Civil War Reminiscences of Sarah Fowler Rainwater, wife of Charles Cicero Rainwater
The Rainwater Family by Mrs. Charles Cicero Rainwater (Sarah Fowler Rainwater), The Missourian newspaper, 16 July 1932, 217 KB. PDF
Recollections of Mary Catherine Rainwater Pettijohn, from the archives of Ann Pettijohn Tomlinson, PDF
History of Catherine McCall and James Rainwater, by a granddaughter of Eli Rainwater, believed to be Nellie Rainwater Mills, daughter of Dr. Bradley Rainwater, 2MB, PDF
“The Family Tree of Clois Miles Rainwater and Nancy Jane McIlhaney: One Texas Family’s Origins, 1706-2012” by Susan Chance-Rainwater and R. Steven Rainwater, available through Lulu.com
The Rainwater Family Research of Oscar S. Brooks, June 2009
“Here’s the Plan of the Rainwater Clan” by Roscoe Rainwater, 1972
“Genealogy of the Rainwater Family” by Donald S. Webber, Dec 1981
Excerpts from ‘My Folks,” genealogical research (1984) and research notes (1966) of Thelma P. Sargent, Mesa, AZ
“Shirley, Rainwater, Crawford,” from ‘Ancestors and Friends: A History and Genealogy” by William Lusk Crawford, Sr., published 1978
“Rainwaters: A Family History” by Richard James Rainwaters
“Profile of the Delilah Rainwater & Richard Phillips familiy,” from the Pioneer History of Forsyth Co., GA
“Research into the Descendants of Burrell & Elizabeth Rainwater,” by Kay Ohana, June 2009
“Descendants of Richard Rainwater,” by James M. Jordan, 1997-1998
The Rainwater Family of Fayette County, Alabama and Waldrop Family of Wesley Chapel, Alabama, by Lynn Fusinato, Richardson TX, 2010, published on Rootsweb.com,
“Old money, blackmailed judges, moonshine and murder,” — moonshiner William James Rainwater, by Dave Tabler, AppalachianHistory.net, 24 Mar 2021
“Following migration trails from the Carolinas westward” (excerpt), by Damon Veach, query from Mrs. Merton R. Bowe regarding the descendants of John R. Rainwater and Margaret Burrow, Louisiana Ancestors, Sunday Advocate, 27 Feb 1983
“Dr. W. E. Rainwater, African-American dentist and activist,” by Susan Chance-Rainwater, March 2024, Dallas Genealogical Society blog
“The Many Marriages of William Richard Rainwater of Mississippi,” by Susan Chance-Rainwater, 25 Jul 2023
“Two Claras, or one. Take your pick. The identity of Clara Caldwell,” by Susan Chance-Rainwater, Feb 2021
“A childhood murder changes two lives: the tragic backstory of Paul E. Rainwater”
Susan Chance-Rainwater, Dec 2020“Reconsidering Thomas J. Rainwater and Horace Rainwater, Jr., with a deep dive into their natal family,”
Susan Chance-Rainwater, June 2020“Jonathan Russell Rainwater aka John R. Rainwater, of Wood Co., Texas: wouldn’t it be simpler for genealogists if people just stuck with their original names?”
Susan Chance-Rainwater, 22 May 2020“Rakish Rainwater: Riley Rainwater’s Bigamy Case”
Susan Chance-Rainwater, 13 Feb 2020“The Perplexing Problem of Jane Rainwater Rash, c1809-before 1900,”
Susan Chance-Rainwater, May 2019“A Case of Familicide in Orrick, Missouri: The William B. Rainwater Murders”
Susan Chance-Rainwater, 2018“Determining the Identity of Nancy J. Rainwater of Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky”
Susan Chance-Rainwater, Nov 2017“Rebecca J. Rainwater’s maiden name – McDaniel, McDonald, or McPherson?”
Susan Chance-Rainwater, Nov 2017“Jessie Etnie / Martha Edna Rainwater name and date issues”
Susan Chance-Rainwater, Apr 2019“Finding Kansada Rainwater’s Maiden Name”
Susan Chance-Rainwater, Feb 2017“Nothing is obvious: reasoning to the parents of John Lysander Rainwater”
Susan Chance-Rainwater, Aug 2019“Franklin Pierce Rainwater murder case, 1925, South Carolina,” Susan Chance-Rainwater, 2017
“Who are the parents of Eulis Rainwater?”, Susan Chance-Rainwater, Sep 2020
“Analysis of the spouses and children of Wilkes Berrywine Rainwater,” Susan Chance-Rainwater, Aug 2021
“Why I disbelieve the claim that Martha Branham Rainwater and Martha Jane McCarter Rainwater are the same person,” Susan-Chance-Rainwater, revised 2023
“An Analysis of the Children of James Rainwater, ca 1735-post 1790, Surry Co, NC”, Susan Chance-Rainwater, 1999
How (Huston Tillman) Rainwater became the iceman, The Miami Herald, 5 Jan 1968
Personality Profile: Lloyd Rainwater knows about bears in region, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 7 Jun 1970
Pioneer Recalls Trip Across Oklahoma Without Firearms, recollections of Martin Van Buren Rainwater, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 27 Sept 1935
Panama Duty Career Highlight, recollections of Roscoe Rainwater, Vernon Daily Record, Jan 1963
“Matriarch built a flush family without plumbing”, Thelma May Rainwater, 20 Sep 2009
Vernon Inez Waldrop Connaster Rainwater: “Struggles, triumphs: woman overcomes tough times with courage”, 23 Nov 1987
Lemuel Flewellyn Rainwater, 1848-1933, Mississippi, Profile
Biography of Annie Heads Rainwater, 1912-1992, Carrollton, TX, PDF
Conservation Profile: R. Sloan Rainwater, from Soil Conservation magazine, Sept 1966, Vol 32, No 2, pg 45
Rev. James Rainwater, 1795-1871, Georgia, from History of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia, published 1881
The Rainwater Researcher, a printed newsletter, edited by Robert O. Albert, Jr., lasted four years and helped create a cohesive research community. It was the forerunner of and inspiration for this website. While some of the information contained in the newsletter is questionable, most is of good quality and there are many fascinating family stories worth preserving. Non-genealogical filler material, such as poems, cartoons, etc. have been dropped for file size considerations.