Lieut Nicholas “Nick” Fain
Birth: 8 Apr 1840
Death: 24 Jan 1900 (aged 59)
Burial: Carrollton City Cemetery, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, USA
Memorial #: 58183079
Bio: Grandson of Nicholas Fain and Sarah "Sallie" (Gammon) Fain; AND Audley "Andy" Anderson and Elizabeth (Rhea) [Anderson] Fain.Son of Col. Richard Gammon Fain, Sr. and Eliza Rhea (Anderson) Fain.Brother of Hiram Fain, Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" Fain, Sarah Gammon "Sallie" (Fain) Fain, Samuel A. "Sam" Fain, Isaac Anderson "Ike" Fain, George Powell Fain, Frances Susan "Fannie" (Fain) [Smith] Campbell, Richard Gammon "Dick" Fain, Jr., John Lynn Fain, Nancy Anderson "Nannie" Fain, Ellen Rhea "Ella" Fain, and Eliza Ruth "Silla" "Lillie" Fain.Husband of Annie (Kingsbery) Fain.Father of Mary K. (Fain) Fender, Richard Kingsbery Fain, and Kate Anderson Fain.___________________________________________________________Nicholas Fain Regiment Name 60 Tennessee Mtd. Infantry. (Crawford's Regiment. 79 Tenn. Infantry.) Side Confederate Company B Soldier's Rank In 2 Lieutenant Soldier's Rank Out 2 Lieutenant Alternate Name Notes Film Number M231 roll 14CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS60th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Crawford's) (79th Infantry) 60th Regiment Infantry [also called 79th Regiment] was organized at Haynesville, Tennessee, in October, 1862. Men of this unit were recruited in the counties of Washington, Hawkins, Sullivan, Grainger, and Cocke. It was assigned to General J. C. Vaughn's Brigade and remained there throughout the war. Serving in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, most of the regiment was captured in the conflict at Big Black River Bridge and the remaining men at Vicksburg. Exchanged and reorganized as mounted infantry, it skirmished in Western Virginia and East Tennessee, then disbanded during the spring of 1865. Its commanders were Colonels John H. Crawford and Nathan Gregg, and Lieutenant Colonel James A. Rhea. ___________________________________________________________Nicholas "Nick" Fain was my 2nd cousin 3 times removed through the Anderson families of Scott County, VA and Bledsoe County, TN.Updated April 9, 2014 by Sammy Boyd.
Family Members
Parents
Richard Gammon Fain 1811-1878
Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain 1816-1892
Spouse
Mary Anne Kingsberry Fain 1848-1942
Siblings
Hiram Fain 1834-1869
Sarah Sallie Gammon Fain 1838-1912
Samuel A. Fain 1842-1874
Isaac Anderson Fain 1844-1917
Frances Susan Fain Campbell 1848-1914
Richard G. Fain 1852-1922
Nancy Anderson Fain 1854-1876
Ellen Rhea Fain 1856-1879
Eliza Ruth Fain 1858-1882
Children
Mary Fain Fender 1878-1937
Richard Kingsbery Fain 1880-1880
Kate Anderson Fain 1882-1923
Maintained by: Sammy Boyd, Genealogist (46912507)
Originally Created by: Ellece Burns Varnes (47103719)
Added: 4 Sep 2010
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58183079
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 September 2019), memorial page for Lieut Nicholas “Nick” Fain (8 Apr 1840–24 Jan 1900), Find A Grave Memorial no. 58183079, citing Carrollton City Cemetery, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Sammy Boyd, Genealogist (contributor 46912507) .
