es, I know the first name is spelled different but the sisters at the poor home in 1924 did not have the internet). He was the son of John C Spillers and Adaline (Covington) Spillers. Most likely born in Sumner County, TN where his parents were wed in Oct 1830.
By 1840, the family had moved to Wilson Co, TN.
1850 Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee
John C Spillers 48
Adaline Spillers 33 (Adaline Covington)
Robert Spillers 18
Fountain Spillers 17
William Spillers 15
Lafayette Spillers 13
Joseph Spillers 6
Jerome Spillers 1
Martha Spillers 8
Mary Spillers 7
1860 Nashville Ward 1, Davidson, Tennessee
Lafayett Spillers 23
Fountain Spillers 25
William Spillers 28
(address listed as "steam boat" with two of his brothers, he is a "steamboat pilot," something he did for the rest of his life.)
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 about F E Spillers
Name: F E Spillers
Spouse: Mary Nance
Marriage Date: 11 Dec 1863
Marriage County: Davidson County, Tennessee
1880 District 15, Davidson, Tennessee
F.E. Spillers 40 (Fountain E Spillers)
Mary Spillers 33
Mattie B. Spillers 16
Clare D. Spillers 14
Anna L. Spillers 12
Eugene Spillers 10 (drown in Aug 1880 at wharf)
Henry A. Spillers 8
Elizabeth Spillers 5
Edwin Spillers 3
John Spillers 1
By 1889, Fountain and Mary (Nance) Spillers are living separately. He is still a steamboat pilot, according to the 1899 Nashville city directory. The profession he learned as a young adult, caused him to be away from his large family most of the time.
She remarried to Samuel Hale in Dec 1892. Although he was married to the river, he did remarry in 1906 to Indiana (Partin) Sadler, a long term widow whose husband, Adam Sadler died in 1876 in Warren County, KY. She moved to Nashville with their two sons, Charles and Arby Richard Sadler. He was about 73 and she was about 63 when they married. The 1907 Nashville City Directory shows them living together for the first time with her name changed from Sadler to Spillers.
In Dec 1912, his grandson of oldest daughter, Mattie Bell (Spillers) Harmon, Robert Atkins Harmon, married Willie W Vaughn in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana (on the riverboat route on the Ohio River).
His first wife died in 1913 and Indiana (Partin) (Sadler) Spillers died in Mar 1916 in Nashville, Tennessee. He would have been about 83 when Indiana died.
In the 1920 census of Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, Fountain's listed residence is Little Sisters of the Poor, 1410 Lincoln Avenue:
"Spillers, Fountain (inmate) 86 TN widower"
By 1840, the family had moved to Wilson Co, TN.
1850 Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee
John C Spillers 48
Adaline Spillers 33 (Adaline Covington)
Robert Spillers 18
Fountain Spillers 17
William Spillers 15
Lafayette Spillers 13
Joseph Spillers 6
Jerome Spillers 1
Martha Spillers 8
Mary Spillers 7
1860 Nashville Ward 1, Davidson, Tennessee
Lafayett Spillers 23
Fountain Spillers 25
William Spillers 28
(address listed as "steam boat" with two of his brothers, he is a "steamboat pilot," something he did for the rest of his life.)
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 about F E Spillers
Name: F E Spillers
Spouse: Mary Nance
Marriage Date: 11 Dec 1863
Marriage County: Davidson County, Tennessee
1880 District 15, Davidson, Tennessee
F.E. Spillers 40 (Fountain E Spillers)
Mary Spillers 33
Mattie B. Spillers 16
Clare D. Spillers 14
Anna L. Spillers 12
Eugene Spillers 10 (drown in Aug 1880 at wharf)
Henry A. Spillers 8
Elizabeth Spillers 5
Edwin Spillers 3
John Spillers 1
By 1889, Fountain and Mary (Nance) Spillers are living separately. He is still a steamboat pilot, according to the 1899 Nashville city directory. The profession he learned as a young adult, caused him to be away from his large family most of the time.
She remarried to Samuel Hale in Dec 1892. Although he was married to the river, he did remarry in 1906 to Indiana (Partin) Sadler, a long term widow whose husband, Adam Sadler died in 1876 in Warren County, KY. She moved to Nashville with their two sons, Charles and Arby Richard Sadler. He was about 73 and she was about 63 when they married. The 1907 Nashville City Directory shows them living together for the first time with her name changed from Sadler to Spillers.
In Dec 1912, his grandson of oldest daughter, Mattie Bell (Spillers) Harmon, Robert Atkins Harmon, married Willie W Vaughn in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana (on the riverboat route on the Ohio River).
His first wife died in 1913 and Indiana (Partin) (Sadler) Spillers died in Mar 1916 in Nashville, Tennessee. He would have been about 83 when Indiana died.
