Born: Sunday, July 11, 1915 in Pomona, Jackson County, Illinois
Died: Saturday, August 2, 1997 in Dongola, Union County, Illinois
Buried: Walker Hill Cemetery, Jackson County, Illinois
Lived: 82 years 22 days
Father: William Sylvester Ellis 
(1874/IL - 1957/IL)
Mother: Regina Dollie Vanover (1882/IL - 1923/IL)
Sister: Aphia Hattie Ellis Perrigan+ (half-sister)♀ (1894/IL - 1978/IL)
Brother: Robert W Ellis (half-brother)♂ (1896/IL - 1918/IL)
Sister: Alice Lydia Worthen Browder+ (half-sister)♀ (1898/IL - 1974/IL)
Brother: Dewey Calvin Ellis+ (half-brother)♂ (1898/IL - 1965/IL)
Brother: Willard Worthen (half-brother)♂ (1902/IL - 1964/MO)
Sister: Etta Worthen (half-sister)♀ (1906/IL - )
Sister: Ruby Pauline Ellis Moutell David+ (half-sister)♀ (1906/IL - 1993/IL)
Sister: Bertha Marie Worthen (half-sister)♀ (1907/IL - 1997/MO)
Brother: Willis William Worthen (half-brother)♂ (1909/IL - 1985/MO)
Brother: Kenneth Ray Ellis+ (half-brother)♂ (1909/IL - 1941/IL)
Sister: Martha Lucille Ellis Koenig+ ♀ (1914/IL - 2001/IL)
Brother: Daniel Eugene Ellis ♂ 
(1918/IL - 2004/MO)
Brother: Clarence E. Ellis ♂ (1920/IL - 1921/IL)
Brother: -unpublished-
Brother: Jerry Donald Ellis (half-brother)♂ (1948/IL - 2022/MO)
Sister: -unpublished-
Brother: -unpublished-
Name: Thomas Jefferson Rains (1911/IL - 1995/IL)
Place: Jackson County, Illinois
Son: Steven Lee Rains ♂ ( - )
Daughter: Regenia Sue Rains Ebberts+ ♀ ( - )
Son: Thomas Edward Rains+ ♂ (1932/IL - 2020/IL)
Son: Earl Eugene Rains+ ♂ (1934/IL - )
Daughter: Betty Jean Rains ♀ (1935/IL - )
Daughter: Frieda Marie Rains Tripp ♀ (1939/IL - 2015/IL)
Daughter: Joyce Ann Rains ♀ (1944/MO - 2020/IL)
This page was created on September 14, 2018, last updated on January 28, 2019, and viewed on October 15, 2026.