 1841 - 1921 (79 years)
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| Name |
Jacques Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar Fontaine [1] |
| Birth |
11 Oct 1841 |
Washington County, Texas, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1 Oct 1921 |
Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA [1] |
| Burial |
Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA [1] |
| Person ID |
I9340 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Edward Benjamin Fontaine, b. 5 Aug 1814, "Greenwood", Henry, Virginia, USA d. 19 Jan 1884, Belvedere Plantation, Pocahontas, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (Age 69 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Mary Ann "Nancy" Swisher, b. 7 Jan 1821, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA d. 13 Jul 1855, Austin, Travis, Texas, USA (Age 34 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
12 Nov 1840 |
Gay Hill, Washington, Texas, USA [2, 3] |
| Family ID |
F3656 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Llemuella Smith Brickell, b. 7 May 1843, Holly Springs, Marshall County, MS d. 7 Jan 1922 (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Jan 1866 |
Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. James Francis Fontaine, b. 25 Jul 1875 [natural] |
| | 2. Annie Gale Fontaine, b. 26 Feb 1877 d. 28 Jul 1907 (Age 30 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Llemuella Moore Fontaine, b. 11 Jul 1879 [natural] |
| | 4. Henry Boursuoine Brickell Fontaine, b. 1 Apr 1868, Austin, Travis County, TX [natural] |
| | 5. Edward Lamar Fontaine, b. 22 Feb 1871, Lyon, Cohoma County, MS [natural] |
| | 6. Mary Agnes Fontaine, b. 23 Apr 1874 [natural] |
| | 7. Jeanie Wilson Fontaine, b. 25 Aug 1869 [natural] |
| | 8. Jr. Lamar Fontaine, b. 26 Mar 1882 d. 1 Aug 1934, Tutwiler, Tallahatchie County, MS (Age 52 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F3647 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 11 Oct 1841 - Washington County, Texas, USA |
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 | Marriage - 20 Jan 1866 - Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, USA |
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 | Death - 1 Oct 1921 - Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA |
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| Burial - - Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA |
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| Notes |
- NOTE: This can't be totally accurate as Lamar's parents were not old enough for him to have been born in 1829. Edward was not the oldest son of P.H. Fontaine.
Early Settlers of Alabama, Page 297
Fontaine, of Mississippi.
833 NORTH STATE STREET, JACKSON, Miss., December 29, 1887.
James E. Saunders, Esq., Courtland, Ala.:
DEAR SIR--Your favor of the 26th inst. was handed me last night and took me somewhat by surprise, as I thought that all the Fontaines of the South knew that I was the oldest Fontaine of the numerous branches, genealogically speaking, now extant since the death of my father. Edward Fontaine, L. L. D. and D. D. & C. I am one of the Fontaines set down on the Fontaine chart. On the American chart descended as follows: John Fontaine X Martha Henry, eldest daughter of Patrick Henry, of Virginia; Patrick H. Fontaine (eldest son of John Fontaine and Martha Henry) X Nancy Dabney Miller, Edward Fontaine (eldest son of Patrick Henry Fontaine and Nancy Dabney Miller) X Ann Swisher (nee Mary), eldest son is myself; and I was born in Texas (10th October, 1829, one of the first male births in Stephen .F. Austin's colony in that State) before it was a republic. I married Lemnella S. Brickell, of Yazoo county, Miss. My eldest child is Henry Bourquoine Brickell F.; second, Jeanie Wilson; third, Edward L.; fourth, Mary Agnes; fifth, James Francis; sixth, Annie Gale; seventh, Lemnella Moore; eighth, Lamar, Jr. My youngest is now six years old and my eldest will soon reach his majority. I am a surveyor and civil engineer by profession.
During the war I served under Lee, Jackson, Beauregard, Bragg and Joseph E. Johnston. My last commander was P. D. Roddy, of North Alabama, and I was once in command of Tuscumbia, Ala.
Very respectfully yours,
LAMAR FONTAINE.
NOTE.--Author of "All Quiet Along the Potomac To-night," and "Charge of Rodes' Brigade at Seven Pines" and celebrated poems of the civil war.
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| Sources |
- [S65] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S683] Ancestry.com, Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin, Texas; Texas Marriages, 1814-1909.
- [S685] Ancestry.com, Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Washington County Clerk's Office; Brenham, Texas; Washington County, Texas, Marriage Records.
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