Albert Jennings Fountain

Albert Jennings Fountain
Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Ex officio 1871–1873
Governor	Edmund J. Davis
Preceded by	David Webster Flanagan (Ex officio)
Succeeded by	Edward B. Pickett (Ex officio)
President pro tempore of the Texas Senate
In office March 30, 1871 – May 31, 1871
Preceded by	David Webster Flanagan
Succeeded by	David Webster Flanagan
Member of the Texas Senate from the 30th district
In office February 8, 1870 – January 13, 1874
Preceded by	William B. Knox
Succeeded by	William H. Russell
Personal details
Born	(1838-10-23)October 23, 1838 Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Disappeared	February 1, 1896 (aged 57) Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Mariana Perez
Children	6
Profession	Journalist, politician, attorney, prosecutor
Military service
Branch/service	Union Army (California Column) 1st Regiment New Mexico Volunteer Cavalry
Years of service	1861–1864 1864–1865
Rank	Second Lieutenant (Union) Brevet Captain (Volunteers)
Battles/wars	American Civil War American Indian Wars

Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain (October 23, 1838 – disappeared February 1, 1896) was an American attorney who served in the Texas Senate and the New Mexico House of Representatives. Following a purge of corruption among cattle rustlers that Fountain investigated and prosecuted, he and his eight-year-old son Henry disappeared near White Sands, New Mexico Territory. Their bloodstained wagon and other evidence of an ambush were recovered, but the bodies were never found. Suspicion centered on two rival landowners, Oliver M. Lee and Albert Bacon Fall. Lee and two employees were tried for the murder of Henry Fountain, but acquitted after a defense by Fall. No charges were ever filed for the death of Albert Fountain.