John Lansing Burrows Fontaine

John married Elizabeth Rose Waggener on 21 Oct 1896 in Austin, Travis County, TX. Elizabeth was born on 12 Apr 1870 in Russellville, Logan County, KY; died on 9 Oct 1925 in Sherman, Grayson County, TX; was buried on 11 Oct 1925 in Oakwood Cem., Austin, Travis County, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/FF/ffo6.html

FONTAINE, WILLIAM WINSTON (1834-?). William Winston Fontaine, school administrator and founder, son of William Spotswood Fontaine, was born at Montville, Virginia, on November 27, 1834. He was the great-grandson of Patrick Henry. He attended Rumford Male Academy and the University of Virginia, where he graduated in 1859, and then taught mathematics and Latin at Pegram School in Richmond. He married Mary Burroughs on April 2, 1861; they had six children. During the Civil War qv Fontaine was a colonel in the Richmond Artillery, served at Seven Pines and at Richmond, was captured scouting behind enemy lines in 1864, and was released on parole in June 1865. The Fontaine plantation, Fontainebleau, was destroyed during the war, and Fontaine moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he established Spotswood Female Institute. In 1870 he moved to Texas to teach at Port Sullivan College in Milam County. He was president of Baylor Female Institute from 1871 to 1875, when he organized the Texas Female Institute at Austin. He was in charge of a boarding school for girls in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1880 to 1886, when he helped organize William Carey Crane College, at Independence, Texas; he taught there until 1889.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas (Chicago: Battey, 1889; rpt., Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1978). William S. Speer and John H. Brown, eds., Encyclopedia of the New West (Marshall, Texas: United States Biographical Publishing, 1881; rpt., Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1978).

Note the above conflicts with:

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/TT/kbt10.html

TEXAS FEMALE INSTITUTE. Texas Female Institute, a Baptist school in Austin, was established by William W. Fontaineqv in 1875 in the basement of a Baptist church. A new building was erected in 1876 to meet the need of increased enrollment. The institution had preparatory, academic, collegiate, and art departments, and many of the students became teachers. The institute discontinued operation in 1881, when Fontaine accepted a position with Baylor Female College.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Willie Madora Long, Education in Austin Before the Public Schools (M.Ed. thesis, University of Texas, 1952). Carl Bassett Wilson, History of Baptist Educational Efforts in Texas, 1829-1900 (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, 1934).

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Birth:
"Montville", King William Co., VA

William married Mary Adelaide Burrows on 2 Apr 1861. Mary (daughter of John Lansing Burrows and Adelaide Van Benthuysen) was born on 4 Jan 1838 in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA; died on 28 Mar 1887 in Independence, Washington, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 10 Oct 1876, Reidsville, NC

William married Sarah Shelton Aylett on 5 Jul 1832 in King William County, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Philip Aylett and Elizabeth Henry) was born on 24 Jun 1811 in King William County, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Mar 1875 in Reidsville, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A HISTORY OF THE DAVIESS-McLEAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION IN KENTUCKY, 1844-1943
by Wendell H. Rone. Probably published in 1944 by Messenger Job Printing Co., Inc., Owensboro, Kentucky. Used by permission. p. 252-256.
Daviess County

JOHN LANSING BURROWS, D.D.: This noble man of God was born in the city of Albany, New York, on the 14th of February, 1814. He was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Burrows. His father was a sailor and in consequence his duties called him away from home. He died of yellow fever in 1822 in the city of Mobile, Alabama. The widowed mother left with three children went to live with her father-in-law, Nathaniel Burrows. Here young John L. went to the schools at hand and still later to college. His first experience at college life was at Lafayette, in Easton, Pennsylvania. Then at Union College, Schenectady, New York, and finally at the Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Massachusetts. It was during his college days that he became concerned in religious matters under the preaching of that wonderful pulpit orator, Bartholomew Welch, who was the pastor of the Pearl Street Church in Albany. The religious background of young Burrows was not Baptist. The whole family had united m[sic][in] the communion known as the Dutch Reformed. While not opposed by his family, it is at this period that we find him starting for himself. The date of his conversion and baptism are not known; but as the two events were contiguous in time, so the determination to preach was entered upon and encouraged by Dr. Welch.

