Typed by: Jan Shelfer
Sidney Johnson GAINES
Surnames: GAINES, SPINKS, DE GRAFFENRIED, TOWNSEND, LEMLEY,
BRYANT, FEATHERSTON, SCOTT
Sidney Johnson Gaines, b. August 30, 1863 in Alabama, d. July 13, 1934 in Falls
County, Texas and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin-was the sixth of eight
children of William Duvall Gaines, b. October 10, 1824 in Escambia County,
Florida, d. December 11, 1909 in Chilton, and his wife, Martha Elizabeth
(Spinks) Gaines, b. 1829 in Alabama, d. 1908 in Chilton and buried in Calvary
Cemetery in Marlin. William Duvall Gaines brought his family from Alabama to
Falls County, Texas in 1866, and settled in rock Dam near Marlin, where he was a
merchant and a farmer. In 1874, he moved to his farm near Chilton, and also ran
a two-stand gin. Martha Elizabeth (Spinks) Gaines was a daughter of Captain W.
P. and Mrs. Caroline Spinks, of North and South Carolina, respectively.
On December 13, 1884, Sidney Johnson Gaines was married to Katherine Jenna de
Graffenried, b. October 19, 1865 in Texas, d. July 6, 1910 and buried in Calvary
Cemetery-a daughter of Dr. Fleming Taylor and Augusta G. (Townsend) de
Graffenried.
Sidney Johnson and Katherine Jenna (de Graffenried) Gaines moved to the new town
of Rosebud, which was formed in 1887, where their five children were born; but
only three survived to adulthood:
Mattie Hinda Gaines, B. September 23, 1886, d. November 19, 1905.
Spinks Townsend Gaines, b. October 2, 1888, d. November 11, 1906.
Sidney Gaines-a daughter, b. October 15, 1893-married Dr. C. C. Lemley of Waco,
Texas, and had one daughter, Sidney Gaines Lemley.
Sambo Gaines, b. November 25, 1894 in Rosebud, d. 1984 in Falls County,
Texas-married John Bryant Featherston-a son of John Henry and Lou Annie (Bryant)
Featherston.
Reuben Gaines, b. June 1, 1901, d. February 9, 1977-married L. V. Scott, and had
Lee Gaines Scott.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these
Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County," compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 167, column 2.
