Some Descendants of Jean de la Fontaine
Twelfth Generation
(Continued)
127. James Terrell Fontaine 1 (Aaron
Fontaine , Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 19 Nov 1776 in Louisa Co.,
VA. He died on 4 Jan 1840 in Brandenburg, Meade Co., KY. He was buried in Old Cem on Bluff, Brandenburg, Meade Co., KY.
James married Deborah Hobbs [scrapbook] daughter of Joseph Hobbs on 21 Mar 1799 in Nelson Co.,
KY. Deborah was born on 25 Jul 1778 in Frederick Co., MD. She died on 4 Nov 1867 in Brandenburg, Meade Co., KY. She was buried in Old Cem on Bluff,
Brandenburg, Meade Co., KY.
They had the following children:
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Massena Fontaine was born on 19 Jan 1800. He died on 22 Mar 1849. |
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Ann Maynard Nancy Fontaine "Nancy" was born in 1801. |
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Ann married (1) Tom Lewis. |
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Ann married (2) Charles H. Wilmans.
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Matilda Jane Prather Fontaine was born in 1803. She died in 1876. |
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Alexander Ralston Fontaine was born about 1805. |
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Alexander married Nevins.
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Mary Ann Pope Fontaine was born about 1807. |
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Mary married Kinchloe.
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William Maury Fontaine was born on 6 May 1813. He died on 3 Sep 1864. |
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Peter Fontaine was born on 27 Jun 1814. He died on 17 Sep 1884. |
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Barbara Cosby Fontaine was born on 29 Dec 1818. She died on 9 Jan 1875. |
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Barbara married (1) James Lewis in 1836 in Jefferson Co., KY. |
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Barbara married (2) Richard James Patterson on 28 Dec 1852.
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James Terrell Fontaine Jr. was born in 1819. He died in 1898. |
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James married Elizabeth Aveline Rawls daughter of Parson Daniel Rawls in 1845.
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Mary Elizabeth Grimes Fontaine was born in 1822 in Oldham Co., KY. She died in On Train near Little Rock, AR. |
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Mary married (1) Foushee. |
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Mary married (2) Philip C. Bell on 22 Jan 1846.
Possible Descendant:
William Fontaine Bell, Senior Vice President and Manager, First National Bank of Maryland, Trade Finance & International Operations units
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Martha Elizabeth Fontaine was born on 22 Jun 1824. She died on 26 Nov 1912. |
128. Mary Anne Fontaine 1 (Aaron
Fontaine , Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 14 Oct 1778 in Louisa Co.,
VA. She died in 1779/1872 in VA.
Mary married 2 Judge Fortunatus Cosby
1 son of Charles Cosby and Elizabeth Sydnor in 1786/1817 in Louisa Co., VA. Fortunatus was born 3
on 30 Dec 1767 in Louisa Co., VA. He died 4 on 19 Oct 1846 in Harrods Creek, KY.
Fortunatus was a Kentucky judge.
They had the following children:
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Eliza Sydnor Cosby was born in 1797. She died on 27 Jan 1841 in Harrods Creek, KY. |
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Eliza married Charles Minn Thruston 1, 2
son of John Thruston and Elizabeth Thruston Whiting on 10 Sep 1818. Charles was born on 26 Feb 1793 in Sans Souci, Jefferson, KY. He died on 7 Jan
1854 in Harrods Creek, KY.
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Fortunatus Cosby Jr. was born on 2 May 1801. He died on 14 Jun 1871. |
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Fontaine Cosby was born in 1803.
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Barbara Cosby.
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James Smiley Cosby.
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William Vernon Cosby.
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Thomas Prather Cosby.
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129. Elizabeth Fontaine "Eliza" 1
(Aaron Fontaine , Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 5 Sep 1780 in Louisa Co.,
VA. She died on 16 Jan 1807 in Fayette Co., KY.
Elizabeth married Edmund Bullock on 19 May 1799 in Jefferson Co., KY. Edmund was born in VA. He died in 1852 in KY.
