Emory Rains [SEP] cause of death
stroke, and is buried in the City Cemetery in Emory, Texas. Both Emory, Texas, and Rains County, Texas are named for him.
External links.
- The Author of the Texas Homestead Exemption Law by AE Wilkinson, Southwestern Historical Quarterly - concerning attribution of homestead law authorship in Republic of Texas
- Political biography
- Brief history of Rains County, Texas
- Another history of Rains County, Texas
Emory, Texas
Emory is a city in Rains County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,239 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Rains County. Previously known as Springville, the city and county are named after Emory Rains who was a legislator from the area. Rains was the author of the Homestead Law of Texas which was later used as a model for the protection of homesteads throughout the United States. Special legislation passed to create Rains County called for the citizens to vote on the location