William Joseph Forkner

1796 - 1842  (46 years)

• Name	William Joseph Forkner
  Birth	1796	Surry County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1842	Saline Township, Ste-Genevieve, Missouri   [1]
  Person ID	I42728	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family	Caroline Word,   b. 1800, Mount Airy, Surry, North Carolina d. 1875, Ripley, Tippah, Mississipi (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1816  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Col. William Clark Falkner,   b. 6 Jul 1825, Knox County, Tennessee d. 6 Nov 1889, Ripley, Tippah, Mississipi (Age 64 years) + 2. James Word Faulkner,   b. 1834, Knox County, Tennessee d. 1937, Marshall County, Mississippi (Age 103 years)
  Family ID	F24985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  William Joseph Forkner (1796-1842) = Caroline Word (1800-1875) William Clark Faulkner (b. 1825) = Holland Pearce (d. 1849) John Wesley Thompson Faulkner (1848-1922) = Sallie McAlpine Murray (1850-1906) Murry Cuthbert Faulkner (1870-1932) = Maud Butler (1871-1960) William Cuthbert Faulner (1897-1962), Nobel-winning novelist

  
  

• Sources

  [S8327] Find a Grave page for William Joseph Forkner. [S8326] Find a Grave page for Caroline Word Faulkner.