Charles De La Boulay Fontaine

Great-grandson of Patrick Henry.

FONTAINE - Charles D. The Intelligencer, Published at Pontotoc, Mississippi, of date 24 Aug ult (1871), contains the announcement of the death of Col. Fontaine, an eminent citizen. He was the brother of Sister Perkins, widow of the late lamented Rev. William Perkins, of the Mo. Conference. The Intelligencer say - He was a Virginian by birth, a great-grandson of the famous Patrick Henry, on his maternal side. On his paternal side he was descended from one those Hugenot families who have done so much to make the Old Dominion a noble name in history, and in their descendants have given her the proud title of the Mother State. When the South called her sons to arms, he was amoung the first to buckle on his armor to go forth to meet the enemy of his loved Virginia soil (long eulogy, no additional date).
Abstracts of obituaries published weekly in the St. Louis Christian Advocate. Obituaries January 1870 - June 1872

Taken from the Pontotoc County, Mississippi Genealogy & History website provided by findagrave.com member Claire(46638165) Thanks Claire.

Fontaine, Charles D. Charles D. Fontaine was a 46 year old attorney from Pontotoc when he joined the Pontotoc Minute Men March 2, 1861. He was active in Democratic Party politics, and was elected state representative from Pontotoc in 1844 and in 1846. He ran for circuit judge in 1853 to succeed Hugh R. Miller, and lost in a three way race. He ran in 1855 as the Know Nothing candidate for governor, and lost. In 1860, Fontaine was elected as one of the four delegates from Pontotoc County to the Secession Convention along with Hugh R. Miller. He enlisted in the Pontotoc Minute Men and was elected Third Lieutenant. However, personal animosity between Miller and Fontaine broke into the open when Miller explicitly criticized Fontaine for the latter's report of the Battle of First Manassas in The Examiner. Shortly afterwards, in October 1861, Fontaine resigned from the Minute Men. After the Civil War, He died in Pontotoc County, MS. September 1871 and is buried in the Pontotoc Cemetery.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 30 2023, 20:00:24 UTC