Bellefontaine
(Benedict ). The most wealthy farmer of Grand Pré (
Nova Scotia), and father of Evangeline. When the inhabitants of his
village were exiled, and he was about to embark, he died of a broken
heart, and was buried on the sea-shore. (Longfellow: Evangeline.
)
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