Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Lydia A Faulkner {Gen 4}

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

Lydia A Faulkner (Harrison H, Robert, Samuel, William) was born in Monroe Co, New York October 30th 1844, to parents Harrison Horton Faulkner and Susannah Prentiss.

Lydia married Fernando Kinney (1843-1930) June 14th 1862 in Cass Co, Michigan.

The couple had five children: all born Cass Co, MI

• Myrtie A "Nettie" Kinney b. Sep 1869 d. 1940 m. DeWitt C Gay
• Anna Kinney b. 26 Jun 1864 d. bef 1880
• Dollie E Kinney b. 17 Nov 1875 d. 25 Apr 1942 m. Arthur M Gay
• Ola A Kinney b. 20 Oct 1881 d. 11 Aug 1901 m. George H Brown no issue
• UFN Kinney b. UNK d. bef 1900

Lydia was the daughter of a physician, she married a farmer and lived the life of a farm wife. 

Lydia A Faulkner Kinney died August 11th 1901 of heart disease ans cirrhosis of the liver. She was 56 years old. Lydia is buried in the Mount Ulysses Cemetery in Crystal Valley, Oceana Co, Michigan.

Fernando Kinney married a second time the twice widowed Linn (Richards) Noble Carroll. 

Fernando Kinney died October 28th 1930 at the age of 87. He is buried in the Mount Ulysses Cemetery with his first wife and mother of his children, Lydia.

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Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Emsley L Faulkner {Gen 4}

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

Emsley L Faulkner (George W, Robert, Samuel, William) was born in Indiana March 4th 1853, to parents George Washington Faulkner and Harriet Phoebe Smith.

Emsley married Christina E Nehm (1863-1913) March 25th 1880 in Pentwater, Oceana Co, Michigan.

The couple had two children:

• Victor Faulkner b. 19 Dec 1880/81 d. 1 Sep 1966 m. Mattie Smith no issue
• Lillian Faulkner b. 15 Feb 1884 d. 1 Sep 1960 m. Fred E Stebbins

Emsley was a farmer in Oceana Co, Michigan. He owned his own farm and appeared quite successful based on the 124 page Probate packet containing the documents necessary to settle his estate.

Emsley L Faulkner died suddenly on August 18th 1890 when a scaffold of grain fell on him, crushing him to death. He left behind his young wife and two small children. He was 37 years old. He is buried in the Pentwater Township Cemetery in Oceana Co, Michigan.

After the death of her husband Christina supported herself and her children first as a dressmaker and then as a laborer in a canning factory.

Christina E Nehm Faulkner died of consumption on March 27th 1913. Her death certificate states that she had been ill for at least two years but did not seek treatment, not believing in it. She was 49 years old. Christina is buried with her husband in the Pentwater Township Cemetery in Oceana Co, Michigan.


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Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Clarence W Faulkner {Gen 4}

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

Clarence W Faulkner (George W, Robert, Samuel, William) was born in Indiana March 25th 1842, to parents George Washington Faulkner and Harriet Pheobe Smith.

Clarence married (1) Lovina Lansing (1848-1867) July 3rd 1866 in Chicago, IL (2) Ella A Stebbins (1850-1884) September 14th 1868 in Oceana Co, MI (3) Alice Sullivan (1845-1928) September 12th 1875 in Chicago, IL AND April 11th 1903 in Indiana.

Clarence and Lovina had one child born in Oceana Co, MI:

• UFN Faulkner b. Oct 1867 d. UNK

Lovina died in childbirth October 6th 1867. It is not know whether the child survived. Lovina is buried in Pentwater Twp Cemetery in Pentwater, Oceana Co, Mi.

After a brief hiatus in Chicago, IL Clarence returned to Pentwater, MI and married for a second time.

Clarence and Ella had one child born in Jefferson Co, CO:

• Clarence I Faulkner b. 25 Mar 1873 d. UNK m. Lena P Dickerson

Clarence and Ella got divorced shortly after the birth of their son and Clarence returned to Chicago, IL, where he married for a third time. Ella married Clark A Titus in 1882, having two more children with him. Ella died in childbirth Oct 2 1884 and is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Boulder, CO.

Clarence and Alice had one child born Chicago IL:

• Fred Faulkner b. 19 Jun 1868 d. 22 Sep 1935 never married

Clarence was in the grocery and restaurant business and traveled a lot. I can only speculate, but it is curious that his son Fred was born in 1868 (to his third wife) two months before Clarence married his second wife. Unless Fred is not Clarence's son, this is still a mystery needing to be solved.

Clarence's brother RN Faulkner was attending college in Chicago in 1867 and 1868.

Clarence may not have know about the birth of his son Fred before he married Ella. That marriage was short-lived and Clarence returned to Chicago to marry Fred's mother. The couple remained married, I presume, until Clarence's death March 25th 1926. Alice followed two years later on March 11th 1928. They are buried in the Westville Cemetery in LaPorte Co, IN with their son Fred.

I did find another marriage record for Clarence W Faulkner and Alice Faulkner in 1903 in Indiana ...... I don't know why. 

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