Biography of William Fountain,  page 154.  History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial 
supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. 
McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1920.  

   William Fountain was a DeKalb County pioneer, developed a home out of the 
woods and acquired a modest fortune in lands and many riches of community 
esteem on account of his honorable life and character.
   He was born in Lincolnshire, England, December 25, 1811, a son of Simon 
and Rebecca Fountain.  He was only three days old when his parents died and 
he grew up under the care of his older sisters.  In June, 1848, after his 
marriage, he came to the United States, his wife being a native of the same 
county in England.  After a brief stay in Ohio they came to DeKalb County in 
the same year and William Fountain bought eighty acres in the midst of the 
heavy woods. A little cabin home had already been prepared and there he and 
his wife began their humble task of housekeeping. William Fountain was a 
man of prodigious industry and before his death had accumulated a tract of 
400 acres. He died June 11, 1889, and his wife survived him until July 4, 
1909. Both were active members of the Methodist Church and he gave 
liberally to its support and various causes.  He was a republican in 
politics, and his home was constantly the scene of a liberal hospitality. 
William Fountain and his wife had three children: Sarah A., born December 
3, 1850; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Joseph Tarlton and died March 
19, 1898; and William R.
   William R. Fountain was born February 3, 1855, had a common school 
education and since the death of his parents he and his sister have lived 
on the old home farm.  They jointly own 260  acres of the old Fountain 
homestead and he also owns a business building on Randolph Street in 
Garrett and three dwelling houses there.  Both he and his sister are 
members of the Methodist Church at Garrett. William R. is a republican.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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