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- 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. [1]
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1856 - 1920 (64 years)
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