In the 1920 census of Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, Fountain's listed residence is Little Sisters of the Poor, 1410 Lincoln Avenue:
"Spillers, Fountain (inmate) 86 TN widower"
es, I know the first name is spelled different but the sisters at the poor home in 1924 did not have the internet). He was the son of John C Spillers and Adaline (Covington) Spillers. Most likely born in Sumner County, TN where his parents were wed in Oct 1830.
By 1840, the family had moved to Wilson Co, TN.
1850 Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee
John C Spillers 48
Adaline Spillers 33 (Adaline Covington)
Robert Spillers 18
Fountain Spillers 17
William Spillers 15
Lafayette Spillers 13
Joseph Spillers 6
Jerome Spillers 1
Martha Spillers 8
Mary Spillers 7
1860 Nashville Ward 1, Davidson, Tennessee
Lafayett Spillers 23
Fountain Spillers 25
William Spillers 28
(address listed as "steam boat" with two of his brothers, he is a "steamboat pilot," something he did for the rest of his life.)
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 about F E Spillers
Name: F E Spillers
Spouse: Mary Nance
Marriage Date: 11 Dec 1863
Marriage County: Davidson County, Tennessee
1880 District 15, Davidson, Tennessee
F.E. Spillers 40 (Fountain E Spillers)
Mary Spillers 33
Mattie B. Spillers 16
Clare D. Spillers 14
Anna L. Spillers 12
Eugene Spillers 10 (drown in Aug 1880 at wharf)
Henry A. Spillers 8
Elizabeth Spillers 5
Edwin Spillers 3
John Spillers 1
By 1889, Fountain and Mary (Nance) Spillers are living separately. He is still a steamboat pilot, according to the 1899 Nashville city directory. The profession he learned as a young adult, caused him to be away from his large family most of the time.
She remarried to Samuel Hale in Dec 1892. Although he was married to the river, he did remarry in 1906 to Indiana (Partin) Sadler, a long term widow whose husband, Adam Sadler died in 1876 in Warren County, KY. She moved to Nashville with their two sons, Charles and Arby Richard Sadler. He was about 73 and she was about 63 when they married. The 1907 Nashville City Directory shows them living together for the first time with her name changed from Sadler to Spillers.
In Dec 1912, his grandson of oldest daughter, Mattie Bell (Spillers) Harmon, Robert Atkins Harmon, married Willie W Vaughn in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana (on the riverboat route on the Ohio River).
His first wife died in 1913 and Indiana (Partin) (Sadler) Spillers died in Mar 1916 in Nashville, Tennessee. He would have been about 83 when Indiana died.
In the 1920 census of Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, Fountain's listed residence is Little Sisters of the Poor, 1410 Lincoln Avenue:
"Spillers, Fountain (inmate) 86 TN widower"
By 1840, the family had moved to Wilson Co, TN.
1850 Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee
John C Spillers 48
Adaline Spillers 33 (Adaline Covington)
Robert Spillers 18
Fountain Spillers 17
William Spillers 15
Lafayette Spillers 13
Joseph Spillers 6
Jerome Spillers 1
Martha Spillers 8
Mary Spillers 7
1860 Nashville Ward 1, Davidson, Tennessee
Lafayett Spillers 23
Fountain Spillers 25
William Spillers 28
(address listed as "steam boat" with two of his brothers, he is a "steamboat pilot," something he did for the rest of his life.)
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 about F E Spillers
Name: F E Spillers
Spouse: Mary Nance
Marriage Date: 11 Dec 1863
Marriage County: Davidson County, Tennessee
1880 District 15, Davidson, Tennessee
F.E. Spillers 40 (Fountain E Spillers)
Mary Spillers 33
Mattie B. Spillers 16
Clare D. Spillers 14
Anna L. Spillers 12
Eugene Spillers 10 (drown in Aug 1880 at wharf)
Henry A. Spillers 8
Elizabeth Spillers 5
Edwin Spillers 3
John Spillers 1
By 1889, Fountain and Mary (Nance) Spillers are living separately. He is still a steamboat pilot, according to the 1899 Nashville city directory. The profession he learned as a young adult, caused him to be away from his large family most of the time.
She remarried to Samuel Hale in Dec 1892. Although he was married to the river, he did remarry in 1906 to Indiana (Partin) Sadler, a long term widow whose husband, Adam Sadler died in 1876 in Warren County, KY. She moved to Nashville with their two sons, Charles and Arby Richard Sadler. He was about 73 and she was about 63 when they married. The 1907 Nashville City Directory shows them living together for the first time with her name changed from Sadler to Spillers.
In Dec 1912, his grandson of oldest daughter, Mattie Bell (Spillers) Harmon, Robert Atkins Harmon, married Willie W Vaughn in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana (on the riverboat route on the Ohio River).
His first wife died in 1913 and Indiana (Partin) (Sadler) Spillers died in Mar 1916 in Nashville, Tennessee. He would have been about 83 when Indiana died.
In the 1920 census of Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, Fountain's listed residence is Little Sisters of the Poor, 1410 Lincoln Avenue:
"Spillers, Fountain (inmate) 86 TN widower"
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