Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Harrison Faulkner Horton {Gen 3}

It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.

Harrison Faulkner Horton (Margaret, Samuel, William) was born in Newbugh, Orange Co, New York, September 11th 1804, to parents Margaret "Peggy" Faulkner and Gabriel H Horton.

Harrison married Emily Coleman December 15th 1829 in New Milford, Orange Co, New York.

The couple had two daughters:

• Annie M Horton b. 7 Nov 1830 d. 9 May 1852
• Mary Helen Horton b. 3 Feb 1840 d. 30 Sep 1922 m. Giles C Burnham

What little I know of this family is gleaned from the book Horton Family Genealogy compiled by George Horton, published in 1876. I suspect the Horton part is mostly correct, the Faulkner paragraph however has proved somewhat incorrect. To be expected, I suppose, when it may well have been second- or third-hand information, passed down from memory.

Harrison was educated in the Presbyterian faith and Democratic political school. He was a traveling merchant who moved around several times, ending up in New York City, where he retired.

Harrison Faulkner Horton died August 13th 1883 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek, MI.  His wife, Emily Coleman Horton died February 25th 1853 and is also buried in Michigan. (Their daughter Mary Helen had removed to Michigan upon her marriage)

From the Horton Genealogy book

  

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Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Henrietta Faulkner {Gen 3}

It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.

Henrietta Faulkner (James, Samuel, William) was born in Wallkill, Orange Co, New York, May 1st 1831, to parents Col James Faulkner and his wife Martha McBride.

Henrietta married Charles Cassidy December 4th 1861 in Jackson Co, Michigan. 

The couple had two daughters together:

• Virginia Cassidy b. 1865 d. 17 Sep 1872
• Anna Cassidy b. 24 Dec 1866 d. 3 Jun 1941 never married

Henrietta and Charles Cassidy lived in Grass Lake, Jackson Co, MI their entire married lives. 

Henrietta Faulkner had come to Grass Lake, Jackson Co, MI with her parents and siblings in 1834. Charles Cassidy had come to  Sylvan, Washtenaw Co, MI in 1839 with his parents and siblings. The Faulkner family had come from Orange Co, New York, the Cassidy family from Madison, New Jersey. Both families being drawn westward by the promise of good farming and Government land. 

Henrietta Faulkner Cassidy died September 19th 1900. Charles Cassidy died sometime in 1915. They are buried in Grass Lake East Cemetery with their daughters.

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Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Mary Jane Faulkner {Gen 3}

It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.

Mary Jane Faulkner (James, Samuel, William) was born in Wallkill, Orange Co, New York , January 11th 1814, to parents Col James Faulkner and his wife Martha McBride.

Mary Jane married widower Josiah Robinson Sloat, Sr (b. 1805 d. 1862) on April 5th 1842 in Jackson, Michigan.

The couple had at least five children together:

• Mary Emaline Sloat b. 5 May 1843 d. 5 Sep 1923 m. Abel N Howe
• Fannie A Sloat b. June 1844 d. 1933 m. Milo T Carpenter
• Martha Sloat b. 10 Feb 1847 d. 19 Jan 1935 m. Charles L Becker
• Josiah R Sloat Jr b. 1849 d. 24 May 1918 m. Harriett C Smith
• DeEtte "Sarah" Sloat b. 1852 d. 13 Nov 1885 never married

Mary Jane was also step mother to Charles A Sloat, Josiah's son by his first marriage.

Mary Jane Faulkner had come to Grass Lake, Jackson Co, MI with her parents and siblings in 1834. Josiah Sloat had come to Sharon Twp, Washtenaw Co, MI in 1831 with his parents and siblings. Both families were originally from Orange Co, New York. The proximity of the family farms was close, Grass Lake road today runs right into Sharon Twp. 

Mary Jane Faulkner was Presbyterian and may have met Josiah in church, or may have met him in town, her father owning the first hotel in the county.

From Find A Grave

Mary Jane Faulkner Sloat died April 21st 1902 at the advanced age of 88 years. She is buried in Sharon Township Cemetery in Washtenaw County, MI. Her husband Josiah Sloat died March 5th 1862, his burial is unknown.

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Book Of The Week: A History of the City of Brooklyn

A History of the City of Brooklyn: Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh, Volume 2

Henry Reed Stiles

subscription, 1869 - Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

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Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Harrison Horton Faulkner {Gen 3}

It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.

Harrison Horton Faulkner (Robert, Samuel, William) was born in New York, (either Orange Co, Ontario Co, or somewhere in between) August 3rd 1814 to parents Robert Faulkner and his wife Sally Ann.

Harrison married (1) Susannah Prentiss (b. 1821 d. 1854) on August 29th 1841 in New York. He married (2) Mary Root (b. UNK d. UNK) on March 23rd 1856 in Indiana. He married (3) Lavina Akerly (b. 1836 d. UNK) February 27th 1867 in Michigan.

