1797 - 1855 (58 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Henry Harvey "Harry" Swisher was born in 1797 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA; died in 1855 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. Notes:
Henry was one of the signers of Declaration for Texas Independence.
Henry married Sina Boyd on 6 Jun 1820 in Williamson County, Tennessee, USA. Sina was born in 1802 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA; died on 7 Sep 1831 in Williamson County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Mary Ann "Nancy" Swisher was born on 7 Jan 1821 in Williamson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 13 Jul 1855 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Pocahontas, Hinds, Mississippi, USA.
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Generation: 2
2. | Mary Ann "Nancy" Swisher (1.Henry1) was born on 7 Jan 1821 in Williamson County, Tennessee, USA; died on 13 Jul 1855 in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA; was buried in Pocahontas, Hinds, Mississippi, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1838, No Township Listed, Washington County, Texas, USA
- Residence: 1850, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA
Mary married Edward Benjamin Fontaine on 12 Nov 1840 in Gay Hill, Washington, Texas, USA. Edward (son of Patrick Henry Fontaine and Nancy Dabney Miller) was born on 5 Aug 1814 in "Greenwood", Henry, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Jan 1884 in Belvedere Plantation, Pocahontas, Hinds, Mississippi, USA; was buried in Belvedere Plantation, Pocahontas, Hinds, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Edward Fontaine was born on 4 Aug 1849 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA.
- 4. Patrick Henry Fontaine was born about 1845 in Belvedere Plantation, Hinds, Mississippi, USA; died on 16 Mar 1888 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- 5. Jacques Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar Fontaine was born on 11 Oct 1841 in Washington County, Texas, USA; died on 1 Oct 1921 in Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA; was buried in Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA.
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Generation: 3
3. | Edward Fontaine (2.Mary2, 1.Henry1) was born on 4 Aug 1849 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA. Notes:
Edward never married. He lived at Shadowlawn, Jackson, Mississippi with his Aunt and Uncle Mary and Abner Gale.
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4. | Patrick Henry Fontaine (2.Mary2, 1.Henry1) was born about 1845 in Belvedere Plantation, Hinds, Mississippi, USA; died on 16 Mar 1888 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA
- Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self
Patrick married Mary "Molly" Elizabeth Meade on 16 May 1868 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Mary was born about 1850 in Ohio, USA; died on 29 Jun 1889 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Jacques Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar Fontaine (2.Mary2, 1.Henry1) was born on 11 Oct 1841 in Washington County, Texas, USA; died on 1 Oct 1921 in Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA; was buried in Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA. 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.
Jacques married Llemuella Smith Brickell on 20 Jan 1866 in Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, USA. Llemuella was born on 7 May 1843 in Holly Springs, Marshall County, MS; died on 7 Jan 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
6. | Mary Bogard "Bertie" Fontaine (4.Patrick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Henry1) was born on 8 Dec 1869 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
- Residence: 1910, Covington, St Tammany, Louisiana, USA
- Residence: 1920, New Orleans Ward 11, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Relation to Head: Mother; Residence Marital Status: Widow
- Residence: 1930, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
- Residence: 1935, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head
- Residence: 1943, Jackson; East Jackson; Pearl City, Mississippi, USA
Mary married Henry Dick Lester on 20 Dec 1892 in Madison County, Mississippi, USA. Henry was born on 17 Apr 1842 in Hinds County, Mississippi, USA; died in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Annie Meade Fontaine (4.Patrick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Henry1) was born about 1872 in Louisiana, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
- Residence: 1910, Jackson Ward 3, Hinds, Mississippi
- Residence: 1910, Jackson Ward 3, Hinds, Mississippi
Family/Spouse: Joseph Gibson Ford. Joseph (son of Robert Augustus Ford and Martha Jane Galtney) was born on 18 Dec 1874 in Camden, Madison, Mississippi, USA; died on 13 Oct 1927 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Annie married on 22 Sep 1898 in Hinds, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Louisa Fontaine (4.Patrick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Henry1) was born in Feb 1880 in Louisiana, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1880, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
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Generation: 5
21. | Maury Todd Fontaine Lester (6.Mary4, 4.Patrick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Henry1) was born about 1910 in Louisiana, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1910, Covington, St Tammany, Louisiana, USA
- Residence: 1930, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
- Residence: 1935, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
- Residence: 1957, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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26. | Joseph Gibson Ford, Jr. (8.Annie4, 4.Patrick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Henry1) was born in 1903 in Mississippi, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1910, Jackson Ward 3, Hinds, Mississippi
- Residence: 1930, Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana
Family/Spouse: Helen Ford. Helen was born about 1908. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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27. | William F Ford (8.Annie4, 4.Patrick3, 2.Mary2, 1.Henry1) was born in 1904 in Mississippi, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1910, Jackson Ward 3, Hinds, Mississippi
- Residence: 1910, Jackson Ward 3, Hinds, Mississippi
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Generation: 6
Generation: 7
Generation: 8
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