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Caroline Word [Female]

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Mattie Jamison [Male] b. ABT. 1906

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This may be the Mattie Jamison in the Coleman Cemetery which is recordedas 1900-1972.

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William Joseph Falkner III [Male] b. ABT. 1796 TN - d. 1842

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The descendants of Joseph Falkner were obtained form WFT Vol. 7 #4311 inorder to provide addi tional information not provided by the previousreference.

The marriage records of Surry Co., NC show
William Faulkner & Caroline Word applied for marriage 1 June 1816.

Additional information form GenCircles.com from the Money Tree Genealogy.

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James Falkner [Male]

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1571

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Frances Falkner [Female]

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William Clark Falkner [Male] b. 6 JUL 1826 Knox County, TN - d. 6 NOV 1889 Ripley, MS

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William Faulkner's great-grandfather was called "Kunnel Falkner." He wasa colorful figure who se life was the basis for family legend and pride.As a boy William loved to hear the tales o f his exploit s during theCivil War. He read his great-grandfather's novels, too, including T heSiege of Monterey (1851), The Spanish Heroine (1851), The Lost Diamond(1867), The Little Br ick Church (1 882), and R apid Ramblings in Europe(1884).

The White Rose of Memphis(1881) was the elder Falkner's major work,incorporating some of th e worst characteristics of melodrama, but alsooffering good characters in a fast-moving plo t of violence, b etrayal,and the rewards of true-love. The novel was a great success, remaini ng inprint for nearly three decades and appearing in thirty-five editions thatsold approximat ely 160,000 copies.

William Clark Falkner, the Old Colonel, who had been killed eight yearsearlier in a duel wit h his former business partner in the streets ofRipley, Mississippi. A lawyer, politician, pla nter, busines sman, CivilWar colonel, railroad financier, and finally a best-selling writer ( ofthe novel The White Rose of Memphis), the Old Colonel, even in death,loomed as a larger-tha n-life model of personal and professional successfor his male descendants.