Peter Fontaine

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 30 Mar 1716, Virginia, USA
• Death: Aug 1759, Westover, Charles City, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Entered Trinity College, Dublin, in June 1711 at the age of twenty and received his degree in 1715. Ordained by the Bishop of London and licensed as a minister to Virginia on March 12, 1715.

Arrived in Virginia on December 11, 1716 and, in 1720, became Rector of Westover Parish. Established himself on a plantation in Charles City County, Virginia, on the James River, and served as Rector of King William Parish until his death in July 1757.

Peter was born in 1691 in England and was ordained by the Bishop of London. He married Elizabeth "Lizzy" Fourreau on March 29, 1714 in Dublin, Ireland. On December 11, 1716, he arrived in Hampton, Virginia from Ireland and was a chaplain to the Virginia commission in 1728 and 1729. After Lizzy died, Peter married Joseph's mother Elizabeth Sarah Wade. In "Old Church Ministers and Families of Virginia" by Bishop William Meade, Meade records that Peter was the minister for Colonel William Byrd. Colonel Byrd often spoke of the reverend preaching to the heathen in North Carolina and baptizing their children. Reverend Fontaine's main mission in life was to preach the gospel. Peter was the son of two pious and valiant Huguenots who fled from France to England. Peter, in his annual Thanksgiving sermon, commemorated the Fontaines' religious persecution in France and the remarkable preservation when attacked by French privateers in Northern Ireland. From that sermon, I will repeat his words.

"Several months was our parent obliged to shift among forests and deserts for his safety, because he had preached the Word of God to a congregation of innocent and sincere persons, who desired to be instructed in their duty and confirmed their faith. The woods afforded him a shelter and the rocks a resting place; but his enemies gave him no quiet until, of his own accord, he delivered himself up to their custody. They loaded his hands with chains, his feet stuck fast in the mire, a dungeon was his abode, and murderers and thieves were his companions, until God by means of a pious gentlewoman, whose kindness ought to be remembered by us even to latent posterity, withdrew him from thence, and was the occasion that his confinement was more tolerable."

He exhorted to his congregation at the close of his sermon never to forsake their annual meetings which were to remember their parent's virtues and sufferings and the wonderful deliverance of God. He said, "Would to God, that you would make it your business to teach them to your children, that they may be qualified to perpetuate them to infinite generations to come, and thereby engage the protection and draw the blessing of the Almighty above them. He hath millions of millions to bestow on those who love and fear Him."

Peter married Elizabeth Ward Fourreau on 29 Mar 1714 in Dublin, Ireland. Elizabeth (daughter of Fourreau and Boulay) was born in 1700 in Portarlington, Ireland; died in Sep 1724 in Westover, Charles City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Sarah Wade in 1740 in Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Wade and Sarah Lide) was born in 1715 in Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Aug 1784 in Louisa, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1759; "Rock Castle", Hanover, Virginia, United States

Notes:

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover County.Virginia, USA

Died:
"Rock Castle", Hanove County, Virginia, USA

Peter married Elizabeth Louise Winston on 20 Apr 1749 in Hanove County, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of William "Langloo" Winston and Sarah Dabney) was born on 17 Dec 1734 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died about 1772; was buried in Hanover, Hanover, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Ann was reared by her Aunt, Mary Ann Maury, after the death of her mother.

Died:
"Half Sink", Henrico Co., VA

Mary married Isaac Winston about 1740 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Isaac (son of Isaac Winston and Mary Ann Dabney) was born about 1713 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died in 1766 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Moses married Elizabeth BallardVirginia, USA. Elizabeth was born about 1746 in Virginia, USA; died in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married William Mills in 1764 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. William (son of Robert Mills and Mary Hopkins) was born about 1747 in Maryland, USA; died before 14 Nov 1831 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Mary Pauline Goode on 8 Feb 1773 in Mecklenburg County, VA. Mary (daughter of Edward Goode and Judith Morton) was born on 12 Feb 1756 in Lunenburg County, VA; died on 15 Aug 1812 in Christian County, KY; was buried in Wall Cemetery, Wallaria, Trigg County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Sarah Ballard on 14 Aug 1783 in Charles City County, VA. Sarah was born in Virginia, USA; died in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Abt 1800, Harrods Creek, Jefferson County, KY

Notes:

Served as ensign from Louisa County, Virginia militia.

Spotsylvania Co., VA Land
Book and Page: J
Date Made: 8 Mar 1774
Property: 260 a. in Spts. Co.
Remarks:
Joseph Herndon and Betty, his wife; Charles Gordon and Mary, his wife, of Spts. Co. to Aaron Fontaine. 200 curr. 260 a. in Spts. Co. Wm. Smith, Edwd. Herndon, Peter Stubblefield. Augt. 18, 1774.
Name Title Description Residence
Fontaine, Aaron Grantee Spotsylvania Co., VA
Gordon, Charles Grantor Spotsylvania Co., VA
Gordon, Mary Grantor's wife Spotsylvania Co., VA
Herndon, Betty Grantor's wife Spotsylvania Co., VA
Herndon, Edwd. Witness Spotsylvania Co., VA
Herndon, Joseph Grantor Spotsylvania Co., VA
Smith, Wm. Witness Spotsylvania Co., VA
Stubblefield, Peter Witness Spotsylvania Co., VA

