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1825 - 1889 (64 years)
1833 - 1910 (76 years)
Birth |
15 Feb 1833 |
Alabama |
Died |
1910 |
Richmond, Virginia |
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Family |
William Clark Falkner/Faulkner, b. 6 Jul 1825, Knox County, Tennessee |
Married |
1851 |
Children |
+ | 1. Willett Medora Falkner, b. 17 Jul 1856, Ripley, Tippah, MS |
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1856 - 1918 (61 years)
Birth |
17 Jul 1856 |
Ripley, Tippah, MS |
Died |
15 Jul 1918 |
Baltimore City, Maryland |
Buried |
Meridian, Mississippt |
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Father |
William Clark Falkner/Faulkner, b. 6 Jul 1825, Knox County, Tennessee |
Mother |
Elizabeth Houston Vance, b. 15 Feb 1833, Alabama |
Married |
1851 |
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Family |
Nathaniel Green dna Carter, Jr., M.D., b. 31 Dec 1849, Ripley, Tippah, MS |
Married |
1 Jan 1874 |
Ripley Tippah, MS |
Children |
+ | 1. Miriam Natalie dna Carter, b. 6 Feb 1879, Ripley, Tippah, MS |
| 2. Caroline Vance Carter, b. 1881, Mississippi |
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Est 1825 - 1849 (~ 24 years)
Birth |
Est 1825 |
Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi |
Died |
31 May 1849 |
Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi |
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Father |
Joseph Pierce/Pearce, b. 24 Apr 1791, Jones County, N. Carolina |
Mother |
Elizabeth Harrison, b. 4 Mar 1804, N. Carolina |
Married |
15 Nov 1821 |
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Family |
William Clark Falkner/Faulkner, b. 6 Jul 1825, Knox County, Tennessee [2] |
Married |
1869 |
Likely Oxford Mississippi |
Children |
+ | 1. John Wesley Thompson Falkner/Faulkner, b. 2 Sep 1848, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi |
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1848 - 1922 (73 years)
Birth |
2 Sep 1848 |
Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi |
Died |
3 Mar 1922 |
Lafayette County, Mississippi |
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Father |
William Clark Falkner/Faulkner, b. 6 Jul 1825, Knox County, Tennessee |
Mother |
Holland Pearce, b. Est 1825, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi |
Married |
1869 |
Likely Oxford Mississippi |
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Family |
Sallie McAlpine /MurryMurray, b. 14 Oct 1850, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi |
Married |
1869 |
Children |
+ | 1. Murry Cuthbert Falkner/Faulkner, b. 17 Aug 1870, Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi |
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Name |
William Clark Falkner/Faulkner |
Born |
6 Jul 1825 |
Knox County, Tennessee |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
6 Nov 1889 |
Ripley, Tippah Co., Miss |
Buried |
Ripley Cemetery, Tippah Co., Miss |
Person ID |
I11508 |
My Reynolds Line |
Last Modified |
3 Mar 2019 |
Family 1 |
Elizabeth Houston Vance, b. 15 Feb 1833, Alabama , d. 1910, Richmond, Virginia (Age 76 years) |
Married |
1851 |
- Children of William Falkner and Elizabeth Vance:
William Henry Falkner, 1853?1878
Willett Medora Falkner Carter, 1856?1918
Thomas Vance Falkner, 1859?1861
Lizzie Manassah Falkner, 1861?1861
Effie Falkner Davis, 1868?1957
Alabama Leroy Falkner McLean, 1874?1968
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Children |
+ | 1. Willett Medora Falkner, b. 17 Jul 1856, Ripley, Tippah, MS , d. 15 Jul 1918, Baltimore City, Maryland (Age 61 years) |
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Last Modified |
3 Mar 2019 |
Family ID |
F7859 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
Holland Pearce, b. Est 1825, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi , d. 31 May 1849, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi (Age ~ 24 years) |
Married |
1869 |
Likely Oxford Mississippi |
Children |
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Last Modified |
3 Mar 2019 |
Family ID |
F7860 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5383/william-falkner.
William Falkner
Birth 6 Jul 1825, Knox County, Tennessee
Death 6 Nov 1889, Kipley, Tippah County, Miss
Burial: Ripley Cemetery
Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi
Novelist. Colonel William Falker, the great-grandfather of the author-William Faulkner, was born in Tennessee in 1826 and came to Ripley at the age of 17. He stabbed and killed Robert H. Hindman with a Bowie knife in 1849 and shot and killed Erasmus Norris in 1851. On November 5, 1889, Col. Falkner was himself shot and killed by a former partner of the Ripley Railroad. He wrote several novels, of which "The White Rose of Memphis" was the most popular. He was the great-grandfather of two other novelists--Nobel Award Winning author William Faulkner who lived in Ripley as a child and John Faulker who was born in Ripley in 1901. Col. Falkner's violent death in 1889 furnished William Faulkner with material for "Sartoris" and "The Unvanguished", in which he was the model for Col. John Sartoris.
- [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.
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