Sources
Sources
4501. Mary Jo Ball, “Drucilla Angeline Dorris Webb Keith,” http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&a...2507&CSsr=41&;, July 26, 2007, Says in Robertson County, TN.
File: DrucillaDorris
File: DrucillaDorris
4502. Henry Thomas Webb, “Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955,” microfilm, digital folder number: 4183286-image number: 1724-film number: 1876711-volume/page/certificate number: cn 4215, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/M1WF-R2H/p2.
File: HenryThomasWebbDeathCert
File: HenryThomasWebbDeathCert
4503. “United States Census: 1920,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1920, TN, Robertson, White House, District 11, January 15, 1920, W R Winters, 11A, 6, 181, T625, 1761, 176, 358.
File: 1920 TN Robertson County Whitehouse p11A
File: 1920 TN Robertson County Whitehouse p11A
4504. Mary Lillian Brinkley, “Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955,” microfilm, digital folder number: 4184890-image number: 1355-film number: 2137348-volume/page/certificate number: cn 13718, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSQT-PF8.
File: MaryLillianBrinkleyDeathCert
File: MaryLillianBrinkleyDeathCert
4505. “United States Census: 1940,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1940, TN, Sumner, Civil District 15, April 2, 1940, Thomas E Woodall, 1A-1B, 5, 83-20, T627, 3939, 752.
Files (2): 1940 TN Sumner County Dist 15 p1A, 1940 TN Sumner County Dist 15 p1B
Files (2): 1940 TN Sumner County Dist 15 p1A, 1940 TN Sumner County Dist 15 p1B
4506. Keith White, “Keith’s Family File,” http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/...=73gkw&id=I43153, August 4, 2013.
4507. William Richard Brinkley, “Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955,” April 15, 1952, Sumner County, TN, microfilm, Digital Folder Number: 004181476-Image Number: 00139-GS Film number: 2372462-Reference ID: cn 52-09365, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSLC-L3X.
File: WilliamRichardBrinkleyDeathCert
File: WilliamRichardBrinkleyDeathCert
4508. Wm Brinkley and Lilly Webb, “Tennessee, State Marriage Index, 1780-2002,” January 10, 1900, Sumner County, TN, USA, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VNCQ-PD5.
4509. “United States Census,” 1860, TN, Sumner, District 18, Gallatin, 154-155, M653, Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, August 23, 1860, C N Blackmore, Spelled Micagah.
Files (2): 1860 TN Sumner County Dist 18 p155, 1860 TN Sumner County Dist 18 p154
Files (2): 1860 TN Sumner County Dist 18 p155, 1860 TN Sumner County Dist 18 p154
4510. TN, Sumner, District 18, Gallatin, 1860, August 23, 1860, C N Blackmore, 156.
File: 1860 TN Sumner County Dist 18 p156
File: 1860 TN Sumner County Dist 18 p156
4511. “United States Census,” 1870, TN, Sumner, District 18, Gallatin, 1, Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, July 5, 1870, W G Lanier.
Files (2): 1870 TN Sumner County Dist 18 p1, 1870 TN Sumner County Dist 18 p1 Trans
Files (2): 1870 TN Sumner County Dist 18 p1, 1870 TN Sumner County Dist 18 p1 Trans
4512. “United States Census,” 1880, TN, Sumner, District 15, 18C, 3, 221, T9, 1282, 241, 10th Decennial Census Office, Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, June 11, 1880, W E Randle.
File: 1880 TN Sumner County Dist 15 p18C
File: 1880 TN Sumner County Dist 15 p18C
4513. Debra Poole and Lewis Williams Family, “Debra Poole Williams,” http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?o...elsdkw&id=I00202, May 1, 2004, Listed as Sarah.
4514. Tennessee, Sumner County, District 18, 1850, October 4, 1850, Thomas A Watson, M432, 897, 221B, 00442, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~...sus1850_d18_p221.htm, Listed as Sally.