Spotsylvania Co., VA Land
Book and Page: K
Date Made: 15 May 1782
Property: 260 a. in Spts. Co.
Remarks:
Aaron Fontaine and Barbara, his wife, to David Sandidge of Spots. co. 222 curr. 260 a. in Spots. Co. No witnesses. June 20, 1782. Name Title Description Residence
Fontaine, Aaron Grantor Spotsylvania Co., VA
Fontaine, Barbara Grantor's wife Spotsylvania Co., VA
Sandidge, David Grantee Spotsylvania Co., VA

From http://jscott.tierranet.com/ancestry/fontaine/aaronfon.htm

This is transcribed from a copy of a newspaper article "Century of Old Fontaine Estate" by Mary Lytle Byers (maybe from Courier Journal?) from 1914 (this date based on wording in text) The copy was in poor condition. Unreadable text is shown as ..... in the transcription below. It could be more than one article, as the pieces were fragmentary and hard to read. J. Scott, April 1999

"Little of all we value here
Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year
Without both looking and feeling queer -- "

Hardly can be held to apply to Fontaine Ferry park which under the management of Col. Harry A. Bilger, soon will open for the summer season of 1914. It is probable that few persons recall that this is the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the famous fountain that gave the celebrated amusement resort its name and prestige. An article prepared by Charles Thurston who is one of the descendants of the Fontaines, tells some interesting incidents in connection with the origin of the place.

Mr. Thurston says:
"Col. Aaron Fontaine came from Virginia in 1798 with a family of twelve children and his son-in-law, Judge Fortunatus Cosby, and settled on Harrods Creek in Jefferson county, of this State. He afterward removed, on January 17, 1814, to the banks of the Ohio river west of Louisville and established his family on a large estate which was purchased by him from Mr. William Lytle, of Cincinnati, O. This estate was part of 3,000 acres purchased by his son-in-law, Judge Fortunatus Cosby, from Sarah Beard, July 7, 1806, the property being known as part of the Connolly and De Warnsdorff tracts.

"The estate purchased by Col. Aaron Fontaine from William Lytle embraced... acres and at the time of its purchase the property was called "Carter's ferry". It was afterward named "Fontaine Ferry" by Col. Fontaine in 1814 and the place was laid out in orchards lawns and grasslands. The house, of substantial construction, faced the Ohio River, where a boat was kept for pleasure and service. A fine cypress avenue opened on what is now Main and the old "Fountaine Ferry Road" was a famous drive leading into the country retreat. Here Col. Fontaine lived the life of a country squire in the good old days in peace, plenty and hospitality, 100 years ago.

"Col. Fontaine was a gentleman of the old school whose type almost has passed away. He was of French descent and a member of a noble Huguenot family in France. Among the number of the ancestors of this Huguenot was the noted Peverence Peter Fontaine, rector of Westover parish, Charles City County, Va., in 1716. It is said of Col. Fontaine that he was particularly courteous and polite to everyone with whom he came in contact and particularly so to his wife to whom he always doffed his hat before taking his morning toddy and insisted that she taste the toddy first.

"Col. Fontaine, previous to his emigration to Kentucky in 1798, married Barbara Terril, of Virginia, who traced her lineage to the royal house of Stuart and was the granddaughter of Col. William Overton, of "Glencairn," Hanover county, Va. Twelve children were born of this marriage as follows: Mary Ann, the wife of Judge Fortunatus Cosby; Mathilda, the wife of Thomas Prather; Martha, the wife of Alexander Pope; America, the wife of William S. Vernon; Sallie, the wife of Gov. George Floyd; Deborah, the wife of Judge Edmund Bullock; Maria the wife of Sterling Grimes; Barbara, the wife of John Sanders, Ann Overton, the wife of John I. Jacob, and Peter, John and Maury Fontaine, sons.

"Soon after the death of his first wife, Barbara Terrill Fontaine, Col. Fontaine married Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting Thruston, the widow of Col. John Thruston, of "Sans Souel," of Jefferson county, who was with Gen. George Rogers Clark in the campaigns against the British and the Indians at Kaskaskia and Vincennes. Mrs. Thruston had ten children when she married Col. Fontaine and four children were the result of this marriage.

"Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting Thruston's children were Charles M. Thruston, Sr., lawyer in Louisville from 1800 to 1856; Alfred Thruston, cashier of the Bank of Louisville in 1833; Algernon Thruston, Attorney General of Texas, killed at the side of Davy Crockett in "The Alamo:" Lucius Thruston, Louisville; Mrs. Kitty Luckett, Louisville; Mrs. Worden Pope, Louisville; Mrs. Mollie January, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Fanny Rector, of Arkansas; Mary Thruston, of Louisville, and John Thruston, II, Louisville. The children of the marriage of Col. Fontaine and Mrs. Thruston were Aaron B. Fontaine, Alexander Fontaine, Henry W. Fontaine and Emmeline Dillon Fontaine.

.... have twenty six children .... ets of children in this ... family and the writer has ... distinction of being the ...grandson of Col. Aaron Fontaine and his two wives as well as Judge Fortunatus Cosby and his wife Mary Ann, and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Thruston, Sr., the latter being a granddaughter of Col. Fontaine and the daughter of Judge Cosby. It is unusual that a grandson should be related on both sides to all the heads of the three families by direct blood descent.

"There may be several omissions in this genealogy which the writer is notable to supply from his notes, but the data given is of sufficient scope to interest the large number of descendants of this extensive connection now living in Louisville.

