JOHN W. FAULKNER.
The paternal grandfather of John W. Faulkner was of English birth,
and came to America, about the time of the revolution, as sailing master
of a British man-of-war. His sympathies being with the struggling
colonists, he espoused their cause, and joined them and was in service
till the close of the war, after which he settled in Maryland. In that
State, at Easton, J. H. Faulkner was born, the father of John W. His
mother's people were Germans, settled in the Shenandoah Valley,
Virginia, in colonial times. He was born at Winchester, Virginia, in
March, 1843, and was married at Lynchburg, in 1866. His wife is
Rosa, daughter of John Quincy Adams, of Lynchburg, and granddaughter
of William L. Saunders, an old-time and influential citizen of
Lynchburg. Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner have six children: William Saunders,
Julia F., John A., Mary E., Rosa and Hamilton.
Mr. Faulkner was one of the captors of John Brown at Harpers Ferry
in 1859, volunteering for the service from Winchester. He was in the
medical department of the Confederate States Army from 1862 till the
close of the war, assigned to Jackson's Army of the Valley, serving
through all its campaigns, stationed at Charlottsville, Lynchburg, Culpeper,
Staunton, Gordonsville, etc. He left Richmond on the morning of
the evacuation, and joined Mosby's command at Upperville, and was
paroled with this command at Millwood, Clark county, Virginia. Since
the war, Mr. Faulkner has been engaged in the drug business.
