Biographical Sketch of Rev. Thomas D. Fain, Greene County, Missouri, 
Brookline Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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This gentleman is the son of Jesse and Nancy (Doil) Fain, and was born
October 24, 1821, in Johnson County, Illinois.  He was educated in the
common schools of his native county.  In June, 1856, he came to Greene
County, Missouri, and lived near where Brookline now is until the close
of the war.  In 1866 he moved to Lawrence County, where he remained un-
til 1879, when he returned to this county and purchased a small farm.
Mr. Fain was licensed to preach by the Baptist church in 1865, by 
George Long, moderator, and Wiley W. Fain, clerk.  He was ordained to 
preach the third Sabbath in April, 1869 by Elders Elisha Clark and
George Young, with T. B. Youngblood, church clerk.  Mr. Fain was marr-
ied in November, 1842, to Miss Nancy Tollor, of Johnson County, Ill.
Their union was blest with four children, three of whom are living.
Mrs. Fain died December 22, 1857, and in February, 1858, he was marr-
ied the second time to Miss Mary R., daughter of William Phillips.
They have one son, Calvin C., by this marriage.  Mr. Fain joined the
Baptist church at the age of eighteen, in Illinois, and both his wives
were of the same faith.  His father was a native of Georgia, and went
to Illinois when six years of age, where he died at the age of sixty.
His mother was a native of Kentucky, and died in Lawrence County, Miss-
ouri.  They had eight children, six of whom are living, Thomas D., 
being the second child.

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