"In conclusion it may not be amiss to mention some of the members of this family who have achieved something more than a local reputation. Among the number whose names are recalled are Gen. George Cosby, C.S.A., of California; Admiral Frank Coast, U.S. Navy; Gen. Gates Thruston, U.S.A., Nashville, Tenn.; Admiral Levin Powell, U.S.N., Washington D.C., Algernon Thruston, ex - Attorney General, of Texas; Henry Rector, formerly Governor of Arkansas; Alfred Thruston, first cashier of the Bank of Louisville; Judge Buckner Thruston, United States Senator from Kentucky from 1805 to 1809; Patrick ... (Fontaine?), member of Congress from the... district of Kentucky, and Charles .... Thruston, eminent as a lawyer in Louisville from 1800 to 1856.

The son of this Jean de la Fontaine became a minister of the Protestant churches of Royan and Vaux -- he was called the "prophet of the persecution," as by his untiring labor and exhortations he prepared his people for the great persecution of the Huguenots that followed the revocation of the edict of Nantes. This devoted pastor, though of simple tastes and abstemious habits, was a man of commanding figure and dignified presence. By his second marriage to a beautiful French girl --Marie de Chaillon -- an heiress and much his, junior, he became the owner of the estate of Jenouille and the Manor of Jaffe. It was here that his youngest son -- and a man destined to make the name renowned in history as "the fighting Huguenot" -- was born in 1653.

"The Fighting Huguenot."

Jacques Fontaine -- for the title had been dropped -- the most famous of the name, gives a personal account in his "Memoirs of a Huguenot" of his trial and persecution for the faith, his daring escape with his betrothed wife from France, and their subsequent life and adventures in England. After teaching school, inventing and manufacturing a new weave of cloth, he finally went to Ireland, taking charge of a French congregation in Cork. Here M. Fontaine was held in such esteem that he was presented with the freedom of the city. It was in an engagement with a French privateer, manned by Frenchmen and carrying eighty men and ten guns, off the coast of Ireland, that M. Fontaine defended his household and himself so bravely that through the influence of his friend, the Duke of Ormonde and Governor General of Ireland, he was granted a pension from Queen Anne in 1705, in recognition of his bravery and service.

The Coming to Virginia

It remained for three sons and one daughter of "the fighting Huguenot" to perpetuate the name and qualities of their ancestors in the new world. Capt. John Fontaine, and English officer; Pierre and Francis, both clergymen of the Church of England, and Mary Anne Fontaine, their sister, who had married Matthew Maury, of Castle Mauron, Gascony, landed in Virginia, and were given a cordial welcome by Gov. Spotteswoode. Mary Anne Maury became the ancestress of the many noted men and women of that name. Pierre Fontaine had the good fortune to become the rector of Westover parish and chaplain to that "prince of the lordly manor of Westover," the distinguished Col. William Evelyn Byrd. In a novel by Marian Harland, called "His Great Self," founded on the Westover manuscripts of Col. Byrd, Pierre Fontaine is shown to be a familiar member of the household, and an intimate friend of the beautiful Evelyn. He is described as "a polished scholar and courtly gentleman of winning manners, with an olive complexion, clearly chiseled features, soft, dark brilliant eyes, 'a true descendant of the handsomest man in Navarre.'"

Romance says he was in love with the ill-fated Evelyn Byrd, but realizing the hopelessness of his own suit aided her by every means in his power in her unfortunate love affair with her English lover, Lord Peterborough.

Both Pierre Fontaine and his brother, Capt., John Fontaine, were members of Gov. Spottesswoode's famous expedition across the blue Ridge in 1716, which ended on their return in the institution of the "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe," Gov. Spotteswoode presenting to each member a miniature gold horseshoe inscribed with the motto "Sic Juvat transcendere Montes." The journal of Capt. John Fontaine had been preserved, in which he gives an account of the party reaching the top of the range of mountains, and drinking a health to King George and the royal family.

Some Noted descendants.

A grandson of the Rev. Pierre Fontaine, of Westover, Col. William Fontaine, was an officer in the Revolution, being present with his regiment at the surrender of Yorktown by Lord Cornwallis. A letter written to his relatives, soon after the glorious event, gives the personal description of an eye-witness.

Other noted representatives of the family were Charles D. Fontaine, of New Orleans, a great-grandson of Patrick Henry, and a celebrated statesman; Dr. Clement Rush Fontaine, an eminent physician of Virginia; Col. Walter Lloyd Fontaine and Lamar Fontaine, known as a "raconteur" and daring Confederate soldier.

Various descendants of the Fontaine family have distinguished themselves in the service of the army and navy while others in the church and the professions have reflected credit on the name.

The Kentucky Fontaines.

The Fontaines of Kentucky, brought to the Commonwealth the heritage of an honored ... and ancestry, were descended from Aaron Fontaine, son of the Rev. Peter Fontaine, of Westover, and born -- it is said -- in his father's seventieth year, 1753.

In his youth young Aaron Fontaine lived with his sister, Mrs. Isaac Winston

Aaron married Elizabeth Thruston Whiting on 18 Jun 1805 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. Elizabeth was born about 1771 in Virginia, USA; died in Jul 1822 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aaron married Barbara Overton Terrell on 19 May 1773 in Louisa County, VA. Barbara (daughter of Jr. Richmond Terrell and Ann Overton) was born on 3 Sep 1756 in St Martins, Louisa County, VA; died on 10 Jul 1798 in en route to Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1774 and 1775, Scotchtown, Hanover, Virginia, USA
• Residence: Between 1779 and 1786, Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia, USA
• Residence: Between 1786 and 1791, Locust Grove, Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA

Notes:

They are second cousins.

