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Nicholas Fain, ll

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 02, 1849 (67)
Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States
Place of Burial: Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. John Fain and Nancy Agnes [Fain] Hammer
Husband of Sarah 'Sallie' Fain and Elizabeth Rhea Fain
Father of Nancy H McCarty; Colonel Richard Gammon Fain, Sr.; John H Fain; Hiram Fain; Nicholas Looney Fain, Jr. and 2 others
Brother of Ruth Earnest; Thomas Fain and John Reuben Fain
Half brother of William Hammer

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About Nicholas Fain, ll

http://www.tnportraits.org/29689-fain-nicholas.htm

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnhawkin/hawass.htm

HOUSE, 23rd and 24th General Assemblies, 1839-43; representing Hawkins and Sullivan counties; Republican. Born on February 4, 1782; place not known, but probably in Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee); son of Captain John and Nancy Agnes (McMahon) Fain, both natives of Pennsylvania. Educated for the law and practiced at Rogersville, Hawkins County. Built the first brick house in Rogersville, a combination hotel and store building.

Director of Rogersville State Bank, 1817; postmaster of Rogersville, 1823-1839. Married (1st) on June 26, 1806, to Sallie Gammon, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Gamble) Gammon; children--Hiram, Nancy (Mrs. Sarah R. Peoples), Richard Gammon, John H., Eliza Ruth (Mrs. George R. Powel), George G., Nicholas Looney Fain, and an unnamed infant. Courthouse commissioner; justice of the peace, chairman of county court, mayor of Rogersville. Referred to a "Major" Fain, but no record of military duty.

He was married (2nd), on May 1, 1832, to Mrs. Eliza (Rhea) Anderson, daughter of Joseph and Frances (Braden) Rhea; no children by this marriage.

Died in Hawkins County on July 2, 1849; buried in New Presbyterian Cemetery, Rogersville.



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February 4, 1782
Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States
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Tennessee, United States
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Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States
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