File: 1850 TN Sumner County Dist 18 p 221B
File: 1850 TN Sumner County Dist 18 p 221B
4515. Debra Poole and Lewis Williams Family, “Debra Poole Williams,” http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?o...elsdkw&id=I00202, May 1, 2004, Gives name as Allice “Allie” Cassandra.
4516. Bertha Delilah Robertson, “Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955,” microfilm, digital folder number: 4183668-image number: 2601-film number: 1876872-volume/page/certificate number: cn 4805, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/M14M-45R/p3.
File: BerthaDelilahColeDeathCert
File: BerthaDelilahColeDeathCert
4517. Connie Moretti, “Caleb Willis and Sarah Cantrell,” http://members.aol.com/cwmoretti/family/page15.htm, http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/willis.htm, http://members.aol.com/cwmoretti/family/page14.htm.
4518. Connie Moretti, “Caleb Willis and Sarah Cantrell,” http://members.aol.com/cwmoretti/family/page15.htm, http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner/willis.htm, http://members.aol.com/cwmoretti/family/page14.htm, ref. 1790 Census of the Cumberland Settlements by Richard C. Fulcher, 1987, p 143.
4519. Elmira Sloan McCorkle Roache, “Descendants of Alexander McCorkle,” http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndyer/family/mccorkle-fam.html.
4520. Marsha Cope Huie, “Old McCorkle Letters,” http://www.marshahuie.com/old_mccorkle_letters.htm.
4521. “Sweden Household Examination Books,” Nydala AI 12, 1876 - 1880, Hagenborg, Nydala, Jönköpings, Småland, Sweden, 258, Gives name as Karl Gustaf Johannesson.
File: 1875s Sweden Nydala p258
File: 1875s Sweden Nydala p258
4522. “Sweden Household Examination Books,” Nydala AI 13, 1881 - 1885, Valkö Torpet Hagenborg, Nydala, Jönköpings, Småland, Sweden, 282, Gives name as Carl Gustaf Johannesson.
File: 1880s Sweden Nydala p282
File: 1880s Sweden Nydala p282
4523. “Sweden Household Examination Books,” Nydala AI 12, 1876 - 1880, Hagenborg, Nydala, Jönköpings, Småland, Sweden, 258, Lists name as Anna Kajsa Karlsdtr.
File: 1875s Sweden Nydala p258
File: 1875s Sweden Nydala p258
4524. Nancy Jacobsen, “Kansas Cousins,” http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?o...105335&id=I11204, lists surname as ‘Kajas “Larsdotter”’.
Much of this is from the book, “History of Rawlins County, Kansas”
Much of this is from the book, “History of Rawlins County, Kansas”
4525. “Sweden Household Examination Books,” Nydala AI 13, 1881 - 1885, Valkö Torpet Hagenborg, Nydala, Jönköpings, Småland, Sweden, 135.
File: 1880s Sweden Nydala p135
File: 1880s Sweden Nydala p135
4526. “Sweden Household Examination Books,” Nydala AI 12, 1876 - 1880, Rössved Norreg., Nydala, Jönköpings, Småland, Sweden, 236.
File: 1875s Sweden Rössved Norreg p236
File: 1875s Sweden Rössved Norreg p236
4527. “Sweden Household Examination Books,” Nydala AI 13, 1881 - 1885, Rössved Norreg., Nydala, Jönköpings, Småland, Sweden, 258.
File: 1880s Sweden Rössved Norreg p258
File: 1880s Sweden Rössved Norreg p258
4528. “United States Census: 1910,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1910, KS, Rawlins, Laing, April 15, 1910, Edward S Bacon, 5A, 6, 151, T624, 453, 131.
File: 1910 KS Rawlins County Laing p5A
File: 1910 KS Rawlins County Laing p5A
4529. “United States Census: 1920,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1920, KS, Rawlins, Laing, January 7, 1920, B T Morton, 3A, 6, 162, T625, 545, 3.
