At time of death widowed
Father indicated as Mercer Fain and Mother Louisa. Wiley M Fain of Fort Worth signed Death Cert.
1870 census in Hill County, Tx
Household Members Age
Sidney 31
Mary A (death 1898)
James
Thomas A
No name (Wiley) 4/12
Suggested edit: Mr. S. C. Fain was born on a farm in Shelby county, near Shelbyville, East Texas, April 18, 1839—when Texas was yet a republic. Mr. Fain's father before him was born in Georgia, and left the Old Cracker State while yet a young man for Missouri, where he remained for several years. Came to Texas during the early thirties and was a successful stock raiser and farmer in Shelby county. He joined the Baptist church at the age of seventy-five years and died in Hill county in 1875, at the ripe age of ninety years. Mr. Fain's mother died in Shelby county, Tex., when he was but ten years old, hence he is able to supply the writer with but little data concerning her. When the civil war came on Mr. Fain was among the first to enlist in the Confederate army, and joined the first company to be raised in Tarrant county—under Capt. M.J. Brinson and Col. Sims. He was detailed as purchasing agent for the Confederate government—purchasing oxen, horses, mules, wagons and supplies—with headquarters at Clarksville, North Texas, and his field of operations as far south as San Antonio—being at last named place with his ox-train, when the surrender came. The war being over, Mr. Fain purchased land and settled in Hill county, this section of the state having attracted his attention during his travels more than any other, and has since been a valuable and useful citizen. Being one of the very first pioneer settlers, when land could have been purchased for from 50 cents to $1 per acre, the question was recently asked Mr. Fain why he did not possess the title to more land, as a result of foresight. His answer was, "That there were thousands of others who needed homes, and he was perfectly contented with his present fertile Black Land farm of 170 acres as a result of his life's work"--his farm being situated eight miles east of Hillsboro, in Hill county. Mr. Fain was married April 26, 1863, to Miss Sallie Gitto, of Arlington, Texas, and they had one son to die in infancy: Thos. S. died in Hillsboro at age of sixteen, and James W., farmer and stock raiser, died at the age of thirty-six in this county—the mother having died in 1870. Mr. Fain was a second time married in 1874 to Mrs. Mary A. Weatherby, and the one son of this wedlock, Wiley M., is now a prosperous real estate and land dealer in Fort Worth. She died in 1888. As one of the early frontiersmen Mr. Fain has vividly witnessed the many marked and marvelous changes that have taken place in Texas, and his admiration and patriotism for the grand old state is without bounds. He saw Gen. Sam Houston a number of times, and to remove the odium from the old settlers he wishes it stated that there was far less stealing and "foraging" during pioneer days, and it was following the period when the soldiers were returning from the civil war that unreasonable depredations were committed. He says there was as much honor among the earliest settlers of this country as ever existed among men, and that they are unjustly maligned by unauthentic historians. Mr. Fain has been a member of the Baptist church for the past thirty years, and is an old-fashioned, life-long Prohibition-Democrat—which means honest and moral democracy. [ Source: Past History and Present Stage of Development of Texas Published by Forrister History Company, Chicago (1912)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Father indicated as Mercer Fain and Mother Louisa. Wiley M Fain of Fort Worth signed Death Cert.