Died:
malaria

John married Martha "Patsy" Henry on 2 Oct 1773 in Scotchtown, Hanover, Virginia, USA. Martha (daughter of Patrick Henry and Sarah Shelton) was born in Jun 1755 in Fork, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died in Oct 1818 in Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia, USA; was buried in Martinsville, Martinsville City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obvious error here! He couldn't have died at age 5. Perhaps a second son was named Edmund too?

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Notes:

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Sarah married Charles Rose about 1773 in Virginia, USA. Charles was born about 1751 in Virginia, USA; died in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Mary married Bowles ArmisteadVirginia, USA. Bowles (son of William Armistead and Mary Bowles) was born in 1752 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died before 21 Jun 1785 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John LewisVirginia, USA. John was born in Virginia, USA; died in 1825 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James was a Major of a volunteer regiment of Cavalry in Kentucky and was mortally wounded in an engagement with the Indians there after the close of the Revolutionary War.

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Notes:

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Notes:

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Between 1776 and 1781, Virginia, USA; Commanded a company in the 2nd Virginia regiment, and, 1779-81, served as lieutenant colonel of the Convention Guards.

Notes:

Spotsylvania Co., VA Land
Book and Page: O
Date Made: 21 Nov 1794
Property: 2 negroes.
Remarks:
Novr. 21, 1794. John Lewis of Spots. Co. to Wm. Fontaine of Hanover Co. and John Spotswood of Orange Co., Executors of Bowles Armistead, Decd., to indemnify them, conveys to them 2 negroes, etc., etc. Witnesses, Will.
Frazer, R. Frazer. Jany. 6, 1795.
Name Title Description Residence
Armistead, Bowles Deceased Spotsylvania Co., VA
Fontaine, Wm. Grantee Hanover Co., VA
Frazer, R. Witness Spotsylvania Co., VA
Frazer, Will. Witness Spotsylvania Co., VA
Lewis, John Grantor Spotsylvania Co., VA
Spotswood, John Grantee Orange Co., VA

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Died:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

William married Anne Morris in 1789 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Anne (daughter of William Morris and Elizabeth) was born on 14 Apr 1766 in St Martins Par., Hanover County, VA; died on 21 Jul 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Elizabeth Povall on 9 Dec 1767 in Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Jr. John Povall) was born on 21 Aug 1751 in Virginia, USA; died on 1 Aug 1782 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 19 Nov 1821

Isaac married Lucy Coles on 2 Jun 1770 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Lucy (daughter of William Coles and Lucy Winston) was born on 2 Jun 1751; died about 1826 in Lauderdale County, AL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Susanna Smith about 1765. Susanna (daughter of Obadiah Smith and Mary Burks) was born on 28 Apr 1746; died before 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Smith. Elizabeth (daughter of Obadiah Smith and Mary Burks) was born on 28 Nov 1750 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA; died before 7 Aug 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tabitha married ThompsonVirginia, USA. was born in Virginia, USA; died in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza married BeaversVirginia, USA. was born in Virginia, USA; died in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Samuel Woodson on 5 Jun 1782 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. Samuel (son of Matthew Woodson and Elizabeth LeVillian) was born on 24 Jul 1761 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA; was christened on 6 Sep 1761 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA; died in Hopkins County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Susannah Allen on 9 Jan 1801 in Henry County, VA. Susannah was born about 1780; died before 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Sarah Shelton on 9 Sep 1803 in Henry County, VA. Sarah was born about 1780; died about 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Sarah Moore on 3 Nov 1807 in Henry County, VA. Sarah was born about 1786; died in Mar 1850 in Henry County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anstis married John S. Oakley about 1805. John was born about 1785 in Virginia, USA; died in Henry County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Hannah Hicks on 12 Mar 1812 in Christian County, KY. Hannah (daughter of Absalom Hicks and Elizabeth) was born on 19 Sep 1795 in Christian County, KY; died on 27 Oct 1871 in Boone County, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Rachel Wallace on 30 Nov 1834 in Hempstead County, AR. Rachel was born on 1 Jan 1808 in Tennessee; died on 2 Apr 1860 in Ozan, Hempstead County, AR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza married John G. PatrickVirginia, USA. John was born in Virginia, USA; died in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clement married E. EvansVirginia, USA. E. was born in Virginia, USA; died in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmund married M. DickensonVirginia, USA. M. was born in Virginia, USA; died in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married M. F. Nicholas in 1792 in Virginia, USA. M. was born in Virginia, USA; died in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married G. NicholasVirginia, USA. G. was born in Virginia, USA; died in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Yellow fever

Henry married Susan Elizabeth Bryson on 8 Jul 1834 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. Susan (daughter of James W Bryson and Ann Kinslaw Martin) was born in Virginia, USA; died in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emmeline married Patrick Henry Dillon on 1 Jul 1830 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. Patrick was born in Virginia, USA; died in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Went to TX