File: 1920 KS Rawlins County Laing p3A
File: 1920 KS Rawlins County Laing p3A
4530. Nancy Jacobsen, “Kansas Cousins,” http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?o...105335&id=I11204, Lists November 25, 1908.
Much of this is from the book, “History of Rawlins County, Kansas”
Much of this is from the book, “History of Rawlins County, Kansas”
4531. “Rawlins County Kansas Marriage Records 1900 through 1900,” http://www.ksgenweb.com/rawlins/groom1900.html, Lists November 25, 1909.
4532. “United States Census: 1930,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1930, KS, Rawlins, Laing, April 9, 1930, Ralph J Howland, 1A, 1, 77-16, T626, 716, 65, 131, Gives name as Elmer C Carlson.
File: 1930 KS Rawlins County Laing p1A
File: 1930 KS Rawlins County Laing p1A
4533. “Rawlins Count Birth Announcements 1900-1910,” http://www.ksgenweb.com/rawlins/births1900.html, Lists a son born to Victor Carlson on May 29, 1909.
4534. “United States Census: 1910,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1910, KS, Rawlins, Laing, April 15, 1910, Edward S Bacon, 5A, 6, 151, T624, 453, 131, Gives birth as about May 1909.
File: 1910 KS Rawlins County Laing p5A
File: 1910 KS Rawlins County Laing p5A
4535. “Elmer Carlson,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60628202, 60628202.
4536. “Rawlins Count Birth Announcements 1900-1910,” http://www.ksgenweb.com/rawlins/births1900.html.
4537. “United States Census: 1930,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1930, KS, Rawlins, Laing, April 9, 1930, Ralph J Howland, 1A, 1, 77-16, T626, 716, 65, 131, Lists name as Elna A Carlson.
File: 1930 KS Rawlins County Laing p1A
File: 1930 KS Rawlins County Laing p1A
4538. “Elna A Carlson Brown,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60306390, 60306390.
4539. “United States Census: 1930,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1930, KS, Rawlins, Laing, April 9, 1930, Ralph J Howland, 1A, 1, 77-16, T626, 716, 65, 131, Lists name as Lillian A Carlson.
File: 1930 KS Rawlins County Laing p1A
File: 1930 KS Rawlins County Laing p1A
4540. “United States Census: 1930,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1930, KS, Rawlins, Laing, April 9, 1930, Ralph J Howland, 1A, 1, 77-16, T626, 716, 65, 131, Lists name as Viola J Carlson.
File: 1930 KS Rawlins County Laing p1A
File: 1930 KS Rawlins County Laing p1A
4541. “Viola Carlson Garver,” Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60628198, 60628198.
4542. “United States Census: 1930,” Bureau of the Census, US Dept. of Commerce, United States of America, 1930, KS, Rawlins, Laing, April 9, 1930, Ralph J Howland, 1A, 1, 77-16, T626, 716, 65, 131, Lists name as Dorothy J Carlson.
File: 1930 KS Rawlins County Laing p1A
File: 1930 KS Rawlins County Laing p1A
4543. “Sweden Household Examination Books,” Nydala AI 12, 1876 - 1880, Hagenborg, Nydala, Jönköpings, Småland, Sweden, 258, Lists name as Karolina Christina.
File: 1875s Sweden Nydala p258
File: 1875s Sweden Nydala p258
4544. “Sweden Household Examination Books,” Nydala AI 12, 1876 - 1880, Hagenborg, Nydala, Jönköpings, Småland, Sweden, 235.
File: 1875s Sweden Nydala p235
File: 1875s Sweden Nydala p235
4545. Janet King, “Franklin County, VA - Perdue Marriages,” http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/franklin/vitals/marriages/p6300000.txt, Spelled Isaiah.
4546. “Franklin County, VA - Will Book 4,” http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/franklin/wills/willbk04.txt, Janet King, Spelled Isaah.