Edmund was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co.
HON. WILLIAM FONTAINE BULLOCK was born in Fayette County, Ky., January 10, 1807, and is descended from one of the prominent families of Kentucky.
The following was written by himself, of his parents, some years ago: "My father, Edmund Bullock, the oldest son of Edward and Agnes Bullock, was
a native of Hanover County, Va., and was descended from a stock distinguished for integrity. His education was a thorough and accurate as the times
would permit. In early life he emigrated to the 'District of Kentucky,' where he soon acquired a high standing, based upon his exalted merits as a man
and as a citizen. In all his dealings he was faithful and just, and in his intercourse with his fellow-men he was polite, noble and generous. He was
soon called into public life, and was, for many years, a leading member of the Legislature of Kentucky. He was speaker, at different times, of both
branches of that body, and in that capacity won for himself a high reputation. He was alike remarkable for his dignity and urbanity of manners and for
his stern and unbending sense of justice. Throughout a long life he lived above reproach--a noble specimen of an honest man. He died in the
eighty-ninth year of his age, at peace with God through faith in Christ. My mother, Elizabeth, was the second daughter of Aaron Fontaine, who was the
youngest son of Rev. Peter Fontaine, and was born in Virginia, in 1754. The Rev. Peter Fontaine came from England to America in 1715, and was soon
thereafter installed as rector of one of the oldest parishes of the Episcopal Church in the State of Virginia. He was the son of Rev. James Fontaine,
who fled from France to England upon the revocation of the edict of Nantes in 1685. He was a Huguenot of noble birth and of the most indomitable
energy, and was especially distinguished for his heroic devotion to his Protestant faith. My grandfather was a noble scion of such a stock. I never
saw my mother; she died at my birth. My knowledge of her is derived from my father, who, to the close of a long life, never ceased to cherish her
memory and to impress upon my heart the highest appreciation of her lovely character." Such was the family from which the subject of this sketch
sprung. Judge Bullock has long been in a corps of celebrities, second to none in the Union in the point of ability and fame. The Kentucky bar enjoys a
high reputation, and its members have largely influenced the character, not only of the great West, but of the entire country. The mother of most of
the Western States, she can point to her deeds in National Councils, and her sons' glory in the fame of her Breckinridge, Nicholas, Daviess, Clay,
Rowan, Crittenden, Barry, Sharp, Boyle, Owsley, Mills, Trimble, Bibb, Robertson, and a host of others, who contributed to the imperishable legal
renown of the State. For a long period of time, in the early history of Kentucky, Lexington enjoyed a large portion of the renown of the State. The
first newspaper west of the Alleghenies was published in Lexington; Transylvania University, for a number of years the most renowned institution of
learning in the great valley of the Ohio, was located there. From that venerable hall of learning, Kentucky scattered, with a profuse hand, her
intellectual treasures over the West and South. While Transylvania University was under the auspicious administration of President Holley, it is
doubtful whether any city in the United States possessed a larger share of intellectual activity than Lexington. Education flourished in all its
departments, and a love of literature and science pervaded all ranks. The general pursuit of knowledge which characterized the people enabled them to
support for many years the finest public library in the West, to which was attached reading-rooms, containing all the best periodicals in the English
language. The great genius of Matthew Jouett, one of the noblest artists on canvas that his country has produced, and the cultivated taste, public
spirit and enterprise of John D. Clifford, command the prosperity of the fine arts. Philosophy, literature, classical learning, science and art, went
hand in hand, and Lexington was the glory, the pride, and the cynosure of the West. In addition to the resources of intellectual growth and activity
already mentioned, Lexington maintained, for about fifteen years, the ablest, most prosperous and successful medical school in the western country.
