 1811 - 1880 (68 years)
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| Name |
Aaron Benjamin Fontaine |
| Birth |
4 Sep 1811 |
Louisville, Jefferson County, KY  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
29 Aug 1880 |
Louisville, Jefferson County, KY |
| Burial |
Cave Hill |
| Person ID |
I21740 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Aaron Fontaine, b. 30 Nov 1753, Westover, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. Apr 1823, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA (Age 69 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Thruston Whiting, b. Abt 1771, Virginia, USA d. Jul 1822, Kentucky (Age 51 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
18 Jun 1805 |
Louisville, Jefferson County, KY [1] |
| Family ID |
F1730 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Elliott, b. 25 Feb 1817, Dublin, IRL d. 24 Apr 1904, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
19 Jan 1832 |
Morgan County, IL [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Edward Elliott Fontaine, b. 1838, Terre Haute, IN [natural] |
| | 2. Ogden Fontaine, b. 7 Dec 1838, Terre Haute, IN d. 23 Jun 1898, Memphis, Shelby County, TN (Age 59 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Noland Fontaine, b. 6 Jul 1840, Terre Haute, IN d. 14 Sep 1912, Memphis, Shelby County, TN (Age 72 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Emeline Dillon Fontaine, b. 8 May 1835, Terre Haute, IN d. 20 Jan 1905, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY (Age 69 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Mary Fontaine, b. 6 Aug 1849, Kentucky d. 8 Jun 1889, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY (Age 39 years) [natural] |
| | 6. Elizabeth Fontaine [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F8264 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- AARON BENJAMIN FONTAINE (1811-1880) was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on September 4, 1811, the youngest child of Aaron Fontaine and his second wife, Elizabeth Whiting (widow Thruston). He was reared and educated at home on his father's plantation, "Fontaine's Ferry," located just to the west of Louisville and on the south bank of the Ohio River. Aaron was only twelve years of age when his father died, and in accordance with the will, he was placed under the guardianship of two of his Thruston stepbrothers, both of whom were lawyers in Louisville. He and his older brother, Henry, studied law under one or both of his guardians. Aaron was admitted to the bar in 1831 and, almost immediately, married MARY ELLIOTT, the daughter of an Irish immigrant named Edward Elliott. She was born in Ireland in 1818 and brought to America as a small child. Shortly after their marriage, Aaron and Mary moved to Terre Haute, Indiana, where he held land which he had inherited from his father and the Thurston's had various commercial interests. They lived in Terre Haute for ten years while he practiced law and engaged in land speculation. During their sojourn in Indiana, four of their five children were born, In the mid-1840s, the family returned to Louisville, and Aaron became involved both in the practice of law and in diverse business interests. He died in Louisville on August 29, 1880, and Mary died there, more than two decades later, on April 24, 1904. They had five children.
Source: Ancestors and Descendants of Rev. Peter Fontaine (1691-1759) of
Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia, by Charles J. Ragland
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| Sources |
- [S484] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Name: Copyright (c) 1980, 1997, data as of February 1997;), Batch #: 7813707, Sheet #: 81, Source Call #: 1126337.
- [S580] Dodd, Jordan R., et. al., Early American Marriages: Illinois to 1850, (Name: Bountiful, UT, Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx;).
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