4547. Janet King, “Franklin County, VA - Perdue Marriages,” http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/franklin/vitals/marriages/p6300000.txt, Spelled Zachariah.
4548. “Franklin County, VA - Will Book 4,” http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/franklin/wills/willbk04.txt, Janet King, Spelled Zackariah.
4549. Sumner County Clerk Marriages: No. A-14,517-June 1854 - January 1895, “Early Sumner County Marriages-1894 - 1895,” http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~providence/marrgr94-95.htm.
4550. Win. J. Davis, “An Illustrated History of Sacramento County, California,” 1890, http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/bios1.htm, Excerpts published on-line.
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William Andrew Fountain, elder brother of James B. Fountain, and senior member of the business firm of Fountain Brothers, a brick-makers, is the oldest living son of Joshua Fountain, a native of the state of Delaware, born near Milford in 1811, and Prudence Rebecca (Walton) Fountain, who emigrated to Beard's Prairie, Michigan, in 1835, where the subject of this biography was born March of the following year (1836). As stated elsewhere in this volume, the family soon removed to Van Buren County, Iowa, where grandfather Andrew Fountain, who was a farmer, died in 1844. In the spring of 1850, our subject, at that time just twenty-four years of age, his father, his uncle Lloyd Rollins, a daughter of the latter, and three young men, made up a party to cross the plains overland to the "land of golden promise." They left home on the 9th of April, crossed the Missouri River at Council Bluffs on the 29th, the north side of the Platte, and via Fort Hall, arrived safely at Grass Valley on the 15th of September following. They wintered there, and in the spring of 1851 started for Gold Lake mining district. Abandoning that project they mined on the Feather River during that summer, at Bidwell's Bar and at Oregon Gulch until November, 1852, when our subject came to Sacramento and worked for his father, who had started a brickyard on Eighth and O streets. (For full particulars of locations, which were changed from time to time to accommodate the advancing requirements of a growing city, see sketch of Joshua Fountain, the pioneer brick-maker.) In 1859 Mr. Fountain started business on his own account, taking a contract to make brick for the wine-cellar, residence and other buildings for Mr. Bell, at Gold Hill, Placer County, and in 1862 and 1863 had a contract for constructing a portion of the levee near Freeport. In 1863 and 1864 he burned a kiln of brick at Auburn, and also made the brick for the courthouse and jail at Woodland that year. In 1865 and 1866 he bought a farm lying between Elk Grove and Georgetown, and was engaged in farming for two years, but in the meantime he burned a kiln of brick at Elk Grove. In 1867 the present firm was established. (For full particulars see sketch of J.B. Fountain.) Mr. Fountain has always taken an active interest in the local politics since the organization of the Republican party, to which he belongs, but has never been willing to accept any official position. He is a member of the Sixth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and he has had his residence on the corner of Fifteenth and P Streets for twenty-three years. In 1877 he was associated with Hon. John Q. Brown in street contracting, cobbling and graveling the principal streets, and they continued the business for several years. The latter gentleman was afterward mayor of the city for six years, and is now president of the San Francisco Board of Trade. July 28, 1859, Mr. Fountain was married to Miss Abbie Louise Brewster, a native of Massachusetts, the daughter of Mr. Charles Brewster, a florist. She was a devoted Christian woman. Her death occurred September 13, 1879. The family consists of six daughters, viz: Henrietta, now Mrs. Charles Lowell; Clara, now Mrs. Charles Hockell; Grace; Anne; Lizzie; and Abbie. In 1881 he was again united in marriage to Miss Helen Powers, an earnest Christian woman, a native of New York State. Her death occurred April 23, 1888. Of their private affairs, the home life, of the tender interests which cluster around the family altar, it is not our province to speak, but we must be permitted to say that the influence of such homes are far-reaching; the influence of such lives will ever remain a monument to enduring memory. [From the 1901 Sacramento City Directory: Page 222 Fountain, Wm. A. brick mfr. r.1430 P]
