S/o John Faulkner and Jane Miller Kavanaugh. He married Miss Bettie F. Bell of Danville, Ky., September 7, 1860 in Richmond, Ky. They had three children: [1]John K., Jr. [2]Jane, [3]Pattie Faulkner.
He was colonel and Commanding Officer of the 7th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, U.S.A. "Col. John K. Faulkner was a most gallant and efficient officer. He gathered the regiment together after the unfortunate affair at Big Hill in August 1862 after Col. Metcalfe resigned due to his untrained and poorly equiped men were routed during the beginning of Kirby Smith's invasion of Madison County, Kentucky prior to the Battle of Richmond), and made it one of the most useful in the splendid body of Kentucky Cavalry. He led it continuously, except while disabled by his serious wound in the thigh at Franklin, Tennessee, from which he never fully recovered. He was a young man, with the best connections, full of energy and dash; he made a fine reputation as a soldier, and made his regiment one to be depended on in every kind of duty and emergency. Subsequent to the war he held the office of surveyor of the port at Louisville, Kentucky, and was most highly esteemed as an officer and citizen."
He was colonel and Commanding Officer of the 7th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, U.S.A. "Col. John K. Faulkner was a most gallant and efficient officer. He gathered the regiment together after the unfortunate affair at Big Hill in August 1862 after Col. Metcalfe resigned due to his untrained and poorly equiped men were routed during the beginning of Kirby Smith's invasion of Madison County, Kentucky prior to the Battle of Richmond), and made it one of the most useful in the splendid body of Kentucky Cavalry. He led it continuously, except while disabled by his serious wound in the thigh at Franklin, Tennessee, from which he never fully recovered. He was a young man, with the best connections, full of energy and dash; he made a fine reputation as a soldier, and made his regiment one to be depended on in every kind of duty and emergency. Subsequent to the war he held the office of surveyor of the port at Louisville, Kentucky, and was most highly esteemed as an officer and citizen."
S/o John Faulkner and Jane Miller Kavanaugh. He married Miss Bettie F. Bell of Danville, Ky., September 7, 1860 in Richmond, Ky. They had three children: [1]John K., Jr. [2]Jane, [3]Pattie Faulkner.
He was colonel and Commanding Officer of the 7th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, U.S.A. "Col. John K. Faulkner was a most gallant and efficient officer. He gathered the regiment together after the unfortunate affair at Big Hill in August 1862 after Col. Metcalfe resigned due to his untrained and poorly equiped men were routed during the beginning of Kirby Smith's invasion of Madison County, Kentucky prior to the Battle of Richmond), and made it one of the most useful in the splendid body of Kentucky Cavalry. He led it continuously, except while disabled by his serious wound in the thigh at Franklin, Tennessee, from which he never fully recovered. He was a young man, with the best connections, full of energy and dash; he made a fine reputation as a soldier, and made his regiment one to be depended on in every kind of duty and emergency. Subsequent to the war he held the office of surveyor of the port at Louisville, Kentucky, and was most highly esteemed as an officer and citizen."
He was colonel and Commanding Officer of the 7th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, U.S.A. "Col. John K. Faulkner was a most gallant and efficient officer. He gathered the regiment together after the unfortunate affair at Big Hill in August 1862 after Col. Metcalfe resigned due to his untrained and poorly equiped men were routed during the beginning of Kirby Smith's invasion of Madison County, Kentucky prior to the Battle of Richmond), and made it one of the most useful in the splendid body of Kentucky Cavalry. He led it continuously, except while disabled by his serious wound in the thigh at Franklin, Tennessee, from which he never fully recovered. He was a young man, with the best connections, full of energy and dash; he made a fine reputation as a soldier, and made his regiment one to be depended on in every kind of duty and emergency. Subsequent to the war he held the office of surveyor of the port at Louisville, Kentucky, and was most highly esteemed as an officer and citizen."
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