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(Feb 4, 1782 - 1849)
BIOGRAPHY: NICHOLAS FAIN was born on February 4, 1782; place not known , but pro bably in Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee) ; son of Captain John and Nancy Agnes (McMahon) Fain, both natives o f Pennsylvania. Educated for the law and practiced at Rogersville, Ha wkins County. Built the first brick house in Rogersville, a combinatio n hotel and store building. Director of Rogersville State Bank, 1817 ; postmaster of Rogersville, 1823-1839. Married (1st) on June 26, 1806 , to Sallie Gammon, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Gamble) Gammon; chi l dren--Hiram, Nancy (Mrs. Sarah R. Peoples), Richard Gammon, John H. , Eliza Ruth (Mrs. George R. Powel), George G., Nicholas Looney Fain , and an unnamed infant . Courthouse commissioner; justice of the peac e, chairman of county court, mayo r of Rogersville. Referred to a Majo r Fain, but no record of military duty. He was married (2nd), on May 1 , 1832, to Mrs. Eliza (Rhea) Anderson, daughter of J oseph and France s (Braden) Rhea; no children by this marriage. He served in the House , 23rd and 24th Tennessee General Assemblies, 1839-43; representing Ha wki ns and Sullivan counties; Republican. Died in Hawkins County on Ju ly 2, 1849; b uried in New Presbyterian Cemetery, Rogersville. Source s: Bradford, The Fains of Tennessee, 19; D.A.R. Rosters and Soldiers , 636-37; Railroad Advocate, July 19, 1831; Rogersville Review, Januar y 9, 1941; Hawkins County Will Book, I, 179 7-1886, Pt. 1, p. 193; Haw kins County Miscellaneous Records, 45-47.
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| Birth | Feb 4, 1782 | Sullivan County, Tennessee | | | |
| Death | 1849 | Rogersville, Tennessee | | | |
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