Wow, you'vd all been busy while I've been at work the past few days.
Thank you all so very much. Where to start....
kneller 1980..... any reference to either a Silas or Paul or John FOUNTAIN in the USA or Canada, with birthplace UK, from about 1860-ish onwards would be most helpful please.
deb... the marriage and death date have been confirmed as correct by me.... but like you could not find the birth on the index. Have never found a Thomas FOUNTAIN with a son of the right age or with similar names. Could well be him in 1905 that you found, and I guess that if he did wander as much as he claims to have, then finding him on a census in any country will be difficult if not impossible. He has been mentioned in several books but usually only mentions his literary contributions not his personal life.
jimmijam... we have several of his books, so I will try contacting the Publishers. Thanks for that idea.
I did find a reference to a Pastor Jack FOUNTAIN but his age would have made him more of a contemporary of Paul FOUNTAIN but not old enough to be the uncle of imposing physical presence who hauled him back home after he had tried to run away the first of many times, as recalled by Paul.
Makes you wonder how much of that "overactive imagination" he used to create a personae for himself....
Karenlee
