Alice Toleta Rainbolt 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 30 Sep 1844 - Mississippi
    Christening: 
          Death: 26 Jun 1930 - Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas 1
         Burial: in Staggs Prairie Cem., Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co., Texas
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Hiram Rainbolt (1816-1890) 2
         Mother: Hester Ann Fortner (1821-1895) 2
Spouses and Children 
1. *William Spencer Heath (20 May 1836 - 18 Jan 1884)
       Marriage: Abt 1867 - Texas

2. Cincinnati Marion Zinn (25 Feb 1844 - 8 Jul 1913)
       Marriage: Abt 1885 - Texas
Notes
General:
TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATE 28347:

Alice Toleta Zinn, widow, died June 26, 1930 in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas at age 85 yrs 8 mos 26 days
Residence: 2916 Fairmount
Born: Sept 30, 1844 in Mississippi
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Informant: Alma Robinson, 2916 Fairmount

SUMMARY:

Find-a-Grave Memorial # 13522646:

Alice was the daughter of Hiram Rainbolt and Hester Ann Fortner. Her father Hiram had a store in downtown Meridian, believed to be a dry-goods store. His daughter Eva Rizor had a millinery shop in part of the store. William Spencer Heath, the future husband of Alice, was enroute in 1861 from Hill Co. TX to join the Civil War, and his contingent of volunteers stopped at a store in Nacogdoches, TX that was at that time owned by her father Hiram Rainbolt. Alice Rainbolt, daughter of Hiram was sitting out on the front porch of the store when the group rode up. On leaving, Wm. Spencer Heath said to Alice: 'I'm coming back to marry you.' And sure enough, he did. They were married in 1867 after the war.

Their firstborn Walter Lee Heath was born in Mineral Wells, TX. 1868. William Spencer Heath fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War. He was a Private in the 12th Texas Cavalry which listed 1625 names in the Civil War index. He joined Oct. 1861. His brothers Frederick G. Heath, George Webster Heath, and James Thomas Heath all volunteered at the same time and went with the Parson's Mounted Volunteers, 12th Regiment, Texas Cavalry.

Alice's first husband William Spencer Heath died Jan 18, 1884. They had 8 children together. Alice Toleta (Rainbolt) Heath remarried the local schoolteacher on April 1, 1885 in Palo Pinto Co. TX, named Cincinnatus Marion 'Nat' Zinn and together they had three children. (It was not a first marriage for him.) He died in July 1913. Alice T (Rainbolt) (Heath) Zinn had started attending the Cumberland Presbyterian Church which was the church the Zinns attended, however after the death of her 2nd husband she returned to the Methodist faith and began attending the First Methodist Church of Mineral Wells which she was still a member of up to the time of her death.

In 1927, Alice (Heath) Zinn applied for a widows pension for William Spencer Heath's service in the Civil War. At that time she was living at 2819 Fairmont, Dallas, TX. Alice (Rainbolt) (Heath) Zinn died of cirrhosis of the liver, age 85.

When Alice Rainbolt's father (Hiram Rainbolt) died in 1890, his widow Hester Ann (Fortner) Rainbolt, Alice's mother, wrote the following letter to her:

Dear Alice,

It is with an aching heart and trembling hand I try to write you a few lines. I will try to apoligize for not sending for you. I thought it doutful whether you could get here before his death. I told Evy you was so feeble I was afraid it would kill you. I am verry sorry they did not let you know. Opphellia sent a telegram to her ma and she come, got in just a few minutes before the breth left him. He never could talk much after he was taken, they sung for him, he slaped his hands, apeared to be happy, he never got freted at anything. I think he is at rest. I hope to be with him soon. If my health will admit I will come out there next sumer. Your pa had sold out his goods a month before. He said he was going thare next summer for my benefit. I will try to do better next time. May the Lord bless you all.
Your loving mother,
H.A. Rainbolt

Alice Toleta (Rainbolt) (Heath) Zinn was buried between her first and second husbands.
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Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 13522646.

2 Barbara Schultz, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: barbdale4.

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