Asa Faulkner
Asa Faulkner | |
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| Member of the Tennessee Senate | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 16, 1802 Edgefield, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | July 29, 1886 McMinnville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Owner of textile mills |
Asa Faulkner (July 16, 1802 – July 29, 1886) was an American businessman and politician. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives and the Tennessee Senate.
Early life
[edit]Asa Faulkner was born on July 16, 1802, in Edgefield County, South Carolina.[1] His father was Dr. Archibald Faulkner and his mother, Rebecca Burkhalter.[1] His father was of English descent, a fourth-generation Marylander. His mother was of German Quaker descent.[1] His parents settled in Warren County, Tennessee when he was 6.[1]
Career
[edit]Faulkner began his career by working for a woollen mill from 1812 to 1830, when he built his own.[1] He also acquired a cotton gin and built a dam, and became wealthy by the 1840s.[1] Faulkner sold "Faulkner Jeans."[1] He was "the nestor of all of Warren County's manufacturing interests, and spent all his long life in founding, nourishing and sustaining them."[2]
Faulkner joined the Whig Party.[1] During the American Civil War, he supported the Union Army.[1] He served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1865 to 1866, and as a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1869 to 1871.[1]
Death
[edit]Faulkner first married Annis Wolfe; he later remarried twice, to Sally Reynolds, and Martha Ann Martin.[1] He had 19 children, and resided at Falconhurst in McMinnville.[1]
Faulkner died on July 29, 1886, in McMinnville, Tennessee.[2] His funeral was conducted by Presbyterian minister George Tucker Stainback.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Falconhurst". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Death of Hon. Asa Faulkner". Southern Standard. July 31, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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