The Complete Rainwaters in the 1890 census

The general 1890 census was destroyed by fire some decades ago. All that remains is a special census taken of Civil War veterans and their surviving widows.

Blank, printable forms for the 1890 Civil War Veterans' census are available from Ancestry.com.

Kentucky Missouri Oregon

Tennessee Virginia Washington

Kentucky

Waterloo, Pulaski Co., KY, line 29, D396, F396
Josiah W. Rainwater, Sergeant, Company D, 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, enlisted 5 Nov 1861 - discharged 10 Jan 1865, served 3 years 2 months 5 days, gun shot wound in right arm
 

Missouri

ED52, Montreal PO, Jackson Twp., Camden Co., MO, D153, F154
Abraham B. Rainwater, Private, 45th Missouri Volunteers, enlisted 5 Sep 1864 - discharged 29 Jun 1865
 
ED52, Jackson Twp., Camden Co., MO, pg 3, D126, F127
Francis M. Rainwater, 4th Sergeant, Company G Osage MO Home Guard, enlisted 18 Jul 1861 - discharged 20 Dec 1861, right arm off at elbow
 
ED52, Toronto PO, Jackson Twp., Camden Co., MO, pg 4, D127, F128
Mary A. Rainwater, widow of Gideon E. Rainwater, Sergeant, Company Gosage MO Home Guard, enlisted 18 Jul 1861 - discharged 20 Dec 1861
 
ED322, Knoxville Twp., Ray Co., MO, D191, F191
Aaron Rainwater, Private, Company D 6th MO Cavalry, enlisted 4 Feb 1862 - discharged 30 Jul 1863
 
ED325, Lawson PO, Polk Twp., Ray Co., MO, pg 2, D144, F147
Ashley W. Rainwater, Private, Company D 6th MO Cavalry, enlisted 8 Feb 1862 - discharged 21 Mar 1865, suffers from rheumatism and piles
 
ED149, Versailles PO, Moreau Twp., Morgan Co., MO, pg 1, D50, F61
Wiley Rainwater, Private, Company I 44th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, enlisted 8 Feb 1862 - discharged 8 Feb 1865, injured by being thrown from a horse
William Rainwater, Private, Company I 44th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, enlisted 8 Feb 1862 - discharged 8 Feb 1865, only a boy when honorably discharged
 
ED174, Houston PO, Piney Twp., Texas Co., MO, pg 21, D20, F20
I. Rainwater, Sergeant, Company H 11th Minnesota Infantry, enlisted Apr or Aug 1861 - discharged 29 May 1865, suffers from hemorrhoids, [bad] lungs and rheumatism
Based on the information given in this record, this individual is Ira H. Rainwater
 

Oregon

Fox Valley, Linn Co., OR
Miles Rainwater, 1st Sergeant, Company C KY 3rd Infantry, enlisted 7 Aug 1861 - discharged 5 Jan 1863, served 1 year 4 months 29 days, suffers from catarrh and lung trouble.
 

Tennessee

ED210, Rockwood P.O., Roane Co., TN, pg 1, D4, F6
George A. Rainwater, Private, Company E, 1st Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 12 Dec 1862 - discharged 10 Jul 1865, currently suffers from nasal catarrh and throat problems.
 
ED137, Trion P.O., Jefferson Co., TN, pg 1, D47, F48
Harrison Rainwater, Sergeant, Company I, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 22 Sep 1862 - discharged 14 Jul 1865, currently suffers from rheumatism and piles.
 
ED137, Chestnut Hill P.O., Jefferson Co., TN, pg 3, D147, F157
John W. Rainwater, Private, Company I, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted 1 Jul 1864 - discharged 1 Jul 1865.
 

Virginia

ED19, Ervinton, Dickenson Co., VA, D24, F24
Ramsey Rainwater (Rainwater Ramsey), enlisted Oct 1861 - discharged 1865
According to the researcher Thomas Martin, this individual's given name was Rainwater. The son of William Ramsey, and grandson of Joel Ramsey, his name should be correctly rendered Rainwater Ramsey. It is not known why his parents named him Rainwater.
 

Washington

ED68, Dayton, Columbia Co., WA, pg 6, D48, F50
Susan Rainwater Neal, widow of Richard Smith, Corporal, Company I 1st Arkansas Cavalry, killed in service, widow has since remarried
 
ED72, 4th Precinct, Columbia Co., WA, pg 2, D108, F110
Jacob Rainwater, Bugler, Company A, 22nd or 32nd Missouri Cavalry, enlisted 3 Jul 1862 - discharged 11 Oct 1863, suffers from chronic diarrhea
 

Sources

• 10: 1890 census (Civil War survivors & widows)
• 390: 1890 Civil War Veterans Census of Tennessee, Byron & Barbara Sistler
• 420: Pulaski Co., KY Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Widows and the 1890 County Taxpayers List, transcription, PCHS
• 440: 1890 Missouri Veterans Census Index, Bryan Lee Dilts
• 511: Oregon State 1890 Special Federal Census of Union Veterans and Their Widows, compiled by Jane A. Myers