John Wesley Thompson Falkner/Faulkner

1848 - 1922  (73 years)

• Name	John Wesley Thompson Falkner/Faulkner
  Born	2 Sep 1848	Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Mar 1922	Lafayette County, Mississippi
  Person ID	I18499	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2019

  
  

  Mother	William Clark Falkner/Faulkner,   b. 6 Jul 1825, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Nov 1889, Ripley, Tippah Co., Miss  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F7860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sallie McAlpine /MurryMurray,   b. 14 Oct 1850, Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi ,   d. 21 Dec 1906, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi  (Age 56 years)
  Married	1869
  Children	+ 1. Murry Cuthbert Falkner/Faulkner,   b. 17 Aug 1870, Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi ,   d. 7 Aug 1932, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F7862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7033350/sallie-mcalpine-falkner. Sallie McAlpine Murry Falkner Birth 14 Oct 1850 Death 21 Dec 1906 (aged 56) Burial Oxford Memorial Cemetery Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi Husband John Wesley Thompson Falkner Birth 2 Sep 1848 Death 3 Mar 1922 (aged 73) Burial Oxford Memorial Cemetery Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi 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.