William Rain

Male 1856 - 1920  (64 years)


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  1. 1.  William Rain was born on 21 Nov 1856 in Ohio; died on 10 Dec 1920 in Topeka, Shawnee County, KS; was buried in Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, KS.

    Notes:

    Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society Archives:
    #16308
    Rain, William
    born: Nov. 21, 1856, Ohio
    died: Dec. 10, 1920
    residence: 521 Lake
    buried: Dec. 13, 1920
    cause of death: Myocarditis
    relative: Nellie Rain, wife
    Lot 16, Section 46, VN3
    lot owner: Lewis Rain
    undertaker: LMP (Penwell)

    Home in 1900: Topeka Ward 2, Shawnee, Kansas
    William Rain 42, born in Ohio, a locomotive engineer
    Nellie Rain 37

    Topeka Daily Capital, Monday, Dec. 13, 1920, page 8:
    Rain --William Rain, 64, died Saturday at 521 Lake street. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Monday from Penwell's chapel. Burial will be in Topeka cemetery.

    He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Lucile, San Diego, Cal.; one brother, John Rain, Shawnee, Okla.; two sisters, Mrs. Laura Biser, St. Joseph, Mo., and Mrs. C.W. Avery, Blackwell, Okla.

    Topeka State Journal, Saturday, Dec. 18, 1920, page 5:
    Veteran Engineer Dies
    William Rain Began Service With Santa Fe in 1872

    William Rain, retired Santa Fe engineer, who died last week at the age of 64 years, was one of the real veterans of the road, having served the Santa Fe continuously from August 13, 1872, when he entered the service as a fireman, to April 1, 1912, when he was retired on a pension. He was promoted to the position of engineer in 1879.

    Legend has it that Rain pulled the first pay car on the Kansas division, that he pulled mail trains across the western plains in the days when it was necessary to carry armed guards in the engine on account of hostile Indians, and that his task frequently included the making of test runs with new or outlaw engines.

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201768525/william-rain

    Plot Lot 16, Section 46, VN3

    Family/Spouse: Anna Elizabeth "Nellie" Moyer. Anna (daughter of Michael Fox Moyer and Annie Greenwalt) was born in 1862 in Uniontown, Fayette County, PA; died on 26 Aug 1934 in Topeka, Shawnee County, KS; was buried in Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, KS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2