Family/Spouse: Delahurst. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Marion Nevin on 18 Mar 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Aaron married Mary Elliott on 19 Jan 1832 in Morgan County, IL. Mary was born on 25 Feb 1817 in Dublin, IRL; died on 24 Apr 1904 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Fortunatus Cosby in 1786/1817 in Louisa County, VA. Fortunatus (son of Charles Scott Cosby and Elizabeth Sydnor) was born on 25 Dec 1766 in Georgia; died on 19 Oct 1847 in Harrods Creek near Louisville, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married George Rogers Clark Floyd on 16 Apr 1810 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. George (son of John Floyd and Jane Buchannan) was born in 1781 in Floyds Station, KY; died in 1821 in Woodstock, Fayette County, KY; was buried in Breckinridge Family Cemetery, Louisville. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Ann married John Jeremiah Jacob on 16 Jun 1811 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. John (son of William Jacob and Mary Monk) was born on 20 Oct 1778 in Baltimore City, MD; died on 1 Apr 1852 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married Sterling Grimes on 24 Jun 1810 in Jefferson County, KY. Sterling (son of John Grimes and Elizabeth Wingfield) was born on 10 Jan 1782 in Georgia; died on 14 Dec 1826 in VA or GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married III Thomas Prather on 12 Feb 1800 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. Thomas (son of Jr. Thomas M. Sprigg Prather and Jeanette Smiley) was born on 2 Dec 1770 in Virginia, USA; died on 3 Feb 1823 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriages--Kentucky to 1850
Jefferson County
Fontaine, Martha M. married Pope, Alexander on 04 Oct 1806 in Jefferson
County, Kentucky

Martha married Alexander Pope on 4 Oct 1806 in Jefferson County, KY. Alexander (son of William Pope and Penelope Edwards) was born on 6 Sep 1784 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA; died on 4 Dec 1826 in Virginia, USA; was buried in Cave Hill, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source: Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland Co., VA

Barbara married Charles Sydnor Cosby on 4 May 1819 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA. Charles (son of Anthony Sydnor Cosby and Cynthia Catherine Jack) was born in 1790 in Wilkes County, Georgia, USA; died on 7 Jan 1822 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married John Wynal Sanders on 22 Oct 1827 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. John was born on 28 Feb 1789; died on 3 Jun 1849 in LA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peter and Catherine had three children.

Died:
Dropsy

Peter married Catherine Taylor on 30 Mar 1797 in Jefferson County, KY. Catherine was born in Virginia, USA; died in Apr 1813 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY; was buried in Cave Hill with Jacob family; no marker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Edmund Bullock on 19 May 1799 in Jefferson County, KY. Edmund was born in Virginia, USA; died in 1852 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Deborah Hobbs on 21 Mar 1799 in Nelson County, KY. Deborah (daughter of Joseph Hobbs and Ann Maynard) was born on 25 Jul 1778 in Frederick County, MD; died on 4 Nov 1867 in Brandenburg, Meade County, KY; was buried in Old Cem. on Bluff, Brandenburg, Meade County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

America married William Sidney Vernon on 16 Jan 1809 in Jefferson County, KY. William (son of Samuel Vernon) was born on 25 Dec 1779 in Newport, Newport County, RI; died on 12 May 1873 in Louisa County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Anne Carrington on 29 Dec 1810. Anne (daughter of Jr. Paul Carrington and Mildred Howell Coles) was born on 9 Nov 1787 in Charlotte County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1820, Henry County, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1841, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA
• Residence: 1845, No Township Listed, Pontotoc County, MS
• Residence: 1850, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA
• Residence: 1852

Notes:

First grandson of Patrick Henry (Orator) he moved from his home Greenwood, Henry Co. to Pontotoc, Ms. with his family to be Chief Surveyor for the Chickasaw lands which had become U.S. lands. He left a day journal which contains lots of family info. It is on microfilm at the Ms. State Archives along with his son Edward's journals.

Will of Patrick Henry Fontaine (1775-1852)

Being desirous of making a disposition of my property, I therefore make this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all others.

My debts must be paid. I think there will be a sufficient fund for doing so in bonds, notes, etc. due to me, if not let my executors sell as much of the perishable property as will be sufficient to do so.

I bequeath to my wife Nancy, during her natural life, my Seat known and called "Ridgeway", on which I now live, consisting of various lots and parcels of land, purchased of different persons and at different times, but all lying contiguous. That my said wife Nancy should enjoy and possess all the stock of horses, cattle and hogs, all the household and kitchen furniture, all the farming utensils, and all the growing crop, of every kind, to her proper use and behalf. I also give and bequeath to my said wife Nancy, the following slaves, to wit Jesse, Anthony, Ted, Easter, Grace, Jim and Violet.

It is my will and desire that all of the above enumerated property, real and personal, shall be under the control and management of my executors, so that she enjoy the whole and sole benefit thereof.

It is further my will and desire that the above mentioned slaves which I have hereby given and bequeathed to my said wife Nancy, during her natural life, shall, at her death, be equally divided among my children.

I give and bequeath to my daughter Louisa Winston, wife of Edmund Winston, "Ridgeway" as above described, after the death of my said wife Nancy, with everything appertaining thereto, together with the stock of every kind, farming implements, household and kitchen furniture, crop of every kind which may remain, be on or at "Ridgeway" at the decease of my said wife Nancy. The above bequest is all that I wish her to have of my real estate.

Having heretofore given to my daughter Nancy Brooks, and my son Charles D. Fontaine a section of land each, which I think of nearly equal value, I now proceed to give to my remaining children the same quantity, and of the same value, as near as I can:

I give and bequeath to my son Edward and his heirs forever my section of land lying on Mud creek near the bridge and on both sides of the Turnpike road, said land lying and being in Pontotoc County.

I give and bequeath to my daughter, Martha Perkins, wife of the Reverend William Perkins, of the State of Missouri, and her heirs forever, five quarter sections of land lying on Tallahatchie river, to be laid off contiguous to each other.

I give and bequeath to my daughter, Mary B. Perkins, wife of Jesse Perkins of Madison County Mississippi, and her heirs forever, five quarter sections of land lying on Tallahatchie river to be laid off contiguous to each and to be of the same value as nearly as can be, of the land bequeathed to my daughter Martha.

