Nicholas Fain: Forgotten Patriot

Glad you enjoyed Spring House, Carol.

Just finished “Spring House” and enjoyed it very much, and I am looking forward to Adam’s Daughters. Have started John Fain’s “Eliza Fain Diary”….very, very interesting reading on the Fains, and their perspectives on the issues of the times during the Civil War, and Eliza’s first hand account of what her life was like during this traumatic time in our history. My thanks to Jamie Shifflet for her recommendation of this book.
Carol Hoeksema
hankandcarolh@yahoo.com

Thank you, Carol.

I have a new email address: please delete the old one.

NEW EMAIL ADDRESS: hankandcarolh@yahoo.com

Thank you.

Carol Hoeksema

Looking forward to your response.

Carol

Thank you very much!

Carol

Carol,

You’ll receive a private response.

I am looking forwarding to purchasing and reading “Adam’s Daughters” as soon as it is out. I have enjoyed some interesting and informative emails from a “Fain Cousin”. I have not heard anything from a descendant regarding the Civil War diaries. Would love to hear from them.

Thank you ,Sharon Conley ,for the details on the Nicholas Fain Ceremony. It is my wish to attend, but have not been able yet to firm up travel plans. Do I need an invitation for that event, also if I am able to come, can I bring several other family members along, and do I need to let anyone know ahead of time or can I “just show up”?
Anything else I need to know about this event?

Thank you.
Carol Hoeksema

Thank you, Sharon.

The ceremony for Nicholas Fain will be at 10 AM on 6/20/09 at the Knob Creek Brethran Church on Knob Creek Road, in Johnson City TN.
Sharon

Carol,

Hope you get some response from other Fain family members who read this blog or perhaps those who attend the dedication in June. If you don’t hear from the descendant with the Civil War diaries, I will send an e-mail on your behalf.

Thank you very much.
I would like to add that I would love to receve photos ot the Fains possibly from tintypes of Ebenezer and Elizabeth or any others from around the Civil War Period and later if there are any Fain Family members who wouldn’t mind emailing them to me. I only have a very almost impossible to see copy ot my Grandmother Sallie Louellen Fain with her brothers and sisters and her parents Osco and Elizabeth Patterson Fain. If anyone happens to have a good copy of that photo, would sure love to have a copy! Also would love to be able to read the Fain Civil War Diary. Is that anyway possible?

Carol Hoeksema
hankandcarolh@aol.com

Carol,

You will receive a response by e-mail.

Regarding Adam’s Daughters, the book is not quite ready yet, but as soon as I have a publication date, I will announce it here. You can also purchase it here as well as Amazon.com. You will be able to order from any bookstore though most won’t carry it in inventory.

Excited to find your website! I am another of the 6th Great Granddaughters of Nicholas Fain and my Mother’s Mother was a daughter of Oscar Fain who was a son of Newton VanBuren Fain who died at Gettysburg. Want a copy of the book. Adam’s Daughters..please tell me when, how much and where and how I can purchase it. Also would love to have a copy of the book on Nicholas Fain by the late Max Fain. Would love to hear from any of you Fain “cousins” and I am always looking for information and stories on the Fain Family. History.

I welcome emails at:
Carol Hoeksema
hankandcarolh@aol.com

Thank you, Alice.

According to the last email I received from Dean Thomas, the dedication will be on Saturday, June 20, 2009.

S Sutter,

You’ll receive an e-mail response.

My Great Grandmother was Azubah DeCrow Fain, of Oregon. Her father was William Bicknell Fain, originally from Tennessee. He was born abt 1823/25.

Would anyone have any information about him, or his family? I am having trouble finding his relation to the rest of the Fain’s of Tennessee.

Thank you!

By the way, in my family “Fain” has been used as the 1st born’s name, or middle-name for 5 generations now.

amieshifflett,

You are fortunate to have those diaries. They must be fascinating reading.

I’m the 5th Great Granddaughter of Nicholas Fain through his son Capt. John Fain, Nicholas Fain(1st mayor of Rogersville), Hiram Fain, Earnest Fain (confederate in 63rd TN), Alvin Fain (WWI vet) from Hawkins county, TN. I would love to have a copy of your book. I’ve been lucky enough to have copies of diaries that were kept during the civil war of my GG Grandfather Hiram Fain and his sister-in-law. I’m like everyone else. I know he was buried on Knob Creek but didn’t know the name of the cemetery. I think the gathering of the Fain would be wonderful. There are so many cousins out there that we don’t know.

Carole,

You’ll be contacted privately by e-mail.

