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Generation: 2
Generation: 3
6. | George Peter Cosby Fontaine was born on 20 Jun 1836 in Clarke, Alabama, USA (son of William Maury Fontaine and Elizabeth Garnett Pearson); died on 22 Jan 1919 in Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, Marengo, Alabama
- Residence: 1860, Clarke, Alabama, USA
- Residence: 1900, Precinct 7 Lower Peachtree (part), Wilcox, Alabama
- Residence: 1910, Opelika Ward 4, Lee, Alabama
Notes:
Taught school for two years, held office as Justice of the Peace, served in the Confederate Army and afterward became an itinerant Methodist minister and a merchant. During the War Between the States, he enlisted in the Grove Hill Guards, state troops, and served as a First Lieutenant of Company B, 38th Alabama Infantry. He was Tax Assessor of Wilcox County (1880-1884), a Royal Arch Mason. He is buried in Grove Hill, AL.
George married Martha Duncan Meyers in 1878 in Clarke, Alabama, USA. Martha was born on 7 Jan 1855 in Selma, Dallas, Alabama, USA; died on 16 Oct 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Martha Duncan Meyers was born on 7 Jan 1855 in Selma, Dallas, Alabama, USA; died on 16 Oct 1906. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1900, Precinct 7 Lower Peachtree (part), Wilcox, Alabama
Notes:
Martha was from Selma, AL.
Children:
- Jessie Vernon Fontaine
- 3. Maggie Gertrude Fontaine was born on 15 Oct 1879 in Mt Andrew, Alabama, USA; died on 1 Oct 1952 in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA; was buried in Live Oak Cemetery, Birmingham, AL.
- Paul Pierson Fontaine was born on 23 Jan 1882 in Mt Andrew, Alabama, USA; died on 21 Nov 1958 in Atlanta, De Kalb, Georgia, USA; was buried in Atlanta, GA.
- Walter Kennon Fontaine was born on 20 Jan 1888 in Monroeville, Monroe, Alabama, USA; died on 18 Aug 1967 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Springfield, TN.
- George Cosby Fontaine was born on 13 Feb 1890 in Monroeville, Monroe, Alabama, USA; died on 13 Sep 1957 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Chattanooga, TN.
- Willie Naomi Fontaine was born on 3 Oct 1892 in Smiths Station, Lee, Alabama, USA; died on 9 Oct 1939 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Nashville, Davidson County, TN.
- Mary Louise Fontaine was born on 30 Sep 1895 in Loachapoka, Lee, Alabama, USA; died on 25 Oct 1969 in Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, USA; was buried in Tallahassee, FL.
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12. | William Maury Fontaine was born on 16 Jan 1793; was christened on 19 Mar 1793 in St James Northam, Goochland County, VA (son of Aaron Fontaine and Barbara Overton Terrell); died on 27 Jan 1872 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; was buried in Choctaw Corner Cem., Clarke, Walker County, AL. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, Marengo, Alabama
- Residence: 1870, Bashi, Clarke, Alabama, USA
Notes:
Census Information
1850 - value of property $600.
Birth:
"Bien Venue", Louisa Co., VA
William married Elizabeth Garnett Pearson on 6 Apr 1818 in Clarke, Alabama, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John Pearson and Nancy Leonard) was born on 25 Sep 1799 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA; died on 25 May 1864 in Clarke, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Elizabeth Garnett Pearson was born on 25 Sep 1799 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA (daughter of John Pearson and Nancy Leonard); died on 25 May 1864 in Clarke, Alabama, USA. Notes:
Census Information
1850 - value of property $600.
Children:
- John Maury Fontaine was born in 1824 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; died in 1899.
- Martha Matilda Prather Fontaine was born on 27 Apr 1834 in Clark, Alabama, USA; died on 26 Jul 1854 in Clarke, Alabama, USA.
- 6. George Peter Cosby Fontaine was born on 20 Jun 1836 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; died on 22 Jan 1919 in Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama, USA.
- Carolyn Elizabeth Fontaine was born on 31 May 1828 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; died on 28 Mar 1857 in Clarke, Alabama, USA.
- Walter Fleming Fontaine was born on 29 Sep 1838 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; died on 11 Feb 1898 in Wilcox, Alabama, USA.
- William Floyd Fontaine was born on 28 Dec 1818 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; died on 20 Aug 1892 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA.
- Aaron Terrell Fontaine was born on 12 Jan 1822 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; died on 18 Feb 1902.
- James Henry LaFayette Fontaine was born on 23 Mar 1826 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; died in 1850.
- Ann America Vernon Fontaine was born in Jul 1832 in Clarke, Alabama, USA; died in 1910 in Choctaw, Alabama, USA.
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