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From: "Edwin Fountain" <>
Subject: Re: [Huguenot] Wars
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:27:41 -0400
References: <BFEJKIIIENEMAFDJAPPFAEDHCEAA.kintad@charter.net>


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kinta Delamain" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:29 PM
Subject: RE: [Huguenot] Wars


>
>
> Thank you, Dr, Fountain. I, too, had my great-grandfather and is five
> brothers and many other ancestors that fought for "States Right"-- One
was
> killed at the Battle of Iuka (Mississippi) - and I will point out all the
> "Yankees" lost there were buried in proper graves -- the "southern boys"
> were tossed in ditches and had no graves -- ( I am not saying this never
> happened to the Yankees) BUT ---- and we must continue to honor those
that
> died for what they believed in -- they thought they were fighting for a
> right cause -- to this day I think they did -- I am proud of them and
their
> service. So lets, drop this line -- go back to the Huguenot history that
> connects all of us -- the feelings will never be changed -- ( as I tell
all,
> I was sixteen before I learned "Damn Yankee" was two words) .--- I
look
> forward to your book -- please let all of us know when it is available.
>
> kinta -- a transplanted Texan living in North Carolina
>
Thank you Kinta, I thing that if we look back we can see that there was a
great deal of suffering among out Huguenot ancestors....many people came to
America because they wanted to,....but some, like our Huguenot forefathers
came because they had no where else to go....in England they wanted all
Huguenots to be come Church of England....and in Germany they wanted them to
become Lutherans....and many made the changes...but many did not....mine
finally made the change in about 1700 plus a little and became Particular
Baptists and remain that to this day or what is called now Sovereign Grace
Baptists.....persecution has followed God's people everywhere and is still
do so today and we as Huguenot descendents should not forget that and try to
help such people enywhere in the world we can....at least Pray.

I am a Baptist Minister, and I have another brother who is also, I have a
Nephew who is a Baptist minister in Lakewood, WA and his son also....my
nephew has a son-in-law who is a Baptist minister in Spokane and one of our
ancestors was called John Fountaine, the Elder. and one Alexander Fountain
was an unordained preacher (one who preached when he was needed) and he had
a son in law who was an ordained minister and there have been many others
and all Baptist..

Since the first rebellion against the English, Bacon's Rebellion we have had
50 plus men who have fought for this country....4 were in the Confederate
but none the less they served...I am proud of my family and at least 17 bore
French names.

I am not proud of my home country and would just as soon not be called a
FrancoAmerican...to much like being a can of spaghetti...but they have not
lost their pride or their ability to stand against what is right as they
have done lately.

Edwin B. Fountain, Ph.D, DD, MLS,MRE,Th.B,BRE,BFA


> ENOUGH ALREADY....I'M SOUTHERN AND I'M SORRY I STARTED THE WHOLE
> THING....BUT THERE ARE THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT THE SOUTHERN FAMILIES TO
HONOR
> THOSE IN OUR FAMILIES WHO DIED FIGHTING FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN AND I
WANT
> PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THE CHIEF REASON FOR THE WAR WAS NOT SLAVERY BUT
> "STATES RIGHTS"..........I WILL HONOR MY GREAT GRANDFATHER AS LONG AS I
LIVE
> AND HIS THREE BROTHERS WHO DIED IN THAT WAR.....THEY DIED WITH HONOR ONE
AT
> CHANCELLORSVILLE AND ONE AT GETTYSBURG AND ANOTHER DIED IN A HOSPITAL OF
> WOUNDS...NOT SURE ABOUT THE FOURTH WHO WAS THE HALF BROTHER OF THE OTHER
> THREE AND ALSO THEIR COUSIN FOR .........GILES CARTER MARRIED A SECOND
TIME
> AND IT WAS TO HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW'S SISTER SO THAT HIS SON WAS HIS
> BROTHER=IN-LAW AND HIS CHILDREN WERE WELL YOU WORK IT OUT I'M TOO TIRED.
>
> BUT I WILL SAY THIS THAT LOOKING THROUGH MY FAMILY AND AND WORKING ON THE
> MANUSCRIPT I CAME UP WITH A NOVEL AND IT HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY PUBLISH
> AMERICA AND WILL COME OUT IN THE FALL PROBABLY. NOT A GREAT BOOK BUT
ABOUT
> HOW THE PAST CAN IMPACT THE PRESENT IN WAYS WE CAN NEVER IMAGINE. IT'S
> CALL "WHISPERS FROM THE PAST." IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, IT EMPHAZISES
THE
> SPIRITUAL QUALITY OF THE HUGUENOTS EVEN DOWN INTO OUR TIME.
>
> DR. EDWIN B. FOUNTAIN
> > >
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