George Riley Faulkner (1852-1882), Of Wolfe Co., KY News clippings of His Shooting and Death from THE DEMOCRAT as copied at the Montgomery Co. Library Mt. Sterling, KY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE DEMOCRAT, Mt. Sterling, KY Friday, 3 March 1882 >From Hazel Green: A sad shooting affray, between George Falkner and Wilburn Day, happened on the evening of the 17th of Feb. at the residence of Col. L.M. Day, some two miles from town. It was an old grudge, caused by Wilburn Day shooting Falkner's dog some eighteen months ago. Falkner was living near Campton at the time the dog was shot, but since that time, he has moved on L.M. Day's farm. Wilburn Day was passing through on his way from Frankfort and stopped to stay all night with L.M. Day, and, while there, Falkner was passing and stopped at the fence and was talking with Mrs. Day, when he saw young Day in the house. He sent for him to come out, for he had a settlement to make with him. Day would not go out, but went in another room and locked the door. Falkner forced his way through the door and struck at Day; when he did this Day shot him. Whisky was the cause of all the trouble. Wilburn Day is a son of Marion Day, of Lost Creek. Mr. Falkner, when out of whisky, is a nice and hard working man. The doctors have given him up, and he is expected to live but a short time. He will leave a very devoted wife and eight little children and a great many friends to mourn his loss. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE DEMOCRAT, Mt. Sterling, KY Tuesday, 7 March 1882 >From Hazel Green: It is sad for me to report the death of George Falkner, who was shot by Wilburn Day. Poor George Falkner, the father of eight little children, died last night. The bullet spares neither beauty nor manhood, strength nor feebleness. It was a sad sight to see those little ones go to his dying bedside; but his cheek, how deathly; his eye, wild with fever; one friend stands beside him - strong men move silently away, leaving the living and the dying together - the great white moon is looming - he moves not; his eyes are set to their socket; dim are their glances; death is there; his head sinks back, one convulsive shudder - he is dead. Dead, and they will scoop him into a grave in the dark, reeking earth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compiler's Note: George Riley Faulkner was my great-great grandfather. His wife was Charlotte Holland Faulkner. Their daughter Julia Ann Faulkner (1881-1966) was my great-grandmother. At the time of his death, George was the father of 8 young children: Sarah Jane, Marshall Marion, Louellen, Samantha Alice, Nancy Emeline, George Washington, Mary Elizabeth, and Julia Ann Faulkner. Wife Charlotte was supposedly pregnant with John Henry Faulkner, their ninth child, at the time of George's death. I would be happy to exchange data with anyone related to these Faulkners of Wolfe County, KY. Compiler: Sandra Lake Lassen, 1499 Lakeside Drive, West Jefferson, NC 28694 slassen@infoave.net Articles have been copied with original spelling and punctuation intact. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genelaogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.