Genealogy Notes 28 - Northernfern.com

Note: First Lady from 1963 to 1969 while Lyndon was serving as the 36th
president of the United States.

The following is biographical Informatoin from the University of Texas archives:

Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson was born Claudia Alta Taylor in Karnack, Texas on December 22, 1912. Mrs. Johnson's father was Thomas Jefferson Taylor, owner of a general store who declared himself "dealer in everything." Her mother, Minnie Pattillo Taylor, died when the little girl was but five-years old. She had two older brothers, Tommy and Tony. After her mother's death, Mrs. Johnson's Aunt Effie Pattillo moved to Karnack to look after her. At an early age, a nursemaid said she was "as purty as a lady bird" -- thereafter she became known to her family and friends as "Lady Bird." Mrs. Johnson grew up in the "Brick House" and attended a small rural elementary school in Harrison County, Texas. She graduated from Marshall High School in 1928, and attended Saint Mary's Episcopal School for Girls in Dallas from 1928 to 1930.

Mrs. Johnson entered the University of Texas in 1930 and received a bachelor of arts degree in 1933 with a major in history. She earned a journalism degree in 1934. Many colleges and universities have awarded Mrs. Johnson honorary degrees. She supports and continues to be very interested in the activities of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, both located on The University of Texas campus in Austin.

After a whirlwind courtship, Claudia Alta Taylor and Lyndon Baines Johnson were married on November 17, 1934 at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church in San Antonio, Texas. Two daughters were born to the Johnsons: Lynda Bird Johnson (1944) (Mrs. Charles S. Robb) resides in Virginia; and Luci Baines Johnson (1947) (married to Ian Turpin) lives in Austin, Texas. Mrs. Johnson has seven grandchildren -- one boy and six girls -- and five great-grandchildren. President Johnson died at his beloved LBJ Ranch on January 22, 1973.

<<http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/biographys.hom/ladybird_bio.asp>>

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Johnson, Lyndon Baines (b. 27 AUG 1908, d. 22 JAN 1973)

Death: 22 JAN 1973 buried near Johnson City, TX

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Word, Thomas Adams (b. 12 OCT 1768, d. 12 FEB 1831)

Death: 12 FEB 1831 Habersham, GA

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Falkner, William Joseph (b. ABT. 1796, d. 1842)

Note: The descendants of Joseph Falkner were obtained form WFT Vol. 7 #4311 in order to provide additional information not provided by the previous reference.

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.

Death: 1842

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Falkner, William Clark (b. 6 JUL 1826, d. 6 NOV 1889)

Note: William Faulkner's great-grandfather was called "Kunnel Falkner." He was a colorful figure whose life was the basis for family legend and pride. As a boy William loved to hear the tales of his exploits during the Civil War. He read his great-grandfather's novels, too, including The Siege of Monterey (1851), The Spanish Heroine (1851), The Lost Diamond (1867), The Little Brick Church (1 882), and Rapid Ramblings in Europe (1884).

The White Rose of Memphis(1881) was the elder Falkner's major work, incorporating some of the worst characteristics of melodrama, but also offering good characters in a fast-moving plot of violence, betrayal, and the rewards of true-love. The novel was a great success, remaining in print for nearly three decades and appearing in thirty-five editions that sold approximately 160,000 copies.

William Clark Falkner, the Old Colonel, who had been killed eight years earlier in a duel with his former business partner in the streets of Ripley, Mississippi. A lawyer, politician, planter, businessman, Civil War colonel, railroad financier, and finally a best-selling writer (of the novel The White Rose of Memphis), the Old Colonel, even in death, loomed as a larger-than-life model of personal and professional success for his male descendants.