In 1835, Mr. Burrows became of age and also an ordained Minister of the Gospel. The Church at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was charmed with the youth and called him as their pastor, and so he was ordained over them. But this relation was not lasting. .[sic] Some difficulties arose which he could not cope with. He resigned and became assistant to the aged Dr. McClay of the Mulberry Street Baptist Church in New York City. The Church raised a purse in 1836 for the purpose of sending him as an agent for the China Mission to the State of Kentucky. He came, with his wife, to Shelbyville, Ky., where he taught school for one year with the venerable J. E. Farnham. He went from there to Elizabethtown, Ky., where he taught, preached, and also worked as editor with John L. Waller. A daughter was born to the young couple while at Elizabethtown.

In 1839, his wanderings took him to Owensboro, Ky. While here a great revival broke out and hundreds were brought to a knowledge of the truth. As this incident is of particular interest to the history of this Association and related Churches we wish to dwell on his experience here. From records we learn that in May, 1839, Elder Burrows began a series of meetings in the Court House at Owensboro. Elder Ben Crouch, a Methodist, was holding a quarterly meeting. Burrows proposed a union meeting, which Crouch refused and went on with the meeting until Wednesday night and closed. Elder Burrows then went into a union meeting with the Methodist Circuit-rider and Sam Calhoun, a local preacher of the Cumberland Presbyterians. The people came only to hear Burrows, so after a few days he did all the preaching.

The meeting lasted about six weeks and over 200 people were converted. About half of this number joined the Baptist Church here. Elder Burrows went from Owensboro to Pleasant Grove Church, where another revival ensued which resulted in over 100 conversions and additions to the Church. We next find him at Henderson, Ky., where another revival resulted in the organization of a Baptist Church of about 100 members.

Brother Burrows was immediately called to pastor the Churches at Henderson and Owensboro preaching two Sundays at Owensboro and one at Henderson. This task he accepted and performed for some time. Hundreds united with other Churches as a result of the revivals and his fame spread far and wide over the Green River Country and the Ohio Valley. But his stay here was to be short. In September, 1840, he returned east to attend the Triennial [sic] [Tricentennial?] Convention of the Baptist Denomination at Philadelphia. His fervid oratory, his excellent spirit, his grace of manner, so impressed the people of the Sansom Street Church in Philadelphia, that they insisted that he should not return to his old Kentucky home but abide with them. He accepted the call to the regret of the Churches at Owensboro and Henderson. In 1844, he founded the Broad Street Church in Philadelphia and was its successful pastor for ten years. In 1854 ~ [sic] he accepted the care of the First Church in Richmond, Virginia, a relation which was sustained for twenty years with much delight and success. He returned to Kentucky after an absence of almost thirty-five years, in 1874, and became pastor of the historic Broadway Church in Louisville. He remained here until 1882, when he accepted the call of the Free Mason Street Church in Norfolk, Virginia. This pastorate lasted for ten years, until 1892. Owing to ill health and advanced age he was forced to resign. The First Church at Richmond kindly took care of him during the remainder of his earthly life. He died in the city of Richmond, Va. on January 2, 1893, at the age of 79.

In the year 1887, he attended the Jubilee Meeting of the General Association of Kentucky Baptists at Louisville, Ky., and told of his experiences 50 years before when the Association was organized. He was a messenger from the Severn's Valley Church at Elizabethtown, Ky., to the Association at its organization in 1837.

