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 Emory Rains
N 32° 52.680 W 095° 46.088
15S E 241015 N 3641160
Texas Historical Marker at the grave site of Emory Rains, in Emory City Cemetery, Emory, TX. Rains had an extensive civic career, and this city and county bear his name.
Waymark Code: WMNGRT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/14/2015
Views: 3
Marker Number: 10861
Marker Text:
(May 2, 1800 - Aug. 11, 1878)
Texas pioneer Emory Rains served as an alcalde under Mexican rule and as a counselor in the East Texas Regulator-Moderator War of the 1840s. As a senator in the Republic of Texas Congress, he helped pass the Homestead Act. Rains also served in the 1845 Constitutional Convention and in the state legislature, where he worked for the formation of this county, which was named in his honor. The Rains county seat, Emory, was also named for him.
Recorded - 1983
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