Holland Pearce

Est 1825 - 1849  (~ 24 years)

• Name	Holland Pearce
  	William Faulkner, Author -- Lineage
  Born	Est 1825	Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi
  Gender	Female
  Died	31 May 1849	Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi
  Person ID	I1900	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Joseph Pierce/Pearce,   b. 24 Apr 1791, Jones County, N. Carolina ,   d. Abt 1846, Weakley County, Tennessee  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Harrison,   b. 4 Mar 1804, N. Carolina ,   d. 22 Jan 1835, Weakley County, Tennessee  (Age 30 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1821
  Family ID	F7871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Clark Falkner/Faulkner,   b. 6 Jul 1825, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Nov 1889, Ripley, Tippah Co., Miss  (Age 64 years)
  Married	1869	Likely Oxford Mississippi
  Children	+ 1. John Wesley Thompson Falkner/Faulkner,   b. 2 Sep 1848, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi ,   d. 3 Mar 1922, Lafayette County, Mississippi  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F7860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16480311/holland-falkner. Holland Pearce Falkner Birth unknown Death 31 May 1849 Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi Burial Ripley Cemetery Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi Holland Pearce Falkner was the daughter of Joseph Pearce (b. 24 Apr 1791, Jones Co. NC ? d. ca. 1846, Weakley, Co, TN) and Elizabeth R. Harrison (b. 4 Mar 1804, NC ? d. 22 Jan 1835, Weakley Co., TN). Joseph and Elizabeth were married 15 Nov 1821. Elizabeth was the daughter of Simmons Harrison (1777-1855) and Holland Spight (1781-1836). Thus Holland Pearce Falkner was related to Simon R. Spight of Ripley through her grandmother Holland Spight Harrison. The probate records 1847-1848 of Tippah County shows Simon R. Spight as guardian of Holland Pearce, Mary Pearce, Simmons Pearce, Joseph Pearce and Lazarous Pearce. W. C. Falkner and wife Holland R. Pearce Falkner and D. L. Kilgore and wife Mary Pearce Kilgore are listed as petitioners, the two wives being daughters of Joseph Pearce, Simon R. Spight lived in a two-story home on the present site of Ripley Public Library. The home was sometimes called "Spight's Hotel." It survived the Civil War and burned in 1915 when it was the home of John N. & Frances A. Street. In July of 1847 W.C. Falkner married Holland Pearce and on September 2, 1848 their son, John Wesley Thompson Falkner was born. Holland Falkner died May 31, 1849. John Wesley Thompson Falkner was then adopted by W.C. Falkner's aunt and uncle, Justinia Word Dickinson Thompson & John Wesley Thompson. The Thompsons are buried at Rucker Cemetery. On September 2, 1869, John Wesley Thompson Falkner married Sallie Murry, the daughter of Dr. & Mrs. John Y. Murry. Their son, Murry Falkner, married Maud Butler and they became the parents of William Cuthbert Fa(u)lkner, Murry Charles Falkner, John Wesley Thompson Fa(u)lkner III, and Dean Falkner. So far no record of where Holland Falkner was buried has been found. A marker for her was placed in the Falkner lot at Ripley Cemetery in 2005 by Frances Street Reid. The assistance of Mr. Pete Crum of Ripley Monument Company is appreciated.