Matilda Rains' father was Jesse Rains, not John Rains. Her mother was Kezziah Ezell. Jesse and Kezziah were married in Sumner Co., TN in 1821 and moved to Ohio Co., KY by 1830. They had eight children together, including Matilda, who was born in April 1835 in Ohio Co. Matilda married 1st James C. McGill and had a child named Catherine. After McGill died (in the Civil War?) she married Henry R. English, who was her sister Sarah's husband. Sarah, also called Sally, and a child named Hardin probably died after the 1860 census. Matilda and Henry are found on the 1870 census in Ohio co.KY. Children are: Kasiah, Mary J., Hardin, Thomas, Lewis W., Rosa, and Jesse. These were all her sister Sarah's children. Her own child, Catherine, is missing from the census. Matilda and Henry next appear in 1880 in Rumsey, McLean Co., KY. Louis W., Rosa, Jessie M., John and Thomas are in the household. John, a 5-year-old in 1880, is the only child that appears to be hers. The 1900 census shows her living with Maywood English who claims her as his mother. Is this Jesse M.? One of Maywood's children is named "Arvil" or "Orvil", which is my grandfather's name. He was Matilda's nephew.