Having made advances to all of my children, so as to place them on terms of equality, I hereby will, order and direct that an equal distribution be made to all my children or their heirs, herein before mentioned, of all my negroes--my wife retaining a life estate in those given her, as aforesaid. If any one of the said negroes should be unwilling to go to the person to whom he or she may be allotted, then it is my desire and direction that my executor or executors should sell said negro slave in such mode and manner as in their discretion they may deem best, and pay over to the person entitled to said slave the amount for which he or she may be sold.

I desire to be buried in the burying-ground belonging to the Corporation of the town of Pontotoc, and that a plain stone, with suitable inscriptions be placed over my grave and that of my wife Nancy; for which purpose and for enclosing a family burial ground in a suitable manner, the necessary sum of money must be raised out of any part of my property, previous to any distribution thereof among my legatees.

I give and bequeath my old violin, and my walking cane given me by my cousin, William H. Roane, son of Judge Spencer Roane, to my son Edward. This cane was once the property of Judge Spencer Roane.

It is my wish and desire that my daughter Louisa and her family should live and reside at "Ridgeway" with my wife Nancy.

It is my wish and desire that my library be equally divided among my children, giving to my son Edward first choice.

It is my will and desire that all of my land not heretofore disposed of, be equally divided among my children, excepting from among them my daughter Louisa.

I hereby appoint my friend Richard Bolton of Pontotoc County, and my son Charles D. Fontaine of the same county my executors, and it is my desire that neither of them shall be required to give security as such.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affix my seal to this my last will and testament on this the eighteenth day of September, A.D. 1852

P.H. Fontaine (Seal)

Signed, sealed and declared
by Patrick Henry Fontaine to
be his last will and testament
in the presence and hearing of
us, who at his request and in
his presence have subscribed
our names as witnesses.
E.W. Rootes
J.W. Drake
W.W. Leland

The State of Mississippi } In the Probate Court of said
Pontotoc County } County .. At the October term
A.D. 1852 thereof

In the matter of a certain instrument of writing purporting to be the last Will and testament of Patrick Henry Fontaine deceased

Be it remembered that at a term of the Probate Court of the County of Pontotoc began and held at the Courthouse thereof in and for said County, on the first[?] Monday of October, A.D. 1852 personally appeared in Open Court, the above named Edmund W. Rootes, James W. Drake and William W. Leland subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be the last Will and testament of Patrick Henry Fontaine late of said County deceased [. . .] date the eighteenth[?] day of September [?], A.D. 1852; who being first duly sworn depose[?] and say that the said Patrick H. Fontaine signed, sealed, published and declared said instrument as his last Will and testament in the presence of these deponents on the day of the date thereof; and that said testator was then of sound, disposing mind and memory, and more than twenty one years of age, and that these deponents subscribed said instrument as [?] thereto, at the instance and request and in the presence of said Testator, on the day and year aforesaid

Sworn to and subscribed } E.W. Rootes
in Open Court this 4th } J.W. Drake
day of October A.D. 1852 } W.W. Leland
W.P. Tindall }
Probate Judge }

Birth:
"Rock Castle", Hanover, Virginia, USA

Patrick married Nancy Dabney Miller on 23 Jan 1797 in Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia, USA. Nancy (daughter of John Dabney Miller and Sarah Curd) was born on 16 Aug 1775 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Jun 1862 in Ridgeway, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA; was buried in Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA. [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:

Died:
"Ridgeway", Pontotoc Co., MS

Martha married II Nathaniel West Dandridge on 13 Jul 1797. Nathaniel (son of William Alexander Dandridge and Anne Bolling) was born on 14 Jan 1771; died on 26 Jul 1847; was buried in City Cemetery, Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Carr Redd about 1814. Mary (daughter of John Franklin Redd and Mary Winston Waller) was born on 5 Dec 1794; died on 26 Sep 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander married Sarah Rose Fontaine on 16 May 1816. Sarah (daughter of William Fontaine and Anne Morris) was born on 21 Sep 1796; died in 1863 in Stafford County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peter lived near Florence, Alabama

Peter married Martha Fontaine Winston in 1810. Martha (daughter of Isaac Winston and Lucy Coles) was born on 7 Jul 1784 in Culpepper County, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Aug 1870 in Florence, Lauderdale County, AL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Ludwell Lee in 1797 in Virginia, USA. Ludwell was born in 1761 in Virginia, USA; died in 1836 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Alexander. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Wilson Cary Selden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Terrill. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frances married Keeling TerrellSpottsylvania County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Alexander. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Sarah married Alexander Fontaine Rose on 16 May 1816. Alexander (son of Charles Rose and Sarah Fontaine) was born in 1780 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA; died in 1831 in Stafford County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edmund was President of the C and O Railroad. The old home at Beaverdam had fallen down but there was a beautiful home that Edmund had built around 1850s. I saw it in 1980s. IT WAS UNOCCUPIED AND WAS A CATTLE FARM. We did record all the Cem. Stones that we could. I think it has now been restored.

