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WILLIAM B. FAULKNER, one of the principal citizens of the Twenty-fifth District, and a son of William and Ellen (Bolton) Faulkner, was born in Lincoln County in 1834, and is one of a family of seven children, four of whom are living. The father was born in Ireland in 1797, the grandfather in England and the grandmother in Scotland. The father of our subject received a fair education in the common schools, and was married twice, his first wife being Miss Patterson, by whom he had two children, one of whom died during the voyage to America. His wife died shortly after his arrival in this country, and in 1832 he wedded the mother of our subject. He was a farmer, a ditcher and blaster by occupation. His death occurred in 1870. The mother of our subject was also born in Ireland, in 1798, and died in 1843. Our subject received a fair education, and as his parents were poor he was compelled to work for a livelihood. He was employed for several years in a factory and afterward was engaged in trading and teaming in some of the Southern cities. During the war he enlisted in Company H, First Tennessee Regiment, and soon entered the Army of the Potomac, where he was quite a favorite of Stonewall Jackson’s. At the end of a year he was discharged on account of ill health, but soon returned and engaged in some of the principal battles of the war. He was captured and held a prisoner until 1865. In January, 1866 he wedded Mrs. Charlotte Taylor, daughter of J. and M. Simmons. To Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner were born five children: Amanda E., Nancy J., Eliza B., Ellen F. and William A. Our subject located on ninety-four acres of land in the Twenty-fifth District, where he remained three years. He then purchased the same amount of acres in the same district, on which he located and still resides. Mrs. Faulkner died November 24, 1877, and in January, 1879, he married Mrs. Harriet A. Smith, daughter of David and Martha Sisk, by whom he had three children, two of whom are living: Mattie B. and Mary Pearl. Mr. Faulkner is a Democrat, a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.