Nor were the interests of a law-school neglected in the midst of these intellectual energies; but one was established, as a department of the
University, which speedily attained a high rank. The genius and abilities of the bar of Lexington were illustrated by Henry Clay, William T. Barry,
William Blair, Jesse Bledsoe, Joseph Cabell, Breckinridge, and others, who, with less extended fame, enjoyed a high reputation at home. It was in the
midst of these intellectual energies, that the subject of this sketch first saw the light. At an early period he exhibited a fondness for study, and
such was the proficiency attained at a country school, that he entered Transylvania University, and graduated in 1824, when he was but seventeen years
of age. No student ever entered those classic halls with a higher reputation; and his devotion to study, his modesty and good habits, enabled him to
add largely to his youthful fame. At the time of his graduation, he was esteemed as second to none of the distinguished eleves of Transylvania
University, then in the zenith of her renown. As an orator, he was unrivalled in that institution; and such was his great distinction, that upon the
return of Mr. Clay to Kentucky, after his vote for Mr. Adams, when his congressional district determined, in its own language, "to speak its
instructions to Henry Clay, in a language that could neither be misunderstood or mistaken," the youthful orator of Transylvania was selected to
deliver the speech, welcoming the patriot of Kentucky to the hearts of those who had long entrusted their political interests to his keeping. It was
an occasion of deep interest; it drew people from various parts of the State, and an immense assembly of Kentuckians, and citizens of other States
were gathered to received the illustrious sage of Ashland. For the time being, the eyes of the nation were upon Lexington. The traducers of the fame
of her most illustrious son looked on the scene with fear and trembling, while the friends of the administration of Mr. Adams looked to it as a source
of hopeful energy and triumph. In the midst of all these great interests, in the presence of that great assemblage, indeed, of the American people,
the young orator of Transylvania addressed a speech of welcome to Henry Clay that was worthy of the occasion. It was an effort of eloquence of which
any son of Kentucky might well have been proud. Even during the mighty response of Henry Clay, whether its eloquent tones were moving the best
feelings of our nature, or its withering scorn was hurling defiance and its anathemas upon the heads of those whose machinations were struggling for
his ruin, the calm and elevated eloquence of the youthful orator worked its ways into the memories of the people, and placed him conspicuous among the
speakers of Kentucky. In 1828 Mr. Bullock moved to Louisville, Ky., and commenced the practice of law, in the midst of as formidable competition as
could be found in the State. But the same habits that had given him such enviable distinction in the curriculum of Transylvania University, soon
attracted attention to him in his new sphere of duty, and gave him high rank among the able men who adorned the Louisville bar. He was elected a
member of the House of Representatives in 1838, 1840, 1841, and was the author of some of the noblest monuments of Kentucky legislation. To his well
directed efforts Kentucky is indebted for her common-school system. He introduced the bill into legislature, and by his eloquence, his mastery of the
whole subject, and his untiring labors, both as the eloquent exponent of the cause before the representatives of the people and the profound writer
for the press, he so deeply engraved the merits of the common school system upon the public mind, that it now defies all the powers of its enemies.
Various efforts have been made to cripple this system, and the most formidable was in 1843, to cancel the bonds of the State, which had been given to
the Board of Education, on account of a loan of the money that had been appropriated to the common-school system. The original appropriation was
$850,000, a portion of the dividend paid to Kentucky from the surplus revenue of the general government. This sum was loaned to the State on her
bonds. In 1843, an attempt was made to cancel these bonds, by which the common-school system would have been utterly destroyed. Mr. Bullock was not at
that time a member of the legislature, but he earnestly appealed, through the press, against this great outrage. While the danger lasted he was always
at his post, battling for the cause that had enlisted his zeal and his best abilities. A profound debt of gratitude is due to Judge Bullock for his
services in the cause of education. When efforts were first begun in Kentucky for an improved management of the insane, those efforts found in him a
zealous and intelligent champion. In 1842, he produced a profound impression upon the public mind, by a report which he submitted to the Kentucky