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Joshua Fountain was born in Maryland, February 27, 1811, his parents being Andrew and Rebecca (Barwick) Fountain. His maternal grandparents were James and Mary (Fisher) Barwick. Grandmother Barwick lived to be over seventy. The Barwicks are Marylanders for several generations. His grandfather Fountain bore the name of Andrew, and lived to be nearly seventy. Joshua Fountain's great-grandfather, who is believed to have been also named Andrew, was one of the three brothers, who had come to America from France before the middle of the last century. One settled in Maryland, one in Long Island, and the third went South, but afterward returned to France, where he died leaving, it is said, a large fortune, to his indirect heirs in America. A grand-uncle was a Colonel Fountain in the French-Indian Wars, about 1760, serving on the side of the British colonies; and is said to have received the grant of one or two sections of land over which the city of Baltimore has since spread. Whether the alleged $8,000,000 of Fountain's inheritance includes this as well as the foreign claim, or whether one is confounded with the other, or whether either is genuine, Mr. Joshua Fountain is unable to say, and meanwhile is little concerned about the prospective millions which perhaps is little better than a lawyer's lure to gather a handsome retainer from American Fountains. Joshua Fountain was brought up on a Maryland farm near the Delaware line; and was married in 1834 to Miss Prudence Rebecca, a daughter of Solomon and Anvibator Fountain, born June 15, 1815. He rented a farm for the first year after his marriage, and in 1835 moved to Michigan, where he bought a farm in Cass County. In 1838 he moved to Iowa, buying a farm near Farmington; and then he moved into Lee County, where he farmed for seven years. In 1850, he came to California, across the plains, accompanied by his oldest son, then a boy of fourteen. Arriving in Grass Valley on September 15, 1850, he went to mining there that winter, assisted by his boy. In the spring he went to prospecting for three months, and again settled down to work at Big Rich Bar, on the north fork of the Feather River. Coming down to Oregon Gulch, below Orville, he there mined in the winter of 1851 and the spring of 1852. In the summer he came down to Sacramento seeking a location, having accumulated about $3,000, and bought a place at Eighth and O Streets. The son followed in November with $1,000 which he had won from the mines at the age of sixteen. He went into his old business of brickmaking, which he carried on from 1852 to 1861 in Sacramento. August 20, 1855, Mr. Fountain returned to Iowa to bring out his wife and family of four children, leaving his son in charge of the business and twenty men. In 1857 he bought the ranch of 240 acres in the northeast corner of Franklin Township, which he still owns, and on which he came to reside in 1859. During his brickmaking career in Sacramento he went to Grass Valley in 1857, and there made brick for the Catholic Church of that place; and in 1859 to Suisun City, where he made brick for the courthouse and jail. On his farm he raises grain, though is well adapted for fruit raising with proper irrigation. Mrs. Fountain died December 13, 1871, having borne the following children: William Andrew, born June 9, 1836; James Barwick, July 11, 1838; Ann Eliza, January 13, 1841; George Walton, January 19, 1844; Sarah Jane, December 17, 1847, deceased in 1849; Mary Marion and an unnamed twin sister, who died soon after birth March 17, 1849. Mary Marion died in 1851. Of these, William A. was born in Michigan, and the others in Iowa. The following were born in Sacramento: Joshua Jr, April 2, 1857; an unnamed child, born March 31, 1861, died April 12, 1861; Charles Henry, born April 16, 1862, died February 12, 1884. The two oldest carry on a brick business in Sacramento as Fountain Brothers. Ann Eliza is the wife of F.S. Hotchkiss of the same city. George W. is in the dairy business in the Locke and Levin, son place, below Courtland. He supplies half the stock, the firm the other half and the land, the product being owned in equal shares. He is married to Louisa Hollman. Joshua, Jr. is a traveling salesman for the hardware house of Hillburn brothers of Sacramento, and is married to Clara Hoyt. December 30, 1874, Mr. Fountain was married to Miss Mary Myers, born in Dade County, Missouri, in 1855, a daughter of Garrett Laure, and Delina (Robertson) Myers, the father being of French and the mother of English descent, both now living in Sacramento.
