Rains
Ambrose Fitzgerald
Emory, TX
(March 12, 1827 - June 15, 1893) A native of Missouri, Ambrose Fitzgerald settled near here in 1846 on land that was then part of...
Emory Rains
Emory, TX
(May 2, 1800 - Aug. 11, 1878) Texas pioneer Emory Rains served as an alcalde under Mexican rule and as a counselor in the East Texas...
Isaac Newton Gresham
Point, TX
(Feb. 20, 1858 - April 10, 1906) In 1902 Alabama native Isaac Newton "Newt" Gresham was a Rains County farmer and newspaper editor.
Judge James Hooker
East Tawakoni, TX
Prominent Hunt County pioneer (1807-1865) Came to Texas 1840.
Rains County
Emory, TX
One of the earlier areas of Texas to be settled.
Rains County Courthouse
Emory, TX
The community of Emory was once called Springville, part of Wood County.