Earl Fountain Smith

Victor married Helen Charity Fly. Helen (daughter of Fountain E Fly and Ella Louise Turner) was born on 29 Mar 1893 in Colorado; died on 3 Aug 1947 in Fresno, Fresno County, California; was buried in Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, Fresno County, Caifornia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Rancher

Fountain married Ella Louise Turner on 4 Aug 1891 in Routt County, Colorado. Ella (daughter of Hiram Turner and Ellen F Vrelanif) was born on 2 Apr 1873 in Kansas; died on 29 Jul 1968 in Fresno, Fresno County, California; was buried in Clovis Cemetery, Clovis, Fresno County, California. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Biography of John Wesley Fly from the "History of Fresno", page 1552, Vol ll
John Wesley FLY was born near Cassville, Barry County, Missouri in 1844. His granfather Jerry Fly who was born in England and settled in Tennessee. His father, A.P. Fly, was born in Tennessee. His mother was Miss Rillia Cantrell native of Tennessee, of Irish ancestors. After they married they moved to Arkansas and then to Missouri and John and A.L. Fly, two of the sons, served in the same regimentduring the Civil War.
John volunteered for service January 3, 1863, at Fayetteville, Arkansas, in the Union Army, joining Company H, First Missouri Cavalry. He was in the Battle of Little Rock and also of Camden. Ins September 1865 at St Louis he was hororably discharged from the service.
On June 11, 1864 he married Miss Charioty Clark, a native of Arkansas who was brought up in Missouri. She was the daughter of Thomas and Nancy Clark, both natives of Tennessee. She was the 8th in a family of tweleve children.
In 1883 the moved form Barry County, Missouri, to Routt County, Colorado, and engaged in the cattle business.
When John Fly was 56 he broke down in health and sold his stock and came to California in 1904. He was impressed with Fresno County and settled in a location near Clovis. He had peaches but found the land unfavorable to them so he cut the trees down and planted the acres with sultana grapevines.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/news/fly.john.w.htm

John Wesley Fly Biography and Obituary (Missouri):
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/data/obits/f/flyJohnWesley.htm

John married Charioty Clark on 12 Jun 1864 in Newton County, Missouri. Charioty (daughter of Thomas Clark and Nancy E Combs) was born on 1 Aug 1844 in Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas; died on 26 Apr 1931 in Fresno, Fresno County, California; was buried in Clovis Cemetery, Clovis, Fresno County, California. [Group Sheet]

Hiram married Ellen F Vrelanif in 1858 in Rose, Ogemaw County, Michigan. Ellen was born in Jun 1843 in Michigan. [Group Sheet]