Tag: Rockingham County
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Who was J.M. Brower?
“…J. M. Brower started me in the manufacturing of tobacco, giving me 1/3 net profit, the firm being C. A. Raine & Co. We continued business under many difficulties and without success until 1878, when Mr. Brower sold out lock, stock, and barrel.” -From Charles Anderson Raine’s Autobiography In his autobiography, Charles Anderson Raine makes…
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C.A. Raine’s Autobiography
This autobiography is an absolute gift to C.A. Raine’s descendants. –Dale Charles Anderson Raine (28 Jun 1841 – 4 Mar 1902) written in Danville, Va., 11 Feb. 1897. I am fifty five and a half years old – my physical strength is almost wasted – but all the faculties of my mind are as strong…