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The Fayard Family
(see Louis' family above); Ana, nothing known; Marie married John Colley (BB 1, p. 1,
^4 BIL); Marguerite married Louis Caillavet; (BB2, p. 152a, MOB); Augustin married Louise Carco (MB 3, p. 236b, SLC); and Manette married Thomas Leader, from the distribution of her father's estate, Deed Book 1, pp. 292-95, Harrison County, Miss. As can easily be seen, only one son in this family would continue the FAYARD line, Augustin.
The author descends from Rosalie, a daughter of Jean Baptiste. Her daughter Marie-Josephe married Pierre Ryan, son of Jean Ryan and Marie Gargaret. From this union came Josephine Ryan who married Jean Baptiste Fountain. Bom of Josephine and Jean Baptiste waj Josephine Fountain who married Pierre Lepre. This last couple were the parents of the authors father.
It is an understatement to say that the FAYARDS had much to do with the settlement of the Gulf Coast area. Linked by marriage to the other great Coast families, such as Carco, Ladner, Seymour, Caillavet, Morin, Ryan and Bosarge, the FAYARDS are numerous, but one outstanding event in the family's long history was an act by the family of Louis which deeded to the City of Biloxi the land on which the city cemetery is located. The loved ones of countless families have been laid to rest on the ground of the FAYARD grant, sharing in the largesse of the FAYARD family. The deed follows:
This identure made and entered into this 27th day of November A.D.
1844 between Jacques FAYARD and Gertrude his wife, John FAYARD and Martha FAYARD, his wife, Genevieve FAYARD, wife of Urein FAYARD deceased, heirs at law of the late Louis FAYARD deceased, of the first part, and William J. Sargent, President of the Board of County Police of Harrison County, State of Mississippi of the second part (witnesseth that whereas during the life of the said Louis FAYARD deceased, he did give and grant a piece or parcel of land as hereinafter described for the purpose of a burying ground in the village of Biloxi, in said county, and whereas there is a doubt whether he ever made and effected a good title to the same) so the parties of the first part do for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to and in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, grant, bargain and sell unto the said William J. Sargent, President of the Board of County Police of Harrison County, State of Mississippi and to his successors in office forever, the following described premises to-wit:
A piece or parcel of land lying and being in the western part of the Village of Biloxi in the county aforesaid, having one arpent front on the seashore or Gulf of Mexico by four arpents in depth from the top of the bank, bounded on the East by the property of Chapman, on the South by the seashore aforementioned, on the West by the property of the late Louis Fayard's estate:
to have and to hold unto him, the said William J. Sargent, President as aforesaid, to his successors in office forever, in trust however that the said described premises shall be used and appropriated as a place of burial for the dead and to