Albert Jennings Fountain
Albert Jennings Fountain

Albert Jennings Fountain

Albert Jennings Fountain, Worshipful Master of El Paso Masonic Lodge # 130 A.F. & A.M. in 1870 & 1872. Born on Staten Island, New York. Fountain was an attorney and obtained his law degree in California. Fountain served on the Union side during the Civil War. His job brought him to New Mexico and afterward to El Paso. He was the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Texas and served in the Texas Senate. In the Texas Senate, he was responsible for sponsoring the bill that reestablished the Legendary Texas Rangers; post-Civil War. Many have speculated involving his death. His body has not been found. The FBI reopened his case. Image Description: Oval shaped black and white image shows a portrait of Albert Jennings Fountain from his chest up. Jennings wears a dark military coat with two visible buttons below the collar of his coat. The collar of his coat is neatly folded to rest on his chest and at each shoulder there seem to be military patches. Jennings looks slightly away from the camera with light colored eyes and has only a mustache that covers his upper lip and points out at its sides. His hair is dark and combed to the side with a receding hairline.

Area: Central / Downtown

Source: El Paso Lodge # 130 A.F. & A.M. Archives *Copyrighted material

Uploaded by: Alonso Wells IV

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