legislature on the management of the insane. He accompanied the report with a speech which commanded the attention of the State, and to his exertions
the triumph of the cause is due. Kentucky has been exceedingly liberal since that time in her appropriations to the insane; and the lunatic asylums
now compare for the excellence with any in the United States. Another crowning glory of Judge Bullock's legislative career, was in his successful
exertions to procure an endowment from the State for an institution for the education of the blind. His eloquent advocacy of the cause, his zeal and
energy, were crowned with success; and in 1841 the legislature of Kentucky appropriated $10,000 toward establishing a school for the blind. This is
the favorite eleemosynary institution in Kentucky. The legislature has been liberal in its endowments for its support, and the institution has
resources now to place it upon a sure basis. Judge Bullock was one of the original trustees of this institution, and has been one of the most active
and useful members of the Board to the present time. He has been president to the Board of Trustees most of the time from its first organization until
now. These are the monuments of the legislative career of Judge Bullock, and his friends point to them as the characteristics of the man. After the
close of his legislative career, Mr. Bullock again resumed the practice of his profession. In 1846, he was appointed to the bench as judge of the
Fifth Judicial district, an appointment that gave general satisfaction. His high legal reputation, his urbanity of demeanor, his decision and
firmness, and his universally acknowledged integrity in all things gave an earnest of a successful career in this new sphere of usefulness, which has
been fully redeemed by his judicial course. Pursuing a strong natural bent, Judge Bullock has played a conspicuous part as a popular orator. A devoted
personal friend and an ardent political admirer of Henry Clay, he long ranked among the most attractive and effective Whig leaders in a period when
the hustings offered in Kentucky a high arena for intellectual conflict, and an exciting theater for brilliant displays of eloquence. In view of the
close relationship to Mr. Clay, he was befittingly chosen to deliver the oration that was uttered in the presence of a vast assemblage in Louisville,
May 30, 1867, on the occasion of unveiling the life-size statute of the great statesman--the handiwork of Joel T. Hart--which now adorns the rotunda
of the court-house. But it is chiefly as a lawyer and jurist that Judge Bullock has evinced his highest powers. During the last forty years he has
ranked among the foremost members of the Kentucky bar. The records of the court show that he has been an unusually successful practitioner, often
making great and triumphant arguments before judges and juries, and always exhibiting marked ability in the management of his cases. He has justly
been styled one of the most courteous and yet most formidable antagonists in the forum. For twelve years, dating from 1849, he was a member of the law
faculty of the University of Louisville, in which capacity he displayed much learning and skill as a teacher, and inspired his students with a love of
the science which he taught. He has virtually retired from active practice, but as late as 1882, he appeared before the Court of Appeals, in the case
of the Louisville Bridge Company against the city of Louisville, as attorney for the former corporation, and delivered an argument for his client
seldom equaled in the presence of that tribunal.
Bullock Fontaine Jouett Clifford Hart
Fayette-KY Hanover-VA France England
Buried in Clark Family Cemetery (No Dates)
Ann Clark Bullock
Edmund Bullock
Mary Eliza Bullock
Alfred Bullock
Edmund and Elizabeth had the following children:
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Mary Anne Bullock was born on 4 Mar 1800. She died on 27 Jun 1836. |
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Edmund Bullock Jr. was born about 1800.
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Edward Bullock was born in 1803 in KY.
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William Fontaine Bullock was born on 16 Jan 1807 in KY.
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130. Matilda Martha Fontaine 1 (Aaron
Fontaine , Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 18 Sep 1782 in Louisa Co.,
VA. She died on 28 Nov 1850 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. She was buried in Cave Hill Cem, Louisville, Jefferson, KY..
Matilda married Thomas Prather III son of Thomas M. Sprigg Prather Jr. and Jeanette Smiley on 12 Feb 1800 in Louisville,
Jefferson Co., KY. Thomas was born on 2 Dec 1770 in VA. He died on 3 Feb 1823 in KY.
Thomas was president of a Kentucky bank.
Thomas and Matilda had the following children:
131. Martha Minor Fontaine "Patsy" 1
(Aaron Fontaine , Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 14 Mar 1785 in Goochland
Co., VA. She was christened on 16 Apr 1785 in St James Northam, Goochland Co., VA. She died on 22 Dec 1863 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.
