Contributed by Charlene Saunders:
HARVEY W. RAINEY, M. D., a prominent citizen of La Fayette, where he is
engaged in the practice of medicine, is a son of THOMAS G. and MARGARET
E. (WARD) RAINEY, who have been identified with the interests of
Tippecanoe County for many years. THOMAS G. RAINEY was born in
Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and was of Scotch-Irish
parentage. He was reared and educated in Lancaster, Ohio, and there
commenced his career as a dry goods merchant. He came from Lancaster to
La Fayette, this county, in 1850, and engaged in banking in this city.
His son HARVEY W. RAINEY, was born in La Fayette, Indiana, october 8,
1854, and here he grew to manhood.
He received a good education in his youth and is a graduate of the La
Fayette High School. His first employment was in the drug store of R.
Schwegler & Brother. In 1875 he commenced the study of medicine under
the preceptorship of DR. E. B. GLICK, and in 1879-'80 he attended the
Chicago Medical College, Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Long
Island College Hospital in the class of 1882. He had previous to this
practiced medicine in Tippecanoe and Montgomery counties, and after his
graduation he located in La Fayette, where he was associated with DR. S.
T. YOUNT in the practice of medicine for a year and a half, since which
he has practiced alone and is meeting with good success.
DR. RAINEY is a member of the Tippecanoe County Medical Society, the
Indiana State Medical Society, and the American Medical Assocation.
From May, 1884, until 1885 he was city health officer, and in 1885 he
was appointed United States pension examining surgeon. He was secretary
of the Tippecanoe County Medical society from 1885 until 1886. He is a
Mason, belonging to Tippecanoe Lodge, No. 492 La Fayette Chapter, No. 3,
and La Fayette Commandery, No. 3.
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana
pp. 520-521