Byrd Gregory Faulkner was born on March 25, 1873 in Water Valley, Kentucky to Jefferson Faulkner and Rebecca Lattimer.
He married Florence V Ragsdale on July 20, 1904 in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
They were the parents of Alline Lena Faulkner and Wilburne Edward Faulkner.
He died on November 8, 1963 in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
Marriage Certificate of Byrd Faulkner and Florence Ragsdale. Arkansas, Sebastian County, Marriage Book I (1904-1906), page 30.
World War I Draft Registration for Byrd Gregory Faulkner
The Sequoyah County Historical Society published “The History of Sequoyah County 1828-1975” in 1976. The following article was written by Mrs F Wilson and printed on page 266-267.
GUNTER, GW AND ELIZA
GW and Eliza Gunter came from Alabama to the Indian Territory in 1839 with their children, Mary, Susan, and Sam. They settled in the Redland Bottoms. Five more children were born in Indian Territory, Araminta, George, Elizabeth, John, and Jeanetta. The Gunters were Cherokee immigrants who came west, and Mr Gunter was the first man to own a cotton gin in Indian Territory.
Araminta was born January 13, 1843. She married John B Ragsdale in 1860, John fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy. Araminta and two of her children, Wilbourn and Lizzie, went to Texas the last two years of the war. Lizzie died while they were in Texas. They returned to Indian Territory after the war. Mary was born, and then Florence was born in 1873. Mary died at an early age. John died in 1875.
In 1876 Araminta married another soldier, WS Pack. To this union was born a daughter, Allie. Araminta raised her two orphan grandsons, Joe and John Ragsdale, from small children.. Araminta died in 1935.
Wilbourn Ragsdale was born in 1861. He married Mollie Mize, and to this union were born two sons, Joe and John. Mollie died in 1885. Wilbourn later married Ellen Crosslin, and to this union were born ten children. Wilbourne died in 1917, and Ellen died in 1928.
Florence Ragsdale was born in Indian Territory, August 8, 1873. She was half Cherokee Indian and attended the Female Seminary at Tahlequah. Florence married Bird G Faulkner in 1904. To this union were born one daughter, Allie L, and one son, Wilbourn. Bird came to Indian Territory from Wingo, Kentucky, in 1882. He came with his family by steamboat to Ft Smith, Arkansas, and settled in the Moffett Bottoms. Bird died in 1963, and Florence died in 1969.
Allie Pack was born August 24, 1880. She attended the Female Seminary at Tahlequah and taught school for several years. Allie married Robert Lee Faulkner in 1909. To this union were born one son, Perry, and three daughters, Violet, Sybil, and Norene. Violet died in 1968. Allie died in 1960. Bob died in 1964.
~Sequoyah County Historical Society, “The History of Sequoyah County, 1828-1975” (OK: Sequoyah County Historical Society, 1976) pages 266-267.
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