Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!

Military Information:

• Deceased
• SGT: Sergeant
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• Host & Researchers-Colonial Dames XVII Century, Star of Destiny Chapter, Denton
• RTF #1 (TVHOF: Remember Them Forever)
• Cemetery: Oakwood, Denton, Denton County, Texas
• Civil War Union Army
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Bio:

Henry Clayton Faulkner

Personal information
Name: Henry Clayton Faulkner

Birth: February, 1838
Indiana

1860 – lived in Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, with wife and one child
1864 -- lived in Leon, Decatur County, Iowa (when enlisted)
1870 – lived at Big Creek, Henry County, Missouri, with wife and five children
1880 – lived Ellis County, Texas, with wife and eight children
1900 – lived with wife and son in Justice Precinct 1, Denton County, Texas
(owned home)

Death: 14 June 1909
Denton, Denton County, Texas

Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery
Denton, Denton County, Texas

Family: Parents: George Lewis Faulkner and Dicey Gunder Faulkner
(both born in Kentucky)
Spouse: (1) Mary Clara Sawyer (born in Ohio, living in 1880)
(2) Elizabeth Freeman (1846-1909)
Married 14 May 1885
Denton, Denton County, Texas
Children: Sarah Jane, Laura Ann, Robert Luther, Rosa Mae, Ollie
Belle, Charles Albert, William Henry, Thomas Franklin

Military Service
Military Branch: Army

Dates: Enlisted 15 August 1861, Iowa
Muster Date 12 September 1861
Private
Mustered out 19 September 1864, Keokuk, Iowa
Served three years
Era/Service: Civil War (Union)

Assignments: Iowa Company M, 3rd Cavalry
Louisiana 3rd Calvary, Company M

Rank change 01 March 1863 to 6th Sergeant
Rank change 30 March 1863 to 5th Sergeant

Rank at Discharge: Sergeant

Pension: Filed 28 July 1890, Texas

Civilian Life
Education: Literate

Occupation: Blacksmith / Farmer

Sources:

1) Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate No.1664, Henry William Faulkner (1946), Austin, Texas, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database)

2) 1860 U.S. Census, Decatur County, Iowa, population schedule, dwelling 55, H. C. Faulkner and Mary C. Faulkner, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

3) 1870 U.S. Census, Henry County, Missouri, population schedule, dwelling 150, Henry Faulkner and Mary C. Faulkner, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

4) 1880 U.S. Census, Denton County, Texas, population schedule, Enumeration District 56, dwelling 11, H. C. Faulkner and M. C. Faulkner, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

5) 1890 U.S. Census, Denton County, Texas, Veterans Schedules, Enumeration District 57, Paul Fay (1861-1864), Ancestry.com (online database)

6) 1900 U.S. Census, Denton County, Texas, population schedule, Justice Precinct 1, dwelling 217, family 217, Henry Faulkner and Elizabeth Faulkner, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

7) Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, H. C. Faulkner (1885), Denton, Denton County, Texas; Ancestry.com (online database)

8) U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Henry C. Faulkner (1861), Ancestry.com (online database)

9) Sgt. Henry Clayton Faulkner, FindAGrave.com, Memorial #151177283 (online database), citing Oakwood Cemetery, Denton, Denton County, Texas, contributed by R. M. Leahy

10) U.S., Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865, Henry Faulkner (), Ancestry.com (online database)

11) U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, Henry C. Faulkner (1890), Ancestry.com (online database)

Author Information:

Name: Wanda Samek, Star of Destiny Chapter
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
Contact Information: samek@verizon.net
Date: 04 August 2023