From "History of Jefferson Co. IL"
DA.VID FOUTS, farmer, P. O. Irvington,
was born in Clark County, Ind,, November
3, 1820, son of Jacob and Mary (Dougan)
Fouts, both natives of North Carolina, she
being a daughter of Thomas Dougan, a Colonel
in the Revolutionary army under Marion.
She was born in 1788, and died at
Irvington, 111., 1868. He was born to
Quaker parents in 1782, and died in 1860 in
Indiana. Mr. and IMrs. Jacob Fonts were
married in North Carolina in 1807, and in
1808 landed in the present State of Indiana
and settled within one mile of Indian camps.
They were the parents of six sons and three
daughters, all of whom reached maturity,
and six still survive. Our subject was reared
on the farm in Clark County, and obtained
such an education as the schools then afforded.
Till he was twenty-seven years of
age, he remained on the farm, but from
1847 till 1855, he was engaged in the mercantile
business at New Washington, Ind.,
but on account of failing health closed out
business and came to this county to his present
farm of 400 acres. He remained on
that farm till 1866, when he moved to Irvington
and engaged in the mercantile business,
continuing till 1873, when he again
came to the farm and has since remained on
it. January 3, 1850, he was married in Indiana
to Elizabeth J. Gudgel. She is a native
of the same county as her husband, and
is the daughter of Allen and Rebecca (Rob
ertson) Gudgel. He died when Mrs. Fouts
was only about one year of age. Her mother
is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Fonts have
two children living and two dead, viz.
:
Jacob O. and Belle R., living; Mary F. (deceased),
wife of Charles K. Smith; and
Emma J. (deceased). In politics, he is a
Republican. He is not a member of any
church, but has always lived a moral, upright
life.
DA.VID FOUTS, farmer, P. O. Irvington,
was born in Clark County, Ind,, November
3, 1820, son of Jacob and Mary (Dougan)
Fouts, both natives of North Carolina, she
being a daughter of Thomas Dougan, a Colonel
in the Revolutionary army under Marion.
She was born in 1788, and died at
Irvington, 111., 1868. He was born to
Quaker parents in 1782, and died in 1860 in
Indiana. Mr. and IMrs. Jacob Fonts were
married in North Carolina in 1807, and in
1808 landed in the present State of Indiana
and settled within one mile of Indian camps.
They were the parents of six sons and three
daughters, all of whom reached maturity,
and six still survive. Our subject was reared
on the farm in Clark County, and obtained
such an education as the schools then afforded.
Till he was twenty-seven years of
age, he remained on the farm, but from
1847 till 1855, he was engaged in the mercantile
business at New Washington, Ind.,
but on account of failing health closed out
business and came to this county to his present
farm of 400 acres. He remained on
that farm till 1866, when he moved to Irvington
and engaged in the mercantile business,
continuing till 1873, when he again
came to the farm and has since remained on
it. January 3, 1850, he was married in Indiana
to Elizabeth J. Gudgel. She is a native
of the same county as her husband, and
is the daughter of Allen and Rebecca (Rob
ertson) Gudgel. He died when Mrs. Fouts
was only about one year of age. Her mother
is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Fonts have
two children living and two dead, viz.
:
Jacob O. and Belle R., living; Mary F. (deceased),
wife of Charles K. Smith; and
Emma J. (deceased). In politics, he is a
Republican. He is not a member of any
church, but has always lived a moral, upright
life.
From "History of Jefferson Co. IL"
DA.VID FOUTS, farmer, P. O. Irvington,
was born in Clark County, Ind,, November
3, 1820, son of Jacob and Mary (Dougan)
Fouts, both natives of North Carolina, she
being a daughter of Thomas Dougan, a Colonel
in the Revolutionary army under Marion.
She was born in 1788, and died at
Irvington, 111., 1868. He was born to
Quaker parents in 1782, and died in 1860 in
Indiana. Mr. and IMrs. Jacob Fonts were
married in North Carolina in 1807, and in
1808 landed in the present State of Indiana
and settled within one mile of Indian camps.
They were the parents of six sons and three
daughters, all of whom reached maturity,
and six still survive. Our subject was reared
on the farm in Clark County, and obtained
such an education as the schools then afforded.
Till he was twenty-seven years of
age, he remained on the farm, but from
1847 till 1855, he was engaged in the mercantile
business at New Washington, Ind.,
but on account of failing health closed out
business and came to this county to his present
farm of 400 acres. He remained on
that farm till 1866, when he moved to Irvington
and engaged in the mercantile business,
continuing till 1873, when he again
came to the farm and has since remained on
it. January 3, 1850, he was married in Indiana
to Elizabeth J. Gudgel. She is a native
of the same county as her husband, and
is the daughter of Allen and Rebecca (Rob
ertson) Gudgel. He died when Mrs. Fouts
was only about one year of age. Her mother
is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Fonts have
two children living and two dead, viz.
:
Jacob O. and Belle R., living; Mary F. (deceased),
wife of Charles K. Smith; and
Emma J. (deceased). In politics, he is a
Republican. He is not a member of any
church, but has always lived a moral, upright
life.
DA.VID FOUTS, farmer, P. O. Irvington,
was born in Clark County, Ind,, November
3, 1820, son of Jacob and Mary (Dougan)
Fouts, both natives of North Carolina, she
being a daughter of Thomas Dougan, a Colonel
in the Revolutionary army under Marion.
She was born in 1788, and died at
Irvington, 111., 1868. He was born to
Quaker parents in 1782, and died in 1860 in
Indiana. Mr. and IMrs. Jacob Fonts were
married in North Carolina in 1807, and in
1808 landed in the present State of Indiana
and settled within one mile of Indian camps.
They were the parents of six sons and three
daughters, all of whom reached maturity,
and six still survive. Our subject was reared
on the farm in Clark County, and obtained
such an education as the schools then afforded.
Till he was twenty-seven years of
age, he remained on the farm, but from
1847 till 1855, he was engaged in the mercantile
business at New Washington, Ind.,
but on account of failing health closed out
business and came to this county to his present
farm of 400 acres. He remained on
that farm till 1866, when he moved to Irvington
and engaged in the mercantile business,
continuing till 1873, when he again
came to the farm and has since remained on
it. January 3, 1850, he was married in Indiana
to Elizabeth J. Gudgel. She is a native
of the same county as her husband, and
is the daughter of Allen and Rebecca (Rob
ertson) Gudgel. He died when Mrs. Fouts
was only about one year of age. Her mother
is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Fonts have
two children living and two dead, viz.
:
Jacob O. and Belle R., living; Mary F. (deceased),
wife of Charles K. Smith; and
Emma J. (deceased). In politics, he is a
Republican. He is not a member of any
church, but has always lived a moral, upright
life.
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