Martha married Alexander Pope on 4 Oct 1806 in Jefferson Co., KY. Alexander was born on 6 Sep 1784 in VA. He died on 4
Dec 1826 in VA. He was buried in Cave Hill, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.
Alexander was an attorney and brother of two judges.
Alexander and Martha had the following children:
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Penelope Pope was born on 23 Aug 1818. She died on 18 Mar 1848. |
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Martha Ann Pope was born on 2 Jul 1820 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. She died on 21 Sep 1886 in Louisville,
Jefferson Co., KY. |
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Martha married (1) Charles Pope. |
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Martha married (2) Edward P. Humphrey. Edward was born on 28 Jan 1809. He died on 9 Dec 1887 in Louisville, Jefferson
Co., KY.
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132. Sarah F. Fontaine "Salley" 1
(Aaron Fontaine , Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 17 Mar 1787 in Louisa Co.,
VA. She was christened on 30 Mar 1787 in St James Northam, Goochland Co., VA. She died in 1788/1881 in VA.
Sarah married George Rogers Clark Floyd son of John Floyd and Jane Buchannan on 16 Apr 1810 in Louisville, Jefferson Co.,
KY. George was born in 1781 in Floyds Station, KY. He died in 1821 in Woodstock, Fayette Co., KY. He was buried in Breckinridge Family Cemetery,
Louisville. George served in the military Lt. Col. 7th KY Infantry War of 1812 about 1812 in KY.
George and Sarah had six children.
George and Sarah had the following children:
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John G. Floyd was born about 1810.
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Jane Buchannan Floyd was born about 1811.
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133. Maria Merwin Fontaine 1 (Aaron
Fontaine , Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 16 Feb 1789 in Louisa Co.,
VA. She was christened on 20 Mar 1789. She died on 18 Jul 1822 in VA or GA.
Maria married Dr. Sterling Grimes son of John Grimes and Elizabeth Wingfield on 24 Jun 1810 in Jefferson Co., KY.
Sterling was born on 10 Jan 1782 in GA. He died on 14 Dec 1826 in VA or GA.
They had the following children:
134. Ann Overton Fontaine "Nancy" 1
(Aaron Fontaine , Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 19 Apr 1790 in Louisa Co.,
VA. She died on 13 Aug 1819 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.
Ann married John Jeremiah Jacob son of William Jacob and Mary Monk on 16 Jun 1811 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. John
was born on 20 Oct 1778 in Baltimore, MD. He died in VA.
They had the following children:
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Matilda Prather Jacob was born on 27 Feb 1815.
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Mary Goodwin Jacob was born on 24 Apr 1817.
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John Jeremiah Jacob Jr. was born on 10 Jan 1819. |
135. America Fontaine 1 (Aaron
Fontaine , Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 10 Mar 1791 in Louisa Co.,
VA. She died on 7 Mar 1844 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.
America married William Sidney Vernon son of Samuel Vernon on 16 Jan 1809 in Jefferson Co., KY. William was born on 25
Dec 1779 in Newport, Newport Co., RI. He died on 12 May 1873 in Louisa Co., VA.
They had the following children:
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George Talbot Vernon was born on 16 May 1810.
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Harriett King Vernon was born on 26 Jun 1812 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. She died on 27 Aug 1815 in Louisville,
Jefferson Co., KY.
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W. Sidney Vernon was born on 4 Aug 1814 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. He died on 14 Dec 1814 in Louisville,
Jefferson Co., KY.
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W. Sidney Vernon was born on 25 Jun 1816 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. He died in Nov 1816 in Louisville, Jefferson
Co., KY.
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Charles F. Vernon was born on 26 May 1818 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. He died on 16 Mar 1851.
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Mary Ann Vernon was born on 2 Sep 1819. |
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Ann Maria Vernon was born on 14 Feb 1822 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. She died in 1898 in Louisville, Jefferson
Co., KY.
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Daniel Smith Vernon was born on 14 Feb 1822 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. He died on 2 Feb 1891 in Louisville,
Jefferson Co., KY.