James Fontaine of Rock Castle 1799-1875
Charley 1842-1868
James 1838-1852
Juliet Fontaine 1876
Maury 1852-1881

son of William Morris Fontaine 1836-1913
Joseph Morris Fontaine 1854-1915
John 1849-1854 Nancy 1846-1856

Peter Furreau son of Will and Ann Fontaine

Edmund----
5 broken stones

Died:
Edmund's tombstone is in the middle of the cemetery of 32 graves on the site./"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Edmund married Maria Louisa Shackleford on 15 Dec 1824 in Beverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA. Maria was born on 4 Feb 1807 in Hanove County, Virginia, USA; died on 30 May 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Notes:

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Notes:

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Died:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Notes:

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Died:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Notes:

Birth:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Died:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: "Rock Castle", Goochland Co., VA

Notes:

Died:
"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

James married Juliet C. Morris on 28 Oct 1834 in Louisa County, VA. Juliet was born about 1827 in of "Sylvania", VA; died in 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Benjamin Mosby. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Susan Austin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alexander Jones. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Burton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Mosby. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha Mosby. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jones. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anderson Grubbs. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Hezekiah Mosby on 3 Jun 1794 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hezekiah Jones. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Peter Fontaine Armistead in 1810. Peter (son of Bowles Armistead and Mary Ann Fontaine) was born in 1778 in Virginia, USA; died in 1866 in Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Thornton. Mary (daughter of John Thornton and Jane Augusta Washington) was born about 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: S. F. Dade. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Lucinda Summerville Dade on 7 Aug 1810. Lucinda was born on 9 Apr 1792 in Culpeper, Culpeper County, VA; died on 4 Oct 1849 in Columbus, Lowndes County, MS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Howson Wallace on 2 Sep 1813. Mary was born on 16 Oct 1796 in Ellerslie, Stafford County, VA; died on 9 Nov 1853 in Culpepper County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Beckwith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cornelius Dabney. Cornelius was born on 7 Jun 1756 in King William County, Virginia, USA; died on 13 Oct 1821 in Louisa County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Nancy Redford on 19 Sep 1805 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Nancy Harris Allen on 23 Dec 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Amanda Scruggs on 2 Oct 1851 in Patrick County, VA. Amanda was born in Nov 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Sarah Hicks on 5 Jul 1836 in Boone County, MO. Sarah was born about 1815 in Christian County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married John Lee Scott on 4 Apr 1860 in Washington County, TX. John was born on 14 Oct 1834 in Montgomery County, AL; died on 17 Jan 1918 in Kopperl, Bosque County, TX; was buried on 18 Jan 1918 in Clairette, Erath County, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Porter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Josephine Spaulding. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Showing an early interest in commerce, Ogden soon gained employment in the cotton trade of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, he was in New Orleans and immediately enlisted in the Dreux Battalion of New Orleans. Ogden participated in the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia under General Magruder during the period of 1861-1862. When his enlistment ended in 1862, however, he enrolled in the Kentucky Calvary under the command of General John H. Morgan and served in the Kentucky and Tennessee campaigns, and on the Ohio Raid. With the breakup of Morgan's command in 1864, Ogden was assigned to that of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, where he remained until the war's end in 1865. He had entered the Confederate Army as a private but rose to the rank of captain. Ogden was severely wounded three times and was captured once, from which he escaped. Following the war, he worked as a cotton broker representing his brother's firm of Hill & Fontaine Cotton Company in Memphis, Tennessee. In this capacity, Ogden lived for a number of years in Vicksburg and, later on, for several years in Greenville, Mississippi. By the late 1880s, he had moved to Memphis where he settled permanently and resided in his brother's home until his death there around 1900. Ogden never married.

Notes:

Noland's home, the Woodruff-Fontaine House, is a historic home in Memphis.

Noland's will probated in White Co. AR

By the age of twenty-one, and with limited experiences, Noland had developed an acute commercial sense, and became a first-class business opportunist. When war clouds began to gather in 1861, he realized that vast fortunes could be made if one were simply in the right place at the right time. For Noland, Memphis, Tennessee was the right place and 1861 the right time. Memphis was ideally located on the Mississippi River between the cotton-growing South and the Northern Mills, where one could acquire contraband cotton at a reduced price and sell it northward where the price would skyrocket. He arrived in Memphis in April of 1861, the same month in which Fort Sumter was fired upon and the Civil War began. With the backing of a certain Louisville interest, Noland quickly established himself as a cotton buyer and became president of the new firm of Hill, Fontaine & Company. By 1862 the city was occupied by Union troops and became the most important center in the South for shipment of cotton to northern mills. On April 21, 1864, Noland married in Memphis, VIRGINIA E. EANES, who was born in Tennessee in 1845. In the years following the war, he became one of the wealthiest businessmen in Memphis, ................Noland died at his home on September 14, 1912. Virginia continued to live at "Fontaine House" with some of their children until her death on July 27, 1928.

Noland married Virginia Eanes on 21 Apr 1864 in Shelby County, TN. Virginia was born in 1845 in Tennessee; died on 27 Jul 1928 in Memphis, Shelby County, TN; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Spent her early years in her father's home. In the mid-1840s, she went with her parents to Louisville, Kentucky, where she grew to womanhood. Emeline married in Louisville on December 17, 1857, JAMES P. ROGERS, a local businessman.

Emeline married James P. Rogers on 17 Dec 1857 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: W. H. Steward. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza married Charles Minn Thruston on 10 Sep 1818. Charles (son of John Thruston and Elizabeth Thruston Whiting) was born on 26 Feb 1793 in Sans Souci, Jefferson, KY; died on 7 Jan 1854 in Harrods Creek, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

FORTUNATUS COSBY, JR., was a native of Kentucky, born near Louisville, May 2, 1802, and died in that city June 16, 1871, aged 69. His father, after whom he was named, was a prominent lawyer, member of the Ky. legislature, and circuit judge; died in 1846, aged 81. The son was a student at Transylvania University; but graduated at Yale College; studied law, but did not follow it steadily; was a clerk in the U. S. treasury department at Washington city, and for several years U. S. consul at Geneva, Switzerland. Between 1840 and 1850, Mr. Cosby was a frequent contributor of charming poems and prose to several Louisville newspapers.

