William Rufus Rainey
born: c1792 - North Carolina
died: c1859 - Attala County, Mississippi
wife: Mary Duncan
born: c1792 - North Carolina

Children of William Rufus Rainey and Mary Duncan Rainey:

1. David Rainey
born: 1817 - South Carolina

2. Peter Rainey
born: 1820 - Alabama

3. John W. Rainey
born: 1822 - Alabama

4. James C. Rainey
born: 1824 - Alabama

5. Sarah W. Rainey
born: 1826 - Alabama

6. William Rufus Rainey II
Methodist Minister
born: 17 June 1828 - Greene County, Alabama
died: 11 November 1905 - Sturgis, Mississippi
buried: Whitefield (Old Methodist) Cemetery -Sturgis, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
1st marriage: c1848
1st wife: Mary E. Porter
[daughter of Samuel Porter and Martha J. ?]
born: 12 March 1832
died: 28 October 1852

Children of William Rufus Rainey II and Mary E. Porter Rainey:

6.1. Samuel Milton Rainey
born: 31 August 1849

6.2. Wiley D. Rainey
born: 5 September 1851
died: 1852

2nd marriage of William Rufus Rainey II: 9 June 1858 - Carroll County, Mississippi
2nd wife of William Rufus Rainey II: Mary Lou W. Elliott
[daughter of Alexander Elliott and Nancy Mackey]
born: 27 February 1833
died: 28 December 1913
buried: Whitefield Cemetery - Sturgis, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

Children of William Rufus Rainey II and Mary Lou W. Elliott Rainey:

6.3. Martha Patty Rainey
born: 1858

6.4. Mary E. H. "Molly" Rainey
born: 1861

6.5. William A. Rainey
born: 1864

6.6. Sallie M. Rainey
born: 1866

6.7. David Eli Rainey
born: 1869

6.8. Lou Ella "Lula" Rainey
born: 1872

6.9. James C. Rainey
born: 1874

6.10. Josephine Lydia Pernell "Jody" Rainey
born: 1876

7. Thomas F. Rainey
born: 1829 - Alabama

8. Eli Needham Rainey
Methodist Minister
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 21 December 1830 - Greene County, Alabama
died: 11 January 1878 - Washington County, Mississippi
buried:
married: 18 February 1855 - Attala County, Mississippi
wife: Margaret Jane Hearn
[daughter of ? Hearn and ? ?]
born: 6 March 1834
died: 1 January 1916 - Central Point, Mississippi
buried: Malone Cemetery - Holmes County, Mississippi

Children of Eli Needham Rainey and Margaret Jane Hearn Rainey:

8.1. Luther Rainey
born: c1855

8.2. Mary Rainey
born: c1860

8.3. Margaret Jane Rainey
born: 9 December 1862 - Mississippi
died:
married: 4 January 1883
husband: George D. Putnam
[son of Issa Putnam and Mary Ann Garret]
born: 7 December 1853 - Mississippi

Child of Margaret Jane Rainey Putnam and George D. Putname:

8.3.1. Birdie Mae Putnam
born: 11 February 1890 - Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi
died: 28 December 1968 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
buried: Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississipppi
married: 25 February 1918 - Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi
husband: William Kimbrel Joyce
[son of Robert Philip Joyce and Lottie Elizabeth Gowan]
born: 12 January 1886 - Durant, Homes County, Mississippi
died: 21 April 1944 - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
buried: Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi

8.4. Annie Rainey
born: 1866

8.5. Sarah Rainey
born: 1868

8.6. John Rainey
born: 1871

8.7. Newton Ensley Rainey
born: 2 April 1874 - Mississippi
died: 18 March 1952 - Holmes County, Mississippi
buried: Malone Cemetery - Holmes County, Mississippi
1st marriage:
1st wife: Alice Huffstickler

Child of Newton Ensley Rainey and Alice Huffstickler Rainey:

8.7.1. Juanita Beatrice Rainey
born: 9 May 1906 - Alabama
died: 17 February 1994 - Washington County, Mississippi
buried: Greenlawn Cemetery - Greenville, Mississippi

8.7.2. Ruby Fletcher Rainey
born: August 1912 - Alabama
died: 1982
buried: Greenlawn Cemetery - Greenville, Mississippi

8.7.3. Catherine Grace Rainey
born: 14 December 1914 - Alabama
died: c1998 - Isola, Mississippi
husband: Woodrow Childress

8.7.4. Alice Rainey
husband: ? Manuel

9. Mary H. Rainey
born: 1833 - Alabama

10. Frances L. Rainey
born: 1834 - Alabama