rains" for the surname, likely a phonetic mis-spelling.

Will use the "Raines" surname for these entries with that caution.

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FATHER
John Alexander Raines
Nov. 9, 1835 - Dec. 23, 1914
(Note: a previous Evergreen transcription used Dec. 24, 1914 for the DOD. The death record on file in Jefferson county uses Dec. 23, 1914 for the DOD and noted that burial took place on Dec. 24, 1914)


MOTHER
Martha Jane Raines
(maiden name Bocock. She died in Chicago, Illinois so access to her death record for clarification is limited. No Fairfield obituary was published.)
April 30, 1845 - Jan. 30, 1940


(sic. the following were three of the children;)

Oscar Y Raines
1861 - 1883

Nora Junia Raines
Sept. 22, 1874 - May 29, 1892

M. Olga Raines
April 28, 1872 - July 8, 1935


Old.P.227


Photo by
Richard K Thompson
June 24, 2009