Thomas Albert Fant

Thomas Albert Fant N M V C B T K Y Photo: “Tom Fant”, 1890 Reunion Photo. Hardcopy is in Source Binder. Not Scanned. Born: 27 September 1841.[1298] [1299] Circa 1843 if age 92 in 1935. Married: He married Alice J. Hord in 1864. She was born around 1842 and died “at her home near” Bealeton 24 March 1933 at 91 years of age. Her father was Dr. Ambrose Hord of Bealeton.[1300] His wife was Alice Hord or Alace Hoard.[1301]  Died: 2 January 1935, aged 92, in Warrenton.[1302] January 1935 Warrenton, 92 years old.[1303] One Thomas A. Fant buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, Bealeton, but listed as llth Va. Inf.[1304] 2 January 1935, buried Cedar Grove Cemetery.[1305] [1306] “I put this stone up myself. I sent Mrs. Baird the correct information and she copied it wrong.”[1307] Obituary: “…Fauquier Citizen Was Oldest Living Member of Black Horse Company.”[1308] See Obituary Chapter. Another may be found in the Culpeper Exponent, 10 January 1935.[1309] Children: Thomas and Alice’s children were: “[m]essrs. Arthur, Archie and Thomas Fant, Mrs. Henry Dowell, Mrs. May Payne of Culpeper, Mrs. Jack Lynn of Midland, and Mrs. Lottie Fant.”[1310] “Thomas and Alace (Alice) had seven children:” Lucy, born 1865; Ann M., born 1870; Arthur, born 1870, died 1940; Alace, born 1872; Lottie, born 1874; Archie J., born 1878, died 1958; Thomas, born 1878.[1311] Parents and Siblings: See John Stanley Fant [BH].[1312] Other Family: “Mrs. Alice J. Fant … died at her home near Bealeton,… on Friday. …Mrs. Fant was 91 years old …. In 1864 she married Mr. Fant, then a Confederate soldier ….”[1313] See Obituary Chapter. One of Thomas and Alice’s daughters, May Harden Fant, married Howard Weston Payne (1868–1919) on 30 March 1892. Thomas’s son-in-law was a grocer “with his father in Washington, D. C.” He died “in an automobile accident.”[1314] Howard’s parents were Joseph Fant Payne [BH], and Sallie Brent Fant.[1315] See John Stanley Fant’s entry for more about Howard’s ancestry. May and Howard had one child, Howard B. Payne.[1316] Thomas’s grandson, Howard Brent Payne, was born 14 May 1908.[1317] Stories, Letters & Biographies: CSR: Enlisted 25 April 1861; paroled 17 May 1865 Fairfax Courthouse. Additional Information: Private.[1318] Thomas “was member of the Black Horse Cavalry, C. S. Army… .”[1319] He was wounded at Winchester.[1320] Residing in Bealeton.[1321]