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William Sidney Vernon Jr. was born on 1 Nov 1823.
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Harriet King Vernon was born about 13 Jan 1828. She died in 1901 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.
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Edward Harwood Vernon was born about 29 Oct 1833.
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Grace Vernon was born on 12 Oct 1835. |
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David Olyphant Vernon was born on 30 Jun 1832 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. He died on 30 Jul 1833 in Louisville,
Jefferson Co., KY.
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136. Col. William Maury Fontaine 1 (Aaron
Fontaine , Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 16 Jan 1793 in "Bien
Venue", Louisa Co., VA. He was christened on 19 Mar 1793 in St James Northam, Goochland Co., VA. He died on 27 Jan 1872 in Clark Co., AL. He was
buried in Choctaw Corner Cem, Clarke, Walker Co., AL.
Moved to Alabama from Kentucky. Was Quartermaster's agent at Mobile, AL during the War of 1812. He later taught school and had a farm in Clarke
County, AL.
William married Elizabeth Garnett Pearson daughter of John Pearson and Nancy Leonard on 6 Apr 1818 in Clarke Co., AL.
Elizabeth was born on 25 Sep 1799 in Wilkes Co., GA. She died on 25 May 1864 in Clark Co., AL.
They had the following children:
139. Henry Whiting Fontaine 1 (Aaron
Fontaine , Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 13 Nov 1807 in Louisville,
Jefferson Co., KY. He died on 21 Nov 1839 in Houston, Harris Co., TX. The cause of death was Yellow fever.
Probate Notices from the Houston Morning Star Newspaper 1839-1844
Probate notices in Houston newspapers were placed as advertisements notifying the public of a petition of curatorship for a deceased citizen.
Sometimes the relationship of the petitioner to the deceased can be inferred. These notices ran for several issues of the paper. The notices were
worded as follows, with very little variation: "Republic of Texas, County of Harrisburg [later Harris] Probate court, (date) , Notice is hereby
given to all whom it may concern that ___________(petitioner) has this day filed his petition under oath praying for the appointment of curator to the
vacant succession of ____________, deceased, and that if any opposition to his appointment be intended, the same must be made within ten days, at the
end of which time the petition will be acted upon. By order of... Judge of Probate."
The following lists the petitioners name first, then the deceased, as noted, with the issue date of the paper and page:
•Constantine W. BUCSLEY for Ezekial HUMPHREYS, deceased 11/14/1839:2 • John W. MOORE for Robert BROWN, dec'd. 11/14/1839:2 •Rich'd W. WADE
for John CUMMINGS, dec'd. 11/14/1839:2 •John H. BROWN for James RUTHERFORD, dec'd. 11/27/1839:2 •Henry KESLER for Robert BARR, dec'd. 11/27/1839:2
• Elizabeth AINSWORTH for Wm H. AINSWORTH, dec'd. 11/27/1839:2 •E. J. PERKINS for James PICKUP, dec'd. 11/27/1839:2 •John SUMMERS for Thomas
SANFORD, dec'd. 12/3/1839:3 •Frederick LEMKY for Moritz LAPPE, dec'd. 12/3/1839:3 •Philip THOMPSON for Prentiss EWELL, dec. 12/4/1839:3 •John W.
SPOTTEL for Valentine BAPSTMAN, dec'd. 12/6/1839:1 •Garet S. HARDCASTLE for Hilliard J. BRANTLEY, dec'd. 12/6/1839:1 •J. S. EWELL for Sam'l
SCHOOLFIELD, dec'd. 12/6/1839:3 •James L. DAVIS for Robert PAGE, dec'd. 12/6/1839:1 •Wm R. BAKER fro Henry W. GODFREY, dec'd. 12/6/1839:1 •Thos.
D. BEAUCHAMP for Jos. A. PARKER, dec'd. 12/6/1839:1 •John HUTCHINSON and David Y. PORTIS for James G. HUTCHINSON, dec'd. • 12/7/1839:3 •J. S.