Hello, another Fain here. Plese notify me when your book is ready and if you hear when the monument will be dedicated. I’m in Florida, wouldn’t it be fun to meet so many kin!
Carole

Margaret,
I’m making good progress on Adam’s Daughters and will announce the publication as soon as possible.

Pam,
Thank you. I’ll be in touch with you via e-mail.

I have come across a scrapbook of the The Nicholas Fain family . . . many old records, postcards, letters, newspaper articles, photos, some even handwritten letters/records. Someone must have missed this by now. Contact by e-mail please.
PamD

David,

Looking forward to the publication of “Adam’s Daughters” in the Spring. Send a notice of publication date. I’m looking forward to the memorial gathering for Nicholas Fain at Reed Cemetery. Dean Thomas has put in many hours to make this a reality. Wishing you much sucess with your second book in the Westward Sagas.

Margaret P Eike decendent of Nicholas Fain through Capt John Fain

Enjoy reading response, recognize some names as contributors to Nicholas Memorial. Monies are still being being received by Dean Thomas, who has worked very hard to get things ready for a grand memorial. Hope all will come . I descend to Nicholas through Ebenezer – David-John Simpson – Newton T. Fain and his son Jasper T. Fain. Let me know when your book is ready. Jeanette

Sharon,
Thank you. I’ll be in touch with Dean Thomas.

David,
I’ll contact you by e-mail.

Hello,

I am David Fain, 6th direct male descendant of Nicholas Fain. I have a book on Nicholas Fain by the late Max Fain. My Father was Eugene Fain, Son of Richard Byce Fain, Son of Richard Calhoun Fain, Son of William Fain, Son of David Fain, Son of Ebenzear Fain, Son of Nicholas Fain.

If you’d like more information, I’d be happy to help.

Sincerely,

David W. Fain

David,
The memorial for Nicholas Fain is well on its way. The man in charge is Dean Thomas, and I am sure that he would like to hear from you, especially regarding the SAR assistance. His e-mail is deant@catt.com
He had mentioned some time ago that there wasn’t anyone in that area that had period costumes, etc.
Sharon Conley

A memorial for Nicholas Fain is now in progress. It will be established in Reed Cemetery in Johnson City Tennessee. The project will probably be completed sometime in the spring or Summer of 2009. His son Ebenezer has a memorial at HotHouse Creek Georgia.

Thank you for the information. Will contact you via e-mail.

David,

Nicholas Fain is my ggggg-grandfather.

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

Name: Nicholas Fain
Birth Date: 1720
Birthplace: Ire, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
Volume: 52
Page Number: 55

Reference: History and gen. of the Bicknell fam. and some colateral lines. By Thom. Will. Bicknell. Providence, RI. 1913. (36,584p.):430

I would like to know more about Nicholas Fain’s memorial.

Thanks

Mitchell,
Will contact you by e-mail.

would like info regarding nicholas fains memorial next spring thanks

Sharon,
Thank you for the information. Would you have more details time and date?

Edward,
Always great to hear from descendents of Nicholas Fain. As you can see from the above comment, there will be a memorial marker dedicated to him at Reed Cemetary in Jonesborough, TN in the spring. Please send me your contact information so that I can put you on the mailing list for more information as I receive it.

My grandfather was Edward S Fain from Macon/Butler Ga. We grew up in Atlanta. Theoretically, I am a descendant of Nicholas Fain.

Anyone know about the Fain’s from Georgia. I know there were some Fain’s up in Helen Ga that I believe I was related to. Talked to them once. They owned a store in Helen Ga.

Did you know that there is a memorial marker being placed in the Reed cemetery next spring for Nicholas Fain?

I have responded to everyone privately in e-mail. If you didn’t get my message or if you need my help in contacting each other, click on the “contact me” link in the sidebar to contact me by e-mail.

Susan Diegel,
I have tried to email you with no luck. Can you email me at Halldaugherty@hotmail.com. Elizabeth Florence Mason, daughter of Richard and Mary Ann Fain Mason, married James Delvan Hall. I have a copy of Elizabeth and Jame’s marriage certificate with Richard Mason listed as a witness. They were married in Notla. I don’t know why I can’t get the emails to go through. I hope to hear from you and I can’t believe I may be able to see a photo of Mary and and Richard. Thanks. Debbie

I wish David much luck with the writer’s creative spirit as he gives the Fain family their rightful place in American history. I’ll be glad to share information about the Fain family with my “Tennessee Cousins”. In this world of uncertainty and war, it is good to know our family lines continue. Margaret

Note to David: I’m sorry but I never received your response.

Note to Deborah Daugherty! Mary Ann (Polly Ann) Fain who married Richard Mason — they are my great-great grandparents and I have a picture of them. Your grandmother, Elizabeth, was her name “Martha Elizabeth” by any chance? If so, then her sister, Julia Cordelia Mason, who married a John Hampton was my great-grandmother.

