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FAULKNER, BOLTON, PATTERSON, TAYLOR, SIMMONS, SMITH, SISK



William B. FAULKNER, one of the principal citizens of the Twenty-fifth

District, and a son of William and Ellen (BOLTON) FAULKNER, was born in

Lincoln County in 1834, and is one of a family of seven children, four of

whom are living.  The father was born in Ireland in 1797, the grandfather

in England and the grandmother in Scotland.  The father of our subject

received a fair education in the common schools, and was married twice, his

first wife being Miss PATTERSON, by whom he had two children, one of whom

died during the voyage to America.  His wife died shortly after his arrival

in this country, and in 1832 he wedded the mother of our subject.  He was a

farmer, a ditcher and blaster by occupation.  His death occurred in 1870.

The mother of our subject was also born in Ireland, in 1798, and died in

1843.  Our subject received a fair education, and as his parents were poor

he was compelled to work for a livelihood.  He was employed for several

years in a factory and afterward was engaged in trading and teaming in some

of the Southern cities.  During the war he enlisted in Company H, First

Tennessee Regiment, and soon entered the Army of the Potomac, where he was

quite a favorite of Stonewall Jackson's.  At the end of a year he was

discharged on account of ill health, but soon returned and engaged in some

of the principal battles of the war.  He was captured and held a prisoner

until 1865.  In January, 1866 he wedded Mrs. Charlotte TAYLOR, daughter of

J. and M. SIMMONS.  To Mr. and Mrs. FAULKNER were born five children:

Amanda E., Nancy J., Eliza B., Ellen F. and William A.  Our subject located

on ninety-four acres of land in the Twenty-fifth District, where he

remained three years.  He then purchased the same amount of acres in the

same district, on which he located and still resides.  Mrs. FAULKNER died

November 24, 1877, and in January, 1879, he married Mrs. Harriet A. SMITH,

daughter of David and Martha SISK, by whom he had three children, two of

whom are living:  Mattie B. and Mary Pearl.  Mr. FAULKNER is a Democrat, a

Mason and an Odd Fellow, and he and wife are members of the Methodist

Episcopal Church South.



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