Author Archives: Susan Davis Faulkner

Sarah A Minor was born on October 28, 1868.

She married John G Warren on December 6, 1885 in Marshall County, Mississippi.

They were the parents of Henry W Warren and Grover A Warren.

She died on December 7, 1893 in Wyatte, Mississippi.

Marriage record of JG Warren and SA Minor. Marshall County, Mississippi, Marriage Book 9, page 54.

John G Warren was born in August 1856 in Tennessee to Azanah Warren and Narcissa J Falkner.

He married Sarah A Minor on December 6, 1885 in Marshall County, Mississippi.

They were the parents of Henry W Warren and Grover A Warren.

Marriage record of JG Warren and SA Minor. Marshall County, Mississippi, Marriage Book 9, page 54.

Lucy C Warren was born in December 1846 in Mississippi to Azanah Warren and Narcissa J Falkner.

She married Francis Murray on August 10, 1871 in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

Marriage record of Francis Murry and Lucy Warren. Marshall County, Mississippi, Marriage Book 1, Page 179.

John Guill was born in 1840 in Kentucky to Russell Guill and Frances.

He married Narcissa Edell Falkner.

They were the parents of Alice Ann Guill, Thomas Jefferson Guill, George A Guill, Charles Alexander Guill, Flora Etta Guill, and Nannie Betty Guill.

He died in 1878 in Wingo, Kentucky.

Russell Guill sold property to the New Orleans & Ohio Railroad in Graves County, Kentucky on May 19, 1854.

Alexander Faulkner was born on January 14, 1816 in Humphreys County, Tennessee to Jonathan Falkner and Matilda VanBuren.

He married Elizabeth Plant in about 1835 in Waverly, Tennessee.

They were the parents of Jefferson E Faulkner, Elizabeth Hester Faulkner, William J Faulkner, Narcissa Edell Faulkner, Alfred Faulkner, and Harrison Faulkner.

He died sometime between 1860 and 1870 and probably in Graves County, Kentucky.

Alexander Faulkner sold land in Graves County, Kentucky to the New Orleans & Ohio Railroad on October 10, 1853.

Alexander Falkner is mentioned as a son in the Last Will and Testament of Jonathan Falkner dated August 25, 1859.

The New Orleans & Ohio Railroad connected Paducah, Kentucky with Union City, Tennessee. Construction began in December 1853. Many residents along the railroad’s path sold land to the New Orleans & Ohio Railroad.

Graves County, Kentucky, Deed Book 1, Page 534 contains a combined deed of 46 land owners granting the New Orleans and Ohio Railroad exclusive right-of-way to a combined one hundred foot wide area of land. Alexander Faulkner is one of the 46 land owners listed. Each land owner received one dollar. The deed was signed October 10, 1853.

Graves County, Kentucky, Deed Book 1, Page 524 contains a deed from Russell Guill, father of John Guill, to the New Orleans and Ohio Railroad granting the railroad a one hundred foot wide exclusive-use right-of-way, in exchange for $200.00. The deed was signed on May 19, 1854.

In November 1861 supplies were desperately needed in order to complete the building of this railroad. A request was made to Major General Polk and the supplies arrived. The New Orleans & Ohio Railroad was completed about January 1862. It measured about 61 miles and was constructed with 5 foot gauge rail.

On February 21, 1862 Lieutenant-Colonel TH Logwood wrote to Major General Polk explaining that he had fulfilled the military order to destroy much of the line, which would create a hardship for federal troops.[1]

[1] Bright, David L. “New Orleans & Ohio.” Confederate Railroads. David L. Bright, 4 Apr. 2015. Web. 19 July 2017. <http://www.csa-railroads.com/New_Orleans_and_Ohio.htm>.

Railroad lines on June 1, 1861. The New Orleans & Ohio Railroad is highlighted in red.

Clarence Edwin Mills was born in 1908 in Texas to James Irwin Mills and Lela Organ F Bird.

He died on November 27, 1981 in Grapevine, Texas.

Death Certificate of Clarence Edwin Mills

Anna Lee Mills was born on March 6, 1876 in Burleson, Texas to William Falkner Mills and Corah Jane Hix.

She married James Bertan Hacker in 1896.

They had the following children Julia R Hacker, Cora M Hacker, Ollie P Hacker, Lola L Hacker, James W Hacker, Mattie L Hacker, and Era Viola Hacker.

She died on November 12, 1949 in Lubbock, Texas.

Death Certificate of Anna Lee Hacker