"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.'s, Indiana"
Goodspeed Bros. and Co., 1884


STEPHEN FOUNTAIN, a son of STEPHEN and MARY (CLARK) 
FOUNTAIN who emigrated
from their native State, North Carolina, to Lawrence County, Ind., in 1826,
where they are yet living, was here born September 1, 1833, and was reared
and educated in his native county.  Selecting farming as his vocation
through life he has eminently made it a success, now owning and overseeing
1,100 acres of Pleasant Run Township's best land, upon which he rears large
quantities of stock, taking especial pains in the cultivation of pure
Cotswold and Lincoln sheep.  Mr. Fountain deserves much praise for the
interest and active part he has taken in the advancement of the stock
interests of Lawrence County.  As citizen of the county he is well posted
and intelligent, is a Democrat in politics and he and wife belong to the
Christian Church.  His wife was formerly MISS ELIZABETH SPEER, a 
daughter of
A. and D. (KERBY) SPEER, and to his union with her nine children have 
been
born, as follows:  ANDREW S., MARY, JAMES W., EMMA J. (deceased), 
JESSIE,
JASON C., LAURA, IDA I. and BELLE.


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