Background
Gaines, Reuben Reid was born on October 30, 1836 in Sumter Company, Alabama, United States. Son of Jacob and Lucinda (McDavid) Gaines.
Gaines, Reuben Reid was born on October 30, 1836 in Sumter Company, Alabama, United States. Son of Jacob and Lucinda (McDavid) Gaines.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Alabama, 1855. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, 1857.
Adjunct 3d Alabama Cavalry C.S.A., 1862-1863. Assistant adjunct General Morgan’s brigade, Allen’s division, 1863-1864. Assistant adjutant general, Allen’s cavalry division, 1864-1865.
Judge 6th Judicial District, Texas, 1876-1885.
The American Association Foreign Justice, 1885-1894, chief justice, 1894-1911, Supreme Court of the Texas.
Married Louisa Shortridge, March 1859.