Children with (1) Susannah Prentiss: (all born New York)

• Lydia A Faulkner b. 30 Oct 1844 d. 24 Sep 1901 m. Fernando Kinney
• Mary Jane Faulkner b. 30 Mar 1847 d. 30 Nov 1904 m. John Masser
• Charles Edwin Faulkner b. 27 Oct 1851 d. 29 Aug 1910 m. Mary Poe

Children with (2) Mary Root: (all born Michigan)

• Harrison H Faulkner, Jr b. 1 Feb 1858 d. 1 Sep 1890
• Lucinda L Faulkner b. 1 Jul 1861 d. 11 May 1919 m. Henry Young
• William N Faulkner b. 1865 d. 11 Sep 1867

Children with (3) Lavina Akerly: (all born Michigan)

• George W Faulkner b. Sep 1869 d. 1940 m. (1)Vinie Reist (2)Anna Boom
• Nancy A Faulkner b. 15 Apr 1872 d. bef 1880

Harrison was a farmer and a stone mason. He may have met his second wife in Indiana while visiting his father. He left Wayne County, New York sometime after 1850 and was residing in Cass County, Michigan by 1867.

Harrison Horton Faulkner died August 7th 1891 and is buried in Eden Twp, Mason Co, Michigan. Susannah Prentiss Faulkner died October 3rd 1854 in New York and is buried in Ridge Chapel Cemetery in Wayne Co, New York. It is unknown when or where Mary Root Faulkner and Lavina Akerly Faulkner died or are buried. 

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Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | George Washington Faulkner {Gen 3}

It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.

George Washington Faulkner (Robert, Samuel, William) was born in New York, (either Orange Co, Ontario Co, or somewhere in between) December 12th 1814 to parents Robert Faulkner and his wife Sally Ann.

George married Harriet P Smith (born Aug 22, 1819 in New York) on July 3rd 1841 in Porter Co, Indiana.

The couple had 7 children: (born in Indiana and Wisconsin)

• Clarence W Faulkner b. 25 Mar 1842 d. 25 Mar 1926 m. (1)Alice Sullivan (2)Ella A Stebbins (3)Lovina Lansing
• Catherine M Faulkner b. abt 1844 d. 1874 m. Charles M Baker no issue
• Rodolphus Nelson Faulkner b. 14 May 1847 d. 20 May 1933 m. Addie Whitcomb 
• Emery George Faulkner b. 29 Dec 1849 d. 2 Jul 1916 m. Marion B Johnson no issue
• Ensley Faulkner b. 4 Mar 1853 d. 18 Aug 1890 m. Christina Elizabeth Nehm
• Joanna G Faulkner b. 1855 d. 24 Jul 1940 m. (1)James G B Atwood (2)Clayton Wiley no issue
• Elizabeth A Faulkner b. 29 Mar 1860 d. 16 Sep 1949 m. (1)Franklin J Pierce (2)J Nelson Yakes (3)George W Lincoln no issue

George was a wagon maker and the family traveled between Porter Co, Indiana, Baraboo, Wisconsin and Oceana Co, Michigan. Sometime after 1870 and before 1880 George and Harriet divorced.

George Washington Faulkner died October 2nd 1897 in Pentwater, Oceana Co, MI. Harriet P Smith Faulkner died February 22nd 1913 in Los Angeles, CA. G W Faulkner is buried in Pentwater Township Cemetery, Pentwater MI and Harriet Smith Faulkner is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale CA

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Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Catherine Houston {Gen 3}

It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.

Catherine Houston (Sarah, James William) was born  about 1801 in Middletown, Orange Co, New York to parents Sarah Faulkner and Thomas Houston.

Catherine married David Corwin December 21st 1820 in Middletown, Orange Co, New York. David was the son of Daniel Corwin and Anna Hulse.

The couple had the following children:

• Daniel  Corwin b. 19 Jun 1825 d. 1862 Iowa m. Mary Land
• Sarah Ann Corwin b. 9 Apr 1827 d. 5 Jun 1890 m. Gabriel Smith Corwin
• Emeline Corwin b. 2 Mar 1829 d. 26 Jun 1903 m. Oliver Lewis
• Mary Corwin b. 26 Aug 1833 d. UNK m. John Davis Wilcox
• Abigail Corwin b. 9 Feb 1837 d. 1852
• Thomas H Corwin b. 1841 d. UNK 

photo courtesy Find A Grave

Catherine, David and the two youngest children were in Rockland Co, New York in 1850. David died May 23rd, 1857. Catherine's death is unknown. Their son Daniel was said to have died in Eddyville, IA. I found a listing on Find A Grave for a "D W Corwin" in Eddyville, IA - and with him a "David Corwin" (of Orange Co, New York) could this be David? And why is he buried in Iowa? And what happened to Catherine?

So many unanswered questions.





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