Andrew FOUNTAIN [288] ²²²

  General Notes:

ANDREW came to Goetzville in the 1870's at the age of 23. He helped to survey all the territory including DeTour, Raber, and Goetzville. He tells of being lost in this vast territory for three days, coming out at some lumber camp many miles from home. He was one of the first settlers in Goetzville. His wife's parents, Thomas and Margaret (Wilson) Gordon, came to Canada from Ireland. He and Elizabeth were married in 1885. The homestead at Goetzville proved to be stony - - the stones were used to build fences. In spite of large gardens and orchard, Andrew's money earned as a longshoreman and his mother's by boarding teachers and teamsters, drought and grasshoppers ruined the crops. They cut and baled wild hay from the Sunshine area to feed their stock at Goetzville.

Although born in Canada, according to the 1871 Census of Canada, Andrew was of Irish origin.

Fairview Cemetery is located on Fairview Road south of Gogomain Road or five miles east of Pickford Village. Transcripts found at www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1865/fairviewcem.htm were recorded and typed 25 Aug. 1974 by Mr. Arlynn G. Gantz. Included the following entry:

FOUNTAIN, Andrew (Father); 1854-1935 FOUNTAIN, Elizabeth (Mother); 1863-1941

Birth and death years on grave differ from those reported by Virgean Rightmeyer.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Education: Attending School, 1871. ¹²¹

• Religion: Weslyan Methodist, 1871. ¹²¹

• Immigration: Canada, Bef 14 Jun 1880, , , , United States. ³⁵

• Census: 1880 United States, 14 Jun 1880, De Tour Village, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. 1880_MI_Chippewa_4_41_6b

• Occupation: Farmer, 14 Jun 1880, , Chippewa, Michigan, United States. ¹¹⁷

• Land: acquired via the Homestead Act of 1862, 6 Aug 1889, , Chippewa, Michigan, United States. North east quarter of section thrity-three in township forty-two north of range eleven west of Michigan Meridian in Michigan. Containing one hundred and sixty acres.

• Census: 1900 United States, 4 Jun 1900, Raber, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. 1900_MI_Chippewa_12_16_2a

• Occupation: Farmer, 4 Jun 1900, Raber, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. ³⁵

• Census: 1920 United States, 2 Jan 1920, Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. 1920_MI_Chippewa_11_27_04a

• Cemetery: Fairview Cemetery, Oct 1935, Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States. Fairview Cemetery Photos
Inscription: Fountain, Elizabeth, 1863 - 1941, Mother, Andrew, 1855 - 1935, Father

Andrew married Elizabeth GORDON [519] [MRIN: 151], daughter of Thomas GORDON [617] and Margaret WILSON [618], in 1885 ³⁵.^,222 (Elizabeth GORDON [519] was born in Jun 1863 in , , , Canada,²²² died in 1941 ²²² and was buried in 1941 in Pickford, Chippewa, Michigan, United States.)