Evan Fain Family

1st Row: Evan Fain and his second wife, Mary D. Preston. Their children in the back, from left to right, are Gordon Fain, Arkie Diamond Fain and John Hamilton Fain (he went exclusively by his middle name, Hamilton). This photo was taken in 1900 at their home on what is now Elm Fork Road.

The Fain family came to Jessamine county from Virginia in the late 1700/early 1800 timeframe. Evan Fain, born 1824 and died 1902, was the son of Richard C. Fain and Mary Polly Cobb. Mary D. Preston Fain, born 1846 and died 1925, was the daughter of Richard Preston and Susan Switzer. Gordon Fain and Arkie Diamond Fain Grant left Kentucky around 1920 and moved to central Indiana. Hamilton Fain remained in Kentucky, living in Lexington until his death in 1941.