Fontain, Henry

1807 - 1839  (32 years)

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

  
  

  Father	Fontaine, Colonel Aaron,   b. 30 Nov 1753, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, United States ,   d. 1 Apr 1823, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Whiting, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1776, Virginia, United States ,   d. 2 Jul 1822, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Married	Abt 1805	Kentucky, United States
  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