EWELL for A. HILTON, dec'd. 12/9/1839:3 •David R. COLE through B. F. TANKERSLEY, my agent and attorney, for •Edmond R. ANDERSON, dec'd.
12/10/1839:3 •Jno. W. BERGIN for Theodore LARKE,
dec'd. 12/16/1839:3 •John W. BERGIN for Sam'l JOHNSTON, dec'd. 12/18/1839:3 •Quintan N. DOUGLASS for John ISAM, dec'd. 12/21/1839:1 • Thos. D.
BEAUCHAMP for Charles WATSON, dec'd. 12/21/1839:1 •Frederick W. SMITH for Thomas MURELL, dec'd. 12/23/1839:3 •Ferdinand GERLACH for J. Antonio
PADILLO, dec'd. 12/23/1839:3 •James M. CLAY for Watkins CLAY, dec'd. 12/24/1839:3 •Wm M. CARPER for L. R. OWENS, dec'd. 12/24/1839:3 • Frederick
W. SMITH for Thomas NUNN, dec'd. 12/25/1839:3 •Henry H. CONE for Chas. CLELLAND, dec'd. 12/25/1839:3 •Gabriel JAYNE for Geo. & Sam'l. LEFFEE,
dec'd. 12/30/1839:3 •John JONES for Abraham GOZNEY, dec'd. 12/30/1839:3 •C. C. NORTON for Virgil COLLINS, dec'd. 12/30/1839:3 • George WILLIAMS
for Edw'd E. WILLIAMS, dec'd. 12/30/1839:3 •John W. STOGG for Dennis HOPKINS, dec'd. 12/30/1839:3 •Ezekial NUGENT for Robert F. NUGENT, dec'd.
12/31/1839:2 •Otto C. SACKMANN, surviving partner of the firm MOYER & SACKMAN •for George H. MOYER, dec'd. 12/31/1839:3 •A. S. THRUSTON for
Henry W. FONTAINE, dec'd. 12/31/1839:2 •Ferdinand GERLACH for Geo. DeSTOCKFLETH, dec'd. 12/31/1839:2 •Jesse F. RANDEL for John T. RANDEL, dec'd.
12/31/1839:2 •
Henry married Susan Elizabeth Bryson 1 daughter of James W Bryson and
Ann Kinslaw Martin on 8 Jul 1834 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. Susan was born in VA. She died in TX.
They had the following children:
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Clifford Fontaine 1 was born in 1835/1839 in KY.
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Henry Fontaine 1 was born in 1835/1839 in KY.
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Sidney Fontaine 1 was born in 1835/1839 in KY.
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141. Aaron Benjamin Fontaine 1 (Aaron
Fontaine , Peter Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born on 4 Sep 1811 in Louisville,
Jefferson Co., KY. He died on 29 Aug 1880 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. He was buried in Cave Hill.
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 Thrustons had various
commerical interests. They lived in Terra 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 2 Mary Elliott 1
on 19 Jan 1832 in Morgan Co., IL. Mary was born on 25 Feb 1817 in Dublin, IRE. She died on 24 Apr 1904 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.
They had the following children:
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Elizabeth Fontaine.
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Emeline Dillon Fontaine was born on 8 May 1835 in Terre Haute, IN. She died on 20 Jan 1905 in Louisville, Jefferson
Co., KY.
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. |
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Emeline married James P. Rogers on 17 Dec 1857 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY.
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Edward Elliott Fontaine was born in 1838 in Terre Haute, IN. |
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Edward married Josephine Spaulding.
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Ogden Fontaine 1 was born on 7 Dec 1838 in Terre Haute, IN. He died
on 23 Jun 1898 in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.
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 1 864, 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.
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Noland Fontaine was born on 6 Jul 1840. He died on 14 Sep 1912. |
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Mary Fontaine "Nannie" was born on 6 Aug 1849 in KY. She died on 8 Jun 1889 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. |
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Mary married W. H. Steward.
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