| Francis Fontaine | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 7, 1845 Columbus, Georgia |
| Died |
May 3, 1901 (aged 55) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Place of burial | Lindwood Cemetery |
| Education | Georgia Military Institute |
| Occupation | Planter, newspaper editor, poet, novelist |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary Flournoy Nathalie Hamilton |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Parents |
John Fontaine Mary Ann Stewart |
Francis Fontaine (1845-1901) was an American Confederate soldier, plantation owner, newspaper editor, poet and novelist from the state of Georgia.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Francis Fontaine was born on May 7, 1845 in Columbus, Georgia.[1][2][3][4][5] His father, John Fontaine (1792-1866), had served as the Mayor of Columbus from 1836 to 1837, and he was a planter.[3][5] His mother was Mary Ann Stewart.[3][5] He was educated at the Georgia Military Institute in Marietta, Georgia.[3][4][5][6]
During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, he joined the Confederate States Army and served as a private and aide-de-camp.[3][4][6] He fought at the Battle of Peachtree Creek.[3][4][6]
Career[]
After the war, he inherited his father's plantations and managed them, becoming a planter in his own right.[3][4][5]
In 1874, he co-founded The Columbus Times, a newspaper in his hometown of Columbus, Georgia.[3][4] He then served as a state diplomat, encouraging European immigration to the state of Georgia.[3] In 1877, he was elected to a convention to write the new state constitution.[5]
In 1878, his poem entitled The Exile: A Tale of St. Augustine was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons.[3][4] The theme of the poem was the massacre of Huguenots by Spanish forces in Florida in 1565.[3][4] The poem received negative reviews from The New York Times and the Evening Post.[3][4] He went on to publish three novels, including Etowah: A Romance of the Confederacy, which received good reviews from critics.[3][4][5]
Personal life[]
He married Mary Flournoy in 1870, and they had a son and a daughter.[3][4][5][7] In 1885, he remarried to Nathalie Hamilton.[3][4][5][7] They resided in Atlanta, Georgia.[3][4]
Death[]
He died on May 3, 1901 in Atlanta, Georgia.[1][2][3][4][5] He was buried at Lindwood Cemetery in Columbus, Georgia.[3][4][5]
Bibliography[]
Poetry[]
- The Exile: A Tale of St. Augustine (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1878).[8]
Non-fiction[]
- The State of Georgia: What It Offers to Immigrants, Capitalists, Producers and Manufacturers, and Those Desiring to Better their Condition (1881).[9]
Novels[]
- Etowah: A Romance of the Confederacy (1887).[10][11]
- Amanda, the Octoroon (J. P. Harrison, 1891).[12]
- The Modern Pariah: A Story of the South (1892).
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Francis Fontaine (1845-1901), Digital Library of Georgia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Francis Fontaine, Georgia Center for the Book
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 Hubert H. McAlexander, 'Francis Fontaine (1945-1901)', in The New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion to Georgia Literature , Hugh Ruppersburg (ed.), John C. Inscoe (ed.), Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2011, pp. 145-146 [1]
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 McAlexander, Hubert H. "Francis Fontaine (1845-1901)." New Georgia Encyclopedia. 04 September 2013. Web. 08 October 2014.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Francis Fontaine Diary (SMC 97), Columbus State University
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 John C. Inscoe, The Civil War in Georgia: A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion, Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2011 p. 125 [2]
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 James Edmonds Saunders, Early Settlers of Alabama, Genealogical Publishing Com, 2010, p. 297 [3]
- ↑ Google Books
- ↑ Google Books
- ↑ Etowah : a romance of the confederacy / by Francis Fontaine, Digital Library of Georgia
- ↑ Google Books
- ↑ Google Books
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