Reuben GAINES

Birth:
4 Aug 1815
Brewerton, Laurens, South Carolina
Death:
16 Nov 1899
Gordon, Georgia
Burial:
Oothcalooga Church Cem., Adairsville, Bartow, Georgia
Marriage:
12 Jan 1837
Brewerton, Laurens, South Carolina
Sources:
Ancestral File (TM)
Clore-Glore Genealogy, p 72, p 148-149
Gaines Genealogy: One Line from 1620 to the Present Time, p 75-81
The History of Bartow County Formerly Cass, p 58
Internet IGI (Nov 2006)
Rootsweb.com
Notes:
                   The following information is from the Clore-Glore Genealogy manuscript byDelma Rae Carpenter, Sr. (1881-1967).  A copy of this is available at theMadison Co., VA Library.  This manuscript is a typescript  and update ofanother, handwritten, Clore-Glore Genealogy manuscript by Dr. ArthurLeslie Keith.  The original of Keith's manuscript is at the NewberryLibrary, Chicago., IL.  Please note that some of this information hasbeen updated by other researchers in the meantime and I'll try to addnotes with the current information.

Page 148:
       Reuben Gaines (son of James Gaines and wife Margaret Clore) was bornin Laurens Co., S.C., Aug. 4, 1815, died at Adairsville, Ga., Nov. 17,1899.  He settled near Adairsville, Ga., in 1837.  About 1856 he moved toAnderson Co., Texas, where he lived for about 15 years, then he movedback to Gordon Co., Ga.  He is buried in Oothcaloga cemetery.  He was afarmer and a deacon in the Baptist Church.

Lucy Josephine Cunyus, The History of Bartow County Formerly Cass,(Tribune Publishing Co., 1933), p 58-59:
       Reuben, b. 1815 in Laurens district, went to school in thatdistrict, m. Elizabeth Walker in Jan. 1836 and moved near Adairsville andlived 19 years at the Tillman Leake place, then in 1856 he moved to Texasand during the Civil War served in the Texas state troops.  They returnedto Gordon county in 1871 and she died in 1886.  He m. Alice Sanders ofRome, and he died in 1899 and is buried in Oothcalooga.  Most of thechildren are identified with Texas in Navarro county.

Cass County, Georgia 1850 Federal Census
The 12 Division, p 208, Dwelling 1509, Family 1521
       Reuben Gaines  35 M SC   Farmer $2500
       Elizabeth "    37 F "
       James M. "     9 M "
       Milton "       8 M "
       Sarah "        7 F "
       Martha "       5 F "
       Louis P. "          1 M "

Cass County, Georgia 1850 Slave Owners
Gaines, Reuben 2 male slaves
            2 female slaves
            4 total slaves


This information is from the Descendants of Michael Clore Database © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Cathi Clore Frost.
Elizabeth WALKER
Birth:
24 Aug 1813
Brewerton, Laurens, South Carolina
Death:
7 Jan 1886
Gordon, Georgia
Burial:
Oothcalooga Church Cem., Adairsville, Bartow, Georgia
Sources:
Ancestral File (TM)
Clore-Glore Genealogy, p 148-149
The History of Bartow County Formerly Cass, p 58
Notes:
                   This information is from the Descendants of Michael Clore Database © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Cathi Clore Frost.
Children
Marriage
1
James Marion GAINES
Birth:
15 Mar 1841
Adairsville, Cass, Georgia
Death:
19 Dec 1916
Bartow, Georgia
Mary Paulina GRAY 
Marr:
4 Dec 1867
Anderson, Texas 
Notes:
                   Lucy Josephine Cunyus, The History of Bartow County Formerly Cass,(Tribune Publishing Co., 1933), p 59:
       Served in 22nd Tex. Reg., Walker's Div., his wife and children areidentified with Anderson county, Tex.