1870 census in Hill County, Tx
Household Members Age
Sidney 31
Mary A (death 1898)
James
Thomas A
No name (Wiley) 4/12
Suggested edit: Mr. S. C. Fain was born on a farm in Shelby county, near Shelbyville, East Texas, April 18, 1839—when Texas was yet a republic. Mr. Fain's father before him was born in Georgia, and left the Old Cracker State while yet a young man for Missouri, where he remained for several years. Came to Texas during the early thirties and was a successful stock raiser and farmer in Shelby county. He joined the Baptist church at the age of seventy-five years and died in Hill county in 1875, at the ripe age of ninety years. Mr. Fain's mother died in Shelby county, Tex., when he was but ten years old, hence he is able to supply the writer with but little data concerning her. When the civil war came on Mr. Fain was among the first to enlist in the Confederate army, and joined the first company to be raised in Tarrant county—under Capt. M.J. Brinson and Col. Sims. He was detailed as purchasing agent for the Confederate government—purchasing oxen, horses, mules, wagons and supplies—with headquarters at Clarksville, North Texas, and his field of operations as far south as San Antonio—being at last named place with his ox-train, when the surrender came. The war being over, Mr. Fain purchased land and settled in Hill county, this section of the state having attracted his attention during his travels more than any other, and has since been a valuable and useful citizen. Being one of the very first pioneer settlers, when land could have been purchased for from 50 cents to $1 per acre, the question was recently asked Mr. Fain why he did not possess the title to more land, as a result of foresight. His answer was, "That there were thousands of others who needed homes, and he was perfectly contented with his present fertile Black Land farm of 170 acres as a result of his life's work"--his farm being situated eight miles east of Hillsboro, in Hill county. Mr. Fain was married April 26, 1863, to Miss Sallie Gitto, of Arlington, Texas, and they had one son to die in infancy: Thos. S. died in Hillsboro at age of sixteen, and James W., farmer and stock raiser, died at the age of thirty-six in this county—the mother having died in 1870. Mr. Fain was a second time married in 1874 to Mrs. Mary A. Weatherby, and the one son of this wedlock, Wiley M., is now a prosperous real estate and land dealer in Fort Worth. She died in 1888. As one of the early frontiersmen Mr. Fain has vividly witnessed the many marked and marvelous changes that have taken place in Texas, and his admiration and patriotism for the grand old state is without bounds. He saw Gen. Sam Houston a number of times, and to remove the odium from the old settlers he wishes it stated that there was far less stealing and "foraging" during pioneer days, and it was following the period when the soldiers were returning from the civil war that unreasonable depredations were committed. He says there was as much honor among the earliest settlers of this country as ever existed among men, and that they are unjustly maligned by unauthentic historians. Mr. Fain has been a member of the Baptist church for the past thirty years, and is an old-fashioned, life-long Prohibition-Democrat—which means honest and moral democracy. [ Source: Past History and Present Stage of Development of Texas Published by Forrister History Company, Chicago (1912)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
At time of death widowed
Father indicated as Mercer Fain and Mother Louisa. Wiley M Fain of Fort Worth signed Death Cert.
1870 census in Hill County, Tx
Household Members Age
Sidney 31
Mary A (death 1898)
James
Thomas A
No name (Wiley) 4/12
Suggested edit: Mr. S. C. Fain was born on a farm in Shelby county, near Shelbyville, East Texas, April 18, 1839—when Texas was yet a republic. Mr. Fain's father before him was born in Georgia, and left the Old Cracker State while yet a young man for Missouri, where he remained for several years. Came to Texas during the early thirties and was a successful stock raiser and farmer in Shelby county. He joined the Baptist church at the age of seventy-five years and died in Hill county in 1875, at the ripe age of ninety years. Mr. Fain's mother died in Shelby county, Tex., when he was but ten years old, hence he is able to supply the writer with but little data concerning her. When the civil war came on Mr. Fain was among the first to enlist in the Confederate army, and joined the first company to be raised in Tarrant county—under Capt. M.J. Brinson and Col. Sims. He was detailed as purchasing agent for the Confederate government—purchasing oxen, horses, mules, wagons and supplies—with headquarters at Clarksville, North Texas, and his field of operations as far south as San Antonio—being at last named place with his ox-train, when the surrender came. The war being over, Mr. Fain purchased land and settled in Hill county, this section of the state having attracted his attention during his travels more than any other, and has since been a valuable and useful citizen. Being one of the very first pioneer settlers, when land could have been purchased for from 50 cents to $1 per acre, the question was recently asked Mr. Fain why he did not possess the title to more land, as a result of foresight. His answer was, "That there were thousands of others who needed homes, and he was perfectly contented with his present fertile Black Land farm of 170 acres as a result of his life's work"--his farm being situated eight miles east of Hillsboro, in Hill county. Mr. Fain was married April 26, 1863, to Miss Sallie Gitto, of Arlington, Texas, and they had one son to die in infancy: Thos. S. died in Hillsboro at age of sixteen, and James W., farmer and stock raiser, died at the age of thirty-six in this county—the mother having died in 1870. Mr. Fain was a second time married in 1874 to Mrs. Mary A. Weatherby, and the one son of this wedlock, Wiley M., is now a prosperous real estate and land dealer in Fort Worth. She died in 1888. As one of the early frontiersmen Mr. Fain has vividly witnessed the many marked and marvelous changes that have taken place in Texas, and his admiration and patriotism for the grand old state is without bounds. He saw Gen. Sam Houston a number of times, and to remove the odium from the old settlers he wishes it stated that there was far less stealing and "foraging" during pioneer days, and it was following the period when the soldiers were returning from the civil war that unreasonable depredations were committed. He says there was as much honor among the earliest settlers of this country as ever existed among men, and that they are unjustly maligned by unauthentic historians. Mr. Fain has been a member of the Baptist church for the past thirty years, and is an old-fashioned, life-long Prohibition-Democrat—which means honest and moral democracy. [ Source: Past History and Present Stage of Development of Texas Published by Forrister History Company, Chicago (1912)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Father indicated as Mercer Fain and Mother Louisa. Wiley M Fain of Fort Worth signed Death Cert.
