Rev. John, son of Rev. John Raines, was also a prominent clergyman in the Methodist denomination, holding important charges in the western part of New York state. He married Mary, a daughter of Colonel Thaddeus Remington, of Canandaigua. Children: 1. John, see elsewhere. 2. Thomas, who served as state treasurer, 1871-74, and is now (1910) a resident of the city of Rochester. 3. George, represented the Monroe district in the state senate, 1878-79, gained a widespread reputation as a criminal lawyer, and died in Rochester, November, 1908. 4. William G., was a prominent lawyer in Washington, District of Columbia, and in New York City, and now (1910) lives in retirement at Wheeler Station, Ontario county, New York. 5-6. Thaddeus and Eugene, died in early manhood. 7. Mary, married the late Hon. George F. Yeoman, of Rochester, in which city she now (1910) resides.