This information is from the Descendants of Michael Clore Database © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Cathi Clore Frost.
2
Milton Pinkney GAINES
Birth:
22 Aug 1842
Adairsville, Bartow, Georgia
Death:
29 Nov 1917
Palestine, Anderson, Texas
Mary Catherine KING 
Marr:
21 Aug 1859
near Palestine, Anderson, Texa 
Notes:
                   This information is from the Descendants of Michael Clore Database © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Cathi Clore Frost.
3
Sarah Frances GAINES
Birth:
23 Oct 1843
Adairsville, Cass, Georgia
Death:
15 Dec 1864
Farmersville, Collin, Texas
Notes:
                   This information is from the Descendants of Michael Clore Database © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Cathi Clore Frost.
4
Martha T. GAINES
Birth:
13 Jun 1846
Adairsville, Cass, Georgia
Death:
22 Nov 1876
Anderson, Texas
John Henry BENSON 
Marr:
19 Jul 1869
Anderson, Texas 
Notes:
                   This information is from the Descendants of Michael Clore Database © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Cathi Clore Frost.
5
Louis GAINES LEWIS
Birth:
24 Nov 1849
Adairsville, Cass, Georgia
Death:
19 Aug 1919
Mahala Catherine BARRETT 
Marr:
17 Mar 1875
 
6
Susan Leah GAINES
Birth:
2 Mar 1851
Adairsville, Cass, Georgia
Death:
30 Jun 1934
Navarro, Texas
John GRAY 
Marr:
28 Dec 1867
Anderson, Texas 
Notes:
                   This information is from the Descendants of Michael Clore Database © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Cathi Clore Frost.
7
Henry Walker GAINES
Birth:
27 Mar 1852
Adairsville, Cass, Georgia
Death:
10 Nov 1933
Nancy Clarissa MILLS 
Marr:
9 Dec 1886
Chattooga, Georgia 
8
Lewis Pendleton GAINES
Birth:
24 Nov 1849
Adairsville, Cass, Georgia
Death:
19 Aug 1919
Bartow, Georgia
Frances Wilkerson SANDLIN 
Marr:
7 Mar 1889
Houston, Georgia 
Notes:
                   Lucy Josephine Cunyus, The History of Bartow County Formerly Cass,(Tribune Publishing Co., 1933), p 59:
       Lewis Pendleton Gaines ran a mill in partnership with L. P. Lewis atCave, near Kingston but later he removed to Adairsville; he, like all theGaines, loved singing and family ties; is author of the "History of theGaines Family".

Bartow County, Georgia 1880 Federal Census
ED 6, p 2, Kingston or 952 G.M. District, Dwelling 15, Family 16
       Gains, L.P.    WM 30          M    Milling        Georgia S.C. S.C.
       ___, Mahala C. WF 23     Wife M    Keeps the House     Georgia S.C.Tenn
       ___, David R.  WM 4 Son  S              Georgia  Georgia Ga
       ___, James P.  WM 2 Son  S              Georgia Ga Ga


This information is from the Descendants of Michael Clore Database © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Cathi Clore Frost.
9
Henry Walker GAINES
Birth:
27 Mar 1852
Adairsville, Cass, Georgia
Death:
10 Nov 1933
Gordon, Georgia
Nancy Clarissa MILLS 
Marr:
9 Dec 1886
Chattooga, Georgia 
Notes:
                   This information is from the Descendants of Michael Clore Database © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by Cathi Clore Frost.
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Reuben Gaines - Elizabeth Walker

Reuben Gaines was born at Brewerton, Laurens, South Carolina 4 Aug 1815. His parents were James Gaines and Margaret Clore.

He married Elizabeth Walker 12 Jan 1837 at Brewerton, Laurens, South Carolina . Elizabeth Walker was born at Brewerton, Laurens, South Carolina 24 Aug 1813 daughter of John Walker and Sarah Leah Holcomb .

They were the parents of 9 children:
James Marion Gaines born 15 Mar 1841.
Milton Pinkney Gaines born 22 Aug 1842.
Sarah Frances Gaines born 23 Oct 1843.
Martha T. Gaines born 13 Jun 1846.
Louis Gaines Lewis born 24 Nov 1849.
Susan Leah Gaines born 2 Mar 1851.
Henry Walker Gaines born 27 Mar 1852.
Lewis Pendleton Gaines born 24 Nov 1849.
Henry Walker Gaines born 27 Mar 1852.

Reuben Gaines died 16 Nov 1899 at Gordon, Georgia .

Elizabeth Walker died 7 Jan 1886 at Gordon, Georgia .