Wife of Gen. Thomas Powe Falconer I (1803-1849)
Daughter of Merry Bracey (1781-1840) and Elcey (Alice) Moore (1787-1835).
The James in her name is a maiden name, not a married name.
Children: William Bracey Falconer (1834-1862), Thomas Sterling Falconer (1836-1863), John Creagh Falconer, born 1838.
Buried with the family of Thomas Bivin Creagh I (1771-1842) in a cemetery called Cooper, in Wilcox County, Alabama because of the land's being in the Cooper family after the death of his son John Gates Creagh (1772-1843).
After many years of speculation about contemporary and later history, it seems that a biography of Ann Mary Bracey Falconer, should contain, at least, suggestions of the hospitality of her sister-in-law Clara Cooper. History relates that Ann Mary's husband, Thomas P Falconer (1803-1849) was a general in the Mexican War.
That being true, it is highly likely that he would have been off in the war somewhere at the time of his wife's death here at the home of his sister-in-law Clara Ann Falconer Creagh Cooper (1801-1869).
It is certain that Ann Mary's death left behind three young sons, William Bracey Falconer (1834-1862), Thomas Sterling Falconer (1836-1863), my great grandfather, and John Creagh Falconer, born 1838. Clara's hospitality to her family seems written in history, that we find the three boys here at this location, along with their grandmother and Clara's mother Mary Powe Falconer Howze (1769-1850), in the 1850 census, the three boys being full orphans by that time.
A few years later, money was found to send the two older Falconer boys to Princeton College of New Jersey, at which school they both graduated in 1856. It is highly likely that it would have been Creagh-Cooper money that made that possible.
It seems a worthy part of Ann Mary's legacy that her family was well cared for, after her passing.
Bio by R.B. Van Devender
Great great grandson of Ann Mary James Bracey Falconer.
Daughter of Merry Bracey (1781-1840) and Elcey (Alice) Moore (1787-1835).
The James in her name is a maiden name, not a married name.
Children: William Bracey Falconer (1834-1862), Thomas Sterling Falconer (1836-1863), John Creagh Falconer, born 1838.
Buried with the family of Thomas Bivin Creagh I (1771-1842) in a cemetery called Cooper, in Wilcox County, Alabama because of the land's being in the Cooper family after the death of his son John Gates Creagh (1772-1843).
After many years of speculation about contemporary and later history, it seems that a biography of Ann Mary Bracey Falconer, should contain, at least, suggestions of the hospitality of her sister-in-law Clara Cooper. History relates that Ann Mary's husband, Thomas P Falconer (1803-1849) was a general in the Mexican War.
That being true, it is highly likely that he would have been off in the war somewhere at the time of his wife's death here at the home of his sister-in-law Clara Ann Falconer Creagh Cooper (1801-1869).
It is certain that Ann Mary's death left behind three young sons, William Bracey Falconer (1834-1862), Thomas Sterling Falconer (1836-1863), my great grandfather, and John Creagh Falconer, born 1838. Clara's hospitality to her family seems written in history, that we find the three boys here at this location, along with their grandmother and Clara's mother Mary Powe Falconer Howze (1769-1850), in the 1850 census, the three boys being full orphans by that time.
A few years later, money was found to send the two older Falconer boys to Princeton College of New Jersey, at which school they both graduated in 1856. It is highly likely that it would have been Creagh-Cooper money that made that possible.
It seems a worthy part of Ann Mary's legacy that her family was well cared for, after her passing.
Bio by R.B. Van Devender
Great great grandson of Ann Mary James Bracey Falconer.
Wife of Gen. Thomas Powe Falconer I (1803-1849)
Daughter of Merry Bracey (1781-1840) and Elcey (Alice) Moore (1787-1835).
The James in her name is a maiden name, not a married name.
Children: William Bracey Falconer (1834-1862), Thomas Sterling Falconer (1836-1863), John Creagh Falconer, born 1838.
Buried with the family of Thomas Bivin Creagh I (1771-1842) in a cemetery called Cooper, in Wilcox County, Alabama because of the land's being in the Cooper family after the death of his son John Gates Creagh (1772-1843).
After many years of speculation about contemporary and later history, it seems that a biography of Ann Mary Bracey Falconer, should contain, at least, suggestions of the hospitality of her sister-in-law Clara Cooper. History relates that Ann Mary's husband, Thomas P Falconer (1803-1849) was a general in the Mexican War.
That being true, it is highly likely that he would have been off in the war somewhere at the time of his wife's death here at the home of his sister-in-law Clara Ann Falconer Creagh Cooper (1801-1869).
It is certain that Ann Mary's death left behind three young sons, William Bracey Falconer (1834-1862), Thomas Sterling Falconer (1836-1863), my great grandfather, and John Creagh Falconer, born 1838. Clara's hospitality to her family seems written in history, that we find the three boys here at this location, along with their grandmother and Clara's mother Mary Powe Falconer Howze (1769-1850), in the 1850 census, the three boys being full orphans by that time.
A few years later, money was found to send the two older Falconer boys to Princeton College of New Jersey, at which school they both graduated in 1856. It is highly likely that it would have been Creagh-Cooper money that made that possible.
It seems a worthy part of Ann Mary's legacy that her family was well cared for, after her passing.
Bio by R.B. Van Devender
Great great grandson of Ann Mary James Bracey Falconer.
Daughter of Merry Bracey (1781-1840) and Elcey (Alice) Moore (1787-1835).
The James in her name is a maiden name, not a married name.
Children: William Bracey Falconer (1834-1862), Thomas Sterling Falconer (1836-1863), John Creagh Falconer, born 1838.
Buried with the family of Thomas Bivin Creagh I (1771-1842) in a cemetery called Cooper, in Wilcox County, Alabama because of the land's being in the Cooper family after the death of his son John Gates Creagh (1772-1843).
After many years of speculation about contemporary and later history, it seems that a biography of Ann Mary Bracey Falconer, should contain, at least, suggestions of the hospitality of her sister-in-law Clara Cooper. History relates that Ann Mary's husband, Thomas P Falconer (1803-1849) was a general in the Mexican War.
That being true, it is highly likely that he would have been off in the war somewhere at the time of his wife's death here at the home of his sister-in-law Clara Ann Falconer Creagh Cooper (1801-1869).
It is certain that Ann Mary's death left behind three young sons, William Bracey Falconer (1834-1862), Thomas Sterling Falconer (1836-1863), my great grandfather, and John Creagh Falconer, born 1838. Clara's hospitality to her family seems written in history, that we find the three boys here at this location, along with their grandmother and Clara's mother Mary Powe Falconer Howze (1769-1850), in the 1850 census, the three boys being full orphans by that time.
A few years later, money was found to send the two older Falconer boys to Princeton College of New Jersey, at which school they both graduated in 1856. It is highly likely that it would have been Creagh-Cooper money that made that possible.
It seems a worthy part of Ann Mary's legacy that her family was well cared for, after her passing.
Bio by R.B. Van Devender
Great great grandson of Ann Mary James Bracey Falconer.
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