Fortunatus married Ellen Blake in 1826. Ellen died in 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Cornella Griffin in 1861. Sarah was born in 1846; died in 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Charles Poole in 1852. Charles was born in 1823 in Clarke County, AL; died in 1857/1914. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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 Margaret Ann Dumas in 1860 in Clarke, Alabama, USA. Margaret was born on 29 Dec 1838 in Richmond, North Carolina, USA; died on 24 Jan 1876 in Wilcox, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Carolyn married Lycurgus Poole in 1857. Lycurgus was born in 1821 in Clarke County, AL; died in 1853/1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Naomi Alston in 1867. Naomi was born in 1848; died in 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Marengo, Alabama
• Residence: 1860, Township 12 Range 3 East, Marengo, Alabama, USA

William married Catherine Esther Philen in 1842 in Alabama, USA. Catherine was born on 9 Apr 1826 in Wilcox, Alabama, USA; died on 15 May 1894 in Clay Hill, Marengo, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Census Information
1850- lived with his parents, William Maury Fontaine and Elizabeth
Garnett Pearson

Aaron married Sarah Poole on 24 Jul 1848. Sarah was born in 1825; died in 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James was killed during either the Mexican or Confederate War.

Family/Spouse: Poole. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Jessie Jones Hendrix on 17 Dec 1851 in Marengo, Alabama, USA. Jessie was born on 4 Nov 1825 in Monroe County, AL; died on 5 Apr 1883 in Choctaw County, AL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Evelyn Johnson on 11 Mar 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah James Bowdre. Sarah was born in Columbus, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married James Madison Turner on 19 Mar 1839 in Greensboro, Greene County, GA. James was born on 21 Jun 1811 in Morgan County, GA; died on 26 Jun 1886 in Lagrange, Troup County, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha Lackey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David Adams. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Carey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Louisa Winifred Martin on 22 Oct 1824 in Campbell County, KY. Louisa was born on 16 Mar 1804; died on 4 Sep 1890 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Penelope Pope on 1 Dec 1835 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. Penelope (daughter of Alexander Pope and Martha Minor Fontaine) was born on 23 Aug 1818 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY; died on 18 Mar 1848 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY; was buried in Cave Hill Cem., Louisville, Jefferson, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles M. Way. Charles was born on 25 Dec 1800; died on 8 Apr 1873 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Worden Pope Churchill on 22 Apr 1829 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. Worden was born on 16 Jun 1804; died on 3 Jul 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married Samuel Smith Nicholas on 21 May 1829. Samuel was born on 7 Apr 1797 in Lexington, Fayette County, KY; died on 27 Nov 1869 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY; was buried in Cave Hill. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married Jr. Henry Clay on 10 Oct 1832. Henry was born in 1811; died on 22 Feb 1847 in battle of Buena Vista, Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married Edward P. Humphrey on 2 Mar 1841 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. Edward was born on 28 Jan 1809 in Connecticut; died on 9 Dec 1887 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Penelope married William Prather on 1 Dec 1835 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. William (son of III Thomas Prather and Matilda Martha Fontaine) was born on 8 Feb 1804; died on 27 Aug 1876 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY; was buried in Cave Hill. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edward P. Humphrey. Edward was born on 28 Jan 1809 in Connecticut; died on 9 Dec 1887 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Pope. Charles (son of William Pope and Cynthia Ann Sturgess) was born about 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Allen P. Elston. Allen was born about 1808 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Thomas Hart Shelby in 1821 in Kentucky. Thomas (son of Isaac Shelby and Susanna Hart) was born in Kentucky; died in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles H. Wilmans. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Tom Lewis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda married William Bailey Clarke Brown in 1824 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. William was born in 1799; died in 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kinchloe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Martha Elizabeth Foushee on 5 Jun 1845 in Meade County, KY. Martha (daughter of William Thornton Foushee and Elizabeth Barnett Woolfolk) was born on 20 Feb 1830 in Meade County, KY; died on 30 Jun 1887 in Brandenburg, Meade County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha Jane Foushee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married Richard James Patterson on 28 Dec 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married James Lewis in 1836 in Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Elizabeth Aveline Rawls in 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Massena married Emily Pendleton Buckner on 24 Jul 1823 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. Emily (daughter of Thomas Buckner and Hannah Burton) was born on 23 Feb 1806 in Oldham County, Kentucky, USA; died on 10 Jun 1834 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA; was buried in Western Cemetery with Massena Jr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Massena married Malitta Pomeroy on 27 Dec 1835 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. Malitta was born on 23 Oct 1814; died on 8 Jul 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married John Woolfolk Foushee on 29 Oct 1845 in Brandenburg, Meade County, KY. John (son of William Thornton Foushee and Elizabeth Barnett Woolfolk) was born on 13 Jan 1825 in Meade County, KY; died on 30 Dec 1870 in Elgin, Jackson County, AR; was buried in Centerville, Faulkner County, AR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Philip C. Bell on 22 Jan 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Foushee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nevins. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nathaniel Wolf. Nathaniel (son of Benjamin Wolf and Sophia) was born on 29 Oct 1810 in Richmond, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Jun 1865 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Grace married Frank L. B. Noad about 7 Oct 1858. Frank died in 1915 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]