1870 census in Hill County, Tx
Household Members Age
Sidney 31
Mary A (death 1898)
James
Thomas A
No name (Wiley) 4/12
Suggested edit: Mr. S. C. Fain was born on a farm in Shelby county, near Shelbyville, East Texas, April 18, 1839—when Texas was yet a republic. Mr. Fain's father before him was born in Georgia, and left the Old Cracker State while yet a young man for Missouri, where he remained for several years. Came to Texas during the early thirties and was a successful stock raiser and farmer in Shelby county. He joined the Baptist church at the age of seventy-five years and died in Hill county in 1875, at the ripe age of ninety years. Mr. Fain's mother died in Shelby county, Tex., when he was but ten years old, hence he is able to supply the writer with but little data concerning her. When the civil war came on Mr. Fain was among the first to enlist in the Confederate army, and joined the first company to be raised in Tarrant county—under Capt. M.J. Brinson and Col. Sims. He was detailed as purchasing agent for the Confederate government—purchasing oxen, horses, mules, wagons and supplies—with headquarters at Clarksville, North Texas, and his field of operations as far south as San Antonio—being at last named place with his ox-train, when the surrender came. The war being over, Mr. Fain purchased land and settled in Hill county, this section of the state having attracted his attention during his travels more than any other, and has since been a valuable and useful citizen. Being one of the very first pioneer settlers, when land could have been purchased for from 50 cents to $1 per acre, the question was recently asked Mr. Fain why he did not possess the title to more land, as a result of foresight. His answer was, "That there were thousands of others who needed homes, and he was perfectly contented with his present fertile Black Land farm of 170 acres as a result of his life's work"--his farm being situated eight miles east of Hillsboro, in Hill county. Mr. Fain was married April 26, 1863, to Miss Sallie Gitto, of Arlington, Texas, and they had one son to die in infancy: Thos. S. died in Hillsboro at age of sixteen, and James W., farmer and stock raiser, died at the age of thirty-six in this county—the mother having died in 1870. Mr. Fain was a second time married in 1874 to Mrs. Mary A. Weatherby, and the one son of this wedlock, Wiley M., is now a prosperous real estate and land dealer in Fort Worth. She died in 1888. As one of the early frontiersmen Mr. Fain has vividly witnessed the many marked and marvelous changes that have taken place in Texas, and his admiration and patriotism for the grand old state is without bounds. He saw Gen. Sam Houston a number of times, and to remove the odium from the old settlers he wishes it stated that there was far less stealing and "foraging" during pioneer days, and it was following the period when the soldiers were returning from the civil war that unreasonable depredations were committed. He says there was as much honor among the earliest settlers of this country as ever existed among men, and that they are unjustly maligned by unauthentic historians. Mr. Fain has been a member of the Baptist church for the past thirty years, and is an old-fashioned, life-long Prohibition-Democrat—which means honest and moral democracy. [ Source: Past History and Present Stage of Development of Texas Published by Forrister History Company, Chicago (1912)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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