Some Descendants of Jean de la Fontaine
Thirteenth Generation
(Continued)
317. Mary Frances Fontaine 1,
2 (Francis Fontaine , Francis Fontaine , Francis
Fontaine , James Fontaine , James Fontaine , Jacques ,
Jean , Gilles , Arthur , Jean
, Guy , Jean ) was born about 1779 in NC. She died in MS.
Mary married John Goza 1, 2 son
of Aaron Goza about 1797. John was born in 1770 in VA. He died in 1853 in MS.
He appears first on record in the 1793 tax list of Wilkes Co., GA. Though his place of birth is given in the 1850 census as North Carolina, it was
most probably Lunenburg Co., VA, and his family moved southward when he was a child. He and his brothers came to Wilkes Co. in the year 1793. His name
is also found on the Wilkes Militia Roll, 1784-1815, as a private in the 2nd Company, 1st. Battalion, 4th Regiment on 2 October, 1793. Later that
year, part of Wilkes was placed in the new county of Warren; and he is found on the 1794 Warren tax digest with land holdings of 100 acres on Little
Bryer Creek. By 1805, when he participated in the state land lotery, he was living in neighboring Washington Co., where he was still living at the
time of 1807 lottery. (See more in written Goza notes.)
They had the following children:
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Francis Fontaine Goza 1 was born in 1800 in GA. |
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Francis married (1) Isabelle Harvey 1 on 20 May 1826 in Claiborne Co.,
MS. |
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Francis married (2) Frances Cobb 1 on 20 May 1830 in MS.
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Falay Goza 1 was born in 1801.
In 1850, she was a widow living in the home of A.R. Kuykendall, ( b. 1820 AR), evidently her son, in Conway Co., AR. She survived her father. |
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Falay married Kuykendall 1.
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Hiram Washington Goza was born on 25 Nov 1809. He died on 24 Jun 1853. |
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George Washington Goza 1 was born in 1817 in AR. He died in 1853 in
MS. |
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George married Rebecca Caroline Walker 1 on 22 Apr 1843 in MS.
Rebecca was born in 1815 in TN. She died in 1853 in MS.
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Maranda Goza 1 was born in 1820. |
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Maranda married David E. Sheffield 1 on 20 Dec 1835 in MS.
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Frances Goza 1. |
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Frances married Wallis 1.
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668 |
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Malinda Goza 1. |
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Malinda married Joseph Murphy 1 on 5 Aug 1828 in Claiborne Co., MS.
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669 |
M |
viii |
Michael Goza 1.
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318. Sarah Elizabeth Fontaine 1,
2, 3, 4 (Francis Fontaine , Francis
Fontaine , Francis Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born in 1782. She died in 1825 in
MS.
Sarah married Joshua Goza 1, 2,
3 son of Aaron Goza about 1797 in GA. Joshua was born about 1770 in VA. He died in 1834 in MS.
They had the following children:
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John Goza was born in 1799. He died in 1843. |
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William Goza 1 was born in 1803. He died after 1865.
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Charles Aaron Goza was born on 16 Aug 1805. He died on 16 May 1890. |
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Joshua Goza Jr. 1 was born in 1807 in GA. He died in 1833 in MS. |
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Joshua married Keziah McGrew 1 on 13 Sep 1829 in Claiborne Co., MS.
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George Washington Goza 1 was born in 1812 in AR. He died on 12 Jan
1851. |
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George married Marianna Dupuy 1 about 1842. Marianna was born on 4
Jul 1822 in KY. She died in 1897 in MO.
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Frances Fontaine Goza "Nancy" 1 was born in 1815.
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James Madison Goza 1 was born in 1817.
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677 |
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Benjamin Franklin Goza 1 was born in 1821 in MS. He died in 1868 in
LA.
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Mary Narcissa Goza 1 was born in 1824. |
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Mary married Dr. D.K. Quillings 1.
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320. John Maury Fontaine (Thomas Fontaine , Francis
Fontaine , Francis Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ).
On January 2, 1836, John was elected Mayor of Columbus, GA.
February 26, 1840, John was elected President of the St. Joseph and Iola Railroad.
John, Mary Ann, and several of their children and in-laws are buried in the Fontaine family plot in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, GA.
John married Mary Ann Stewart.
They had the following children:
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Charles Stewart Fontaine.
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Thomas Fontaine. |
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Thomas married Mary Brutas.
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Henrietta Hargraves Fontaine. |
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Benjamin Bruton Fontaine II. |
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John Fontaine died in 1867. |
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John married Mary Stewart.
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Mary Elizabeth Fontaine. |
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Alfred Spalding Fontaine.
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Clarissa Fontaine.
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Theophilus S. Fontaine. |
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Theophilus married Mary E. Young "Molly".
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Francis Fontaine. |
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689 |
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James Fontaine.
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George Hargraves Fontaine.
George was trying to save the life of a friend who was engaged in a duel when he was killed.
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322. Benjamin Bruton Fontaine (Thomas Fontaine , Francis
Fontaine , Francis Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born about 1800.
Moved from Warrenton, GA to Tuscaloosa, AL in 1821. He was an attorney in Tuscaloosa in 1835 to 1838 and a State Senator in 1831.
Moved to Mobile, AL, in 1835.
Benjamin married Susanna Eliza Beall.
They had the following children:
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John Thomas Fontaine. |
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Mary Elizabeth Fontaine was buried in Old Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, GA.
Was living in Macon County, AL in 1855. This part of Macon County later became part of Bullock County when that County was created. |
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Mary married Charles Hargraves Stewart. Charles was buried in Old Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, GA.
Charles was the brother of Mary, wife of John Maury Fontaine of Columbus, GA.
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Millicent Clarissa Fontaine. |
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Alfred Battle Fontaine.
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Robert Augustus Fontaine. |
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Robert married Alice Winston.
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Benjamin Beall Fontaine was born about 1832. |
327. Benjamin Risher (Mary Fontaine , Francis
Fontaine , Francis Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ) was born in 1782 in SC. He died in
1810. He was buried in Colleton Co., SC.
Benjamin married Mary Koger in 1804. Mary was born in 1782. She died in 1814. She was buried in Colleton Co., SC.
They had the following children:
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Benjamin Risher was born on 5 Oct 1805. He died on 20 Apr 1874. |
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Joseph Koger Risher was born in 1807. He died on 9 Oct 1868. |
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Joseph married Havillah H. Williams in 1838/1863. Havillah was born in 1803/1822. She died in 1838/1907.
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Francis Fontaine Risher was born in 1809. He died in 1840/1899. |
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Francis married Harriet Williams in 1840/1874. Harriet was born in 1805/1825. She died in 1840/1909.
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335. Sarah Fontaine (Peter Benjamin Fontaine , Francis
Fontaine , Francis Fontaine , James Fontaine , James
Fontaine , Jacques , Jean , Gilles , Arthur
, Jean , Guy , Jean ).
Sarah married (1) James Threewitts.
Sarah married (2) Elijah Hudson.
They had the following children:
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John Fontaine Hudson.
Father of Richard Franklin Hudson, who was the father of Sadie Phinizy Hudson who died in Columbus, MS on January 31, 1966.
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