Besides the one daughter already mentioned, two sons were also born to Brother and Mrs. Burrows. Mrs. Burrows died in 1874 and Brother Burrows was left in a sad and dreary state but with a phlegmatic determination to try again he entered with energy into his work and his latter days were crowned with as much success or more than his first. He had no connection with this Association as it v. as [sic][was] formed about four years after he returned east; but his labors in and adjacent to the cities of Henderson and Owensboro will last in the monumental labor and life of the First Baptists Churches of these respective cities. Cathcart considered John Lansing Burrows, D.D., one of the greatest pulpit orators and most useful men the Baptist Denomination has ever had.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/daviess/burrows.jl.txt

John married Adelaide Van Benthuysen on 5 May 1835. Adelaide (daughter of Benjamin Van Benthuysen and Susan Evertson) was born on 14 Sep 1806; died on 22 Aug 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 26 Mar 1786; "Rock Castle", Hanover, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Marriage Index: MD, NC, VA, 1624-1915
Fontaine, William Spouse : Dandridge, Martha Hale
Marriage date : Jan 16, 1810

Birth:
"Rock Castle", Hanover, Virginia, United States

William married Martha Hale Dandridge on 16 Jan 1810 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. Martha (daughter of Jr. Nathaniel West Dandridge and Sarah Watson) was born on 23 Sep 1795 in Virginia, USA; died on 7 Apr 1875 in Martinsville, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Index: MD, NC, VA, 1624-1915
Fontaine, William Spouse : Dandridge, Martha Hale
Marriage date : Jan 16, 1810

Notes:

Aylett Family Bible

Births:

Elizabeth Taylor Moore daughter of Th. & Anna Moore was born at Montville, VA 9th February 1821

Anna Henry Moore daughter of Thomas & Anna Moore was born at Roselea 12 December 1827

Wm. Spotswood Fontaine was born 7 Nov. 1810 at the Yellow House Hanover Co. VA. His father was William Winston Fontaine. His mother was Martha Hale Dandridge

Wm. Winston, son of Wm. L. & Sarah Fontaine was born at Montville King Wm. Co. Va. Nov. 27 1834

Alexander Spotswood son of W. L. & Sarah Fontaine born Fontaine _____ King Wm. Co. VA

Deaths:

Nov. 14 1818 Elizabeth Henry Aylett, daughter of Philip & E. Aylett aged 20 year 9 months

Aug 19 1822 Louisa Fontaine daughter Philip & E. Aylett aged 17 years & 4 months

Jan 2nd 1828 Anna H. Moore daughter P. & E. Aylett aged 24 years

Jan 28 1829 Patrick ___ Aylett son of P. & E. Aylett aged 20 years 7 months Died at the University of VA.

Feb __ 1829 William Aylett son of P. & E. Aylett aged 22 years at Montville

Sept 1831 Philip Aylett Senior at Montville King William Co. VA after 64 years

1833 Martha D. Duncan, at Aylett (warehouse?) Daughter P. & E. Aylett.

Sept 24 1842 At Fontaine ____ King Wm. Co. Va. Mrs. Elizabeth Aylett daughter of Patrick Henry & Sarah Shelton Henry and wife of Philip Aylett of Montville King Wm. Co. Va.

Mar 5 1875 Sarah Shelton Fontaine, at Reidsville NC, wife of Wm. L. Fontaine, and daughter of Philip & Elizabeth his wife and daughter of Patrick Henry 64 (years?)

Contributed by Jeannie Watts

Died:
"Montville", King William Co., VA

Philip married Elizabeth Henry on 12 Oct 1786 in Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Patrick Henry and Sarah Shelton) was born on 23 Apr 1769 in Fork, Hanover County, VA; died on 24 Sep 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
"Fontainebleau", King William Co., VA

Samuel married Elizabeth Lansing on 31 May 1808. Elizabeth (daughter of John Abraham Lansing and Elizabeth Fryer) was born on 5 Sep 1788 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA; died on 12 May 1860 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Albany Reformed Church, Albany, NY

Benjamin married Susan Evertson on 2 Nov 1805 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. Susan was born on 31 Aug 1785; died on 22 Jun 1837 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]