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William Andrew Fountain, elder brother of James B. Fountain, and senior member of the business firm of Fountain Brothers, a brick-makers, is the oldest living son of Joshua Fountain, a native of the state of Delaware, born near Milford in 1811, and Prudence Rebecca (Walton) Fountain, who emigrated to Beard's Prairie, Michigan, in 1835, where the subject of this biography was born March of the following year (1836). As stated elsewhere in this volume, the family soon removed to Van Buren County, Iowa, where grandfather Andrew Fountain, who was a farmer, died in 1844. In the spring of 1850, our subject, at that time just twenty-four years of age, his father, his uncle Lloyd Rollins, a daughter of the latter, and three young men, made up a party to cross the plains overland to the "land of golden promise." They left home on the 9th of April, crossed the Missouri River at Council Bluffs on the 29th, the north side of the Platte, and via Fort Hall, arrived safely at Grass Valley on the 15th of September following. They wintered there, and in the spring of 1851 started for Gold Lake mining district. Abandoning that project they mined on the Feather River during that summer, at Bidwell's Bar and at Oregon Gulch until November, 1852, when our subject came to Sacramento and worked for his father, who had started a brickyard on Eighth and O streets. (For full particulars of locations, which were changed from time to time to accommodate the advancing requirements of a growing city, see sketch of Joshua Fountain, the pioneer brick-maker.) In 1859 Mr. Fountain started business on his own account, taking a contract to make brick for the wine-cellar, residence and other buildings for Mr. Bell, at Gold Hill, Placer County, and in 1862 and 1863 had a contract for constructing a portion of the levee near Freeport. In 1863 and 1864 he burned a kiln of brick at Auburn, and also made the brick for the courthouse and jail at Woodland that year. In 1865 and 1866 he bought a farm lying between Elk Grove and Georgetown, and was engaged in farming for two years, but in the meantime he burned a kiln of brick at Elk Grove. In 1867 the present firm was established. (For full particulars see sketch of J.B. Fountain.) Mr. Fountain has always taken an active interest in the local politics since the organization of the Republican party, to which he belongs, but has never been willing to accept any official position. He is a member of the Sixth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and he has had his residence on the corner of Fifteenth and P Streets for twenty-three years. In 1877 he was associated with Hon. John Q. Brown in street contracting, cobbling and graveling the principal streets, and they continued the business for several years. The latter gentleman was afterward mayor of the city for six years, and is now president of the San Francisco Board of Trade. July 28, 1859, Mr. Fountain was married to Miss Abbie Louise Brewster, a native of Massachusetts, the daughter of Mr. Charles Brewster, a florist. She was a devoted Christian woman. Her death occurred September 13, 1879. The family consists of six daughters, viz: Henrietta, now Mrs. Charles Lowell; Clara, now Mrs. Charles Hockell; Grace; Anne; Lizzie; and Abbie. In 1881 he was again united in marriage to Miss Helen Powers, an earnest Christian woman, a native of New York State. Her death occurred April 23, 1888. Of their private affairs, the home life, of the tender interests which cluster around the family altar, it is not our province to speak, but we must be permitted to say that the influence of such homes are far-reaching; the influence of such lives will ever remain a monument to enduring memory. [From the 1901 Sacramento City Directory: Page 222 Fountain, Wm. A. brick mfr. r.1430 P]
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Joshua Fountain was born in Maryland, February 27, 1811, his parents being Andrew and Rebecca (Barwick) Fountain. His maternal grandparents were James and Mary (Fisher) Barwick. Grandmother Barwick lived to be over seventy. The Barwicks are Marylanders for several generations. His grandfather Fountain bore the name of Andrew, and lived to be nearly seventy. Joshua Fountain's great-grandfather, who is believed to have been also named Andrew, was one of the three brothers, who had come to America from France before the middle of the last century. One settled in Maryland, one in Long Island, and the third went South, but afterward returned to France, where he died leaving, it is said, a large fortune, to his indirect heirs in America. A grand-uncle was a Colonel Fountain in the French-Indian Wars, about 1760, serving on the side of the British colonies; and is said to have received the grant of one or two sections of land over which the city of Baltimore has since spread. Whether the alleged $8,000,000 of Fountain's inheritance includes this as well as the foreign claim, or whether one is confounded with the other, or whether either is genuine, Mr. Joshua Fountain is unable to say, and meanwhile is little concerned about the prospective millions which perhaps is little better than a lawyer's lure to gather a handsome retainer from American Fountains. Joshua Fountain was brought up on a Maryland farm near the Delaware line; and was married in 1834 to Miss Prudence Rebecca, a daughter of Solomon and Anvibator Fountain, born June 15, 1815. He rented a farm for the first year after his marriage, and in 1835 moved to Michigan, where he bought a farm in Cass County. In 1838 he moved to Iowa, buying a farm near Farmington; and then he moved into Lee County, where he farmed for seven years. In 1850, he came to California, across the plains, accompanied by his oldest son, then a boy of fourteen. Arriving in Grass Valley on September 15, 1850, he went to mining there that winter, assisted by his boy. In the spring he went to prospecting for three months, and again settled down to work at Big Rich Bar, on the north fork of the Feather River. Coming down to Oregon Gulch, below Orville, he there mined in the winter of 1851 and the spring of 1852. In the summer he came down to Sacramento seeking a location, having accumulated about $3,000, and bought a place at Eighth and O Streets. The son followed in November with $1,000 which he had won from the mines at the age of sixteen. He went into his old business of brickmaking, which he carried on from 1852 to 1861 in Sacramento. August 20, 1855, Mr. Fountain returned to Iowa to bring out his wife and family of four children, leaving his son in charge of the business and twenty men. In 1857 he bought the ranch of 240 acres in the northeast corner of Franklin Township, which he still owns, and on which he came to reside in 1859. During his brickmaking career in Sacramento he went to Grass Valley in 1857, and there made brick for the Catholic Church of that place; and in 1859 to Suisun City, where he made brick for the courthouse and jail. On his farm he raises grain, though is well adapted for fruit raising with proper irrigation. Mrs. Fountain died December 13, 1871, having borne the following children: William Andrew, born June 9, 1836; James Barwick, July 11, 1838; Ann Eliza, January 13, 1841; George Walton, January 19, 1844; Sarah Jane, December 17, 1847, deceased in 1849; Mary Marion and an unnamed twin sister, who died soon after birth March 17, 1849. Mary Marion died in 1851. Of these, William A. was born in Michigan, and the others in Iowa. The following were born in Sacramento: Joshua Jr, April 2, 1857; an unnamed child, born March 31, 1861, died April 12, 1861; Charles Henry, born April 16, 1862, died February 12, 1884. The two oldest carry on a brick business in Sacramento as Fountain Brothers. Ann Eliza is the wife of F.S. Hotchkiss of the same city. George W. is in the dairy business in the Locke and Levin, son place, below Courtland. He supplies half the stock, the firm the other half and the land, the product being owned in equal shares. He is married to Louisa Hollman. Joshua, Jr. is a traveling salesman for the hardware house of Hillburn brothers of Sacramento, and is married to Clara Hoyt. December 30, 1874, Mr. Fountain was married to Miss Mary Myers, born in Dade County, Missouri, in 1855, a daughter of Garrett Laure, and Delina (Robertson) Myers, the father being of French and the mother of English descent, both now living in Sacramento.
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