Could you please email me directly at: tiredmomsd@comcast.net and put your name and Fain/Mason in the subject line?

Thank you – Susan Diegel, Knoxville, TN

Susan, Margaret, Ashley, Deborah, and Susan,

I’ve responded to each of you privately. Thanks for your input. I’ve gotten a lot of conflicting information, and I’ve asked everyone who has given me information for documentation so I can research more thoroughly. I’m working really hard to make sure everything in my story fits the facts.

Nicholas Fain, his sons, and daughters-in-law will be key characters in Adam’s Daughters. I’ll update this blog when I can say when the book will be available, and you can also sign up for my mailing list to be notified.

Nicholas Fain was my 5-great grandfather on my mother’s side. I have copies of quite a lot of information on his family which was compiled by Christine Webb Geoghegan in 1977. My information has Nicholas dying at his home on Knob Creek, Washington County, North Carolina (now Washington County, Tenn) but the location of his grave is unknown. The date of his death that I have is 1785 & that Elizabeth was still living in 1795. I have the same information about King’s Mountain & the family’s involvement, including the son-in-law.

Please let me know if you include Fain information in your book. I would love to get copies. Thank you for doing this. Susan

Hello, At first blush, it would appear my ancestry may involve Ebenezer and Nicholas Fain. I would appeciate any information that could be shared. Polly Ann Fain married Richard Mason, and had a daughter Elizabeth Mason who was my great grandmother’s….whew. I just lost my dad this year, who I was very close to, so this research means an awlful lot to me. Thaks for any information you can share. Debbie

[...] Recently I asked for help in finding accurate information about Nicholas Fain. Although I’d done a lot of research, I had come up with contradictory information, and I wanted to get accurate information for my book. [...]

Obviously, as I begin to wrap my head around things I will be contacting people!

Hello -
I am related to Captian John Fain. I too have been taken to Jonesborough, and I too have walked around the graveyard. I have just begun looking a my family history and would like to thank you for all your research.

Below is a email from my mother….( Fan Rhea Lucy)

I don’t remember anything about Kentucky in the family history….
Mamie’s ( Marjoirie Luikart Fain ) DAR membership was based on a Captain John Fain, her ancestor, who was from the area of Tennessee which did not carry that name of Tennessee yet at that time…
He was in the Battle of King’s Mountain which was (I think) somewhere in the Western North Carolina area… Battle of King’s Mountain people were at some point at Fort Shelby… which is Bristol area now… quite near (or probably at that time included the land where Mamie’s Cherry Street house was… maybe even Granny’s house.. but those houses are of 1930′s and 1910 vintage,,,, just my idea.. never saw that small fact in print or discussed anyplace….)
Battle of King’s Mountain is fairly famous in the Revolutionary War and might be amenable to an internet search… Damn, wish I had had your level of interest and learned more of these things …
hope this reference info is useful to you… Peace and Happy Revolutionary War…. Ma

I am the 6th g-granddaughter of Nicholas Fain through my father, Albert Fain Price, and my grandmother Lucy Fain, Hawkins Co,TN and on back through Capt. John Fain, son of Nicholas Fain and Elizabeth Taylor Fain. John Fain fought many frontier battles under Evan Shelby, including Point Pleasant, along with his brother Samuel. My paternal lines include Price, Fain, McMahon(wives of some of the Fain men) Richard Gammon, first Register of the new state of TN, and Stephen Holston, namesake of the mountain and river. I have been to Jonesboro, also, looking for the home and place of burial for Nicholas and Elizabeth, but was unable to find anything I could document. Capt. John Fain was killed by the Cherokees at Citico Aug8, 1788. If I can be of assistance, please contact me.

I’m the 6th (& 5th) g-granddaugter of Nicholas and Ebenezer Fain. Nicholas is supposed buried in Knob Creek Cemetery near Jonesborough. There is a monument to Ebenezer which was erected a couple of years ago. I’m attaching the link which shows Ebenezer’s monument. I have some information on the family but can put you in touch with others who can give you much more information.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~meyer465/Eb%20Fain%20Page/Eb%20Fain.htm

Susan Diegel, Knoxville, TN (great-great-grandauther of Mary Ann Fain and Richard Mason)

Sounds like an interesting and worthwhile project! Good luck to you and your endeavors!

Ron,
Please keep me posted as the memorial progresses. I am President of the San Antonio Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and as you know the S.A.R. has programs to assist families with memorial dedications such as this with a bronze plaque, color guards, speakers, and re-enactors in period dress. Please feel free to contact me anytime.

Jeanette,
I will respond to you via e-mail.