1. William S. Fountain was born in Dec 1831 in South Carolina. He died on 25 Nov 1901 in Black Springs, Montgomery County, Arkansas.
Querry placed by Silas O. Hughes, Jr. 4 May 1998
FOUNTAIN - Trying to locate further details about my relatives, WilliamS. and Sophira C. Fountain, in Montgomery County? I have received adeath certificate for my great-grandfather, Charles L. Fountain,verifying that his mother was named Sophira Dobbs. I also confirmed thatWilliam S. Fountain and Sophira C. Dobbs appear in the Cherokee County,Georgia marriage book on 16 Dec 1849; Charles L. was born in CherokeeCounty on 4 July 1869. Therefore, I'd like to confirm who was in thefamily in earlier censuses as far back as we can go in Montgomery County.
William married Sophira Catherine Dobbs daughter of Mormon Dobbs and Sarah Cape on 16 Dec 1849 in Cherokee County, Georgia. Sophira was born in Aug 1828 in Georgia. She died on 12 May 1905 in Black Springs, Montgomery County, Arkansas.
They had the following children:
+ 2 F i Frances Minerva Fountain 3 F ii Rosa L. Fountain was born in Oct 1853 in Georgia. She died in 1914 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas.
Rosa Fountain never married. She is buried at the Evergreen Cemetery,Paris, Lamar County next to her sister, Frances Fountain Bobo.+ 4 M iii Johnathan Thomas Fountain + 5 M iv William Mormon " Momie" Fountain 6 F v Sarah Elizabeth Fountain was born in 1861. 7 M vi Leroy Fountain was born in 1864. + 8 M vii Charles L. Fountain