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Fontain, Henry

Male 1807 - 1839  (32 years)



  • Name Fontain, Henry 
    Born 13 Nov 1807  Louisville, Jffrsn., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 21 Nov 1839 
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Nov 1839  Houston, Harris Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I25372  USA
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2019 

    Father Fontaine, Colonel Aaron,   b. 30 Nov 1753, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1823, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Whiting, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1776, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1822, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Married Abt 1805  Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • "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, Attourney 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.
      http://www.stithvalley.com/ancestry/fontaine/aaronfon.htm
    Family ID F2333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart