Lt. Gen. George Perry Rains

Rains held two medical degrees. The Handbook of Texas says he took an M.D. at the University of Texas in 1895, interned at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, and earned a second M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1897. He served as surgeon at the Texas and Pacific Hospital in Marshall before entering private practice. Later he chaired the board of Marshall National Bank, directed Kahn Memorial Hospital and served as a trustee of East Texas Baptist College. He retired from the National Guard in 1936 as a lieutenant general and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.

What the plaque says

Lt. Gen. George Perry Rains (September 18, 1872 - September 19, 1955) Born in Marshall. Received his medical degree from University of Texas. Enlisted in Marshall Light Infantry (local militia), 1890. Ended military career 49 years later as Brevet Lieutenant General. Saw service on Mexican border. In World War I served as colonel, 3rd Texas Infantry. Later commander, 144th Infantry, 72nd Brigade, and 36th Division. Honored nationally as doctor and military man. Active in civic affairs. Married Norma Pitts, 1899. (1970)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Texas and Pacific Railway Depot and Museum — 0.5 mi
  The only surviving building of the Texas and Pacific shops at Marshall, a 1912 Mission Revival depot saved from demolition in the 1990s, still an Amtrak stop, with a railway museum and a Mikado locomotive.
• Harrison County Historical Museum — 0.8 mi
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• Starr Family Home State Historic Site — 0.9 mi
  Maplecroft, the 1871 Greek Revival house Frank Starr built in Marshall, with Ruth Starr Blake's glass and china, an 1880s kitchen restored in 2019 and a retirement home built for a formerly enslaved person.
• Jefferson Historical Museum — 14 mi
  A four-floor museum in Jefferson's 1888-90 federal post office and courthouse, with rooms for African-American history, Jewish heritage, the Caddo and Diamond Bessie, bought by the historical society in 1965 for $8,100.

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