Kinloch Falconer (October 28, 1838 - September 23, 1878) was a newspaper editor, officer in the Confederate Army, lawyer, and the 24th Mississippi Secretary of State.
Kinloch Falconer | |
|---|---|
 c. 1867 | |
| 24th Secretary of State of Mississippi | |
| In office January 1, 1878 – September 23, 1878 | |
| Governor | John M. Stone |
| Preceded by | James Hill |
| Succeeded by | D. P. Porter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 28, 1838 |
| Died | September 23, 1878 (aged 39) Holly Springs, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democrat |
Biography edit
Falconer was born on October 28, 1838.[1] He was the son of Colonel Thomas A. Falconer.[2] He had a brother, Howard, who later became a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.[2] He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1860.[2][3] He worked at his father Thomas Falconer's newspaper the Southern Herald in Holly Springs.[2] Enlisting in the 9th Mississippi as a private, he later became an officer in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.[2][1] Then, Falconer and his brother Howard set up a law practice in Holly Springs, Mississippi, the town in which they resided.[4] His home was known as White Pillars and a postcard was made of it. A carte-de-visite was made of Falconer around 1867.[5] The University of Mississippi Libraries have a collection of his papers.[6]
Political career edit
On November 6, 1877, Falconer was elected as a Democrat to the position of Secretary of State of Mississippi.[7][8] He assumed the position on January 1, 1878.[9][10] During the Mississippi yellow fever epidemic of 1878, Falconer returned to Holly Springs to nurse his father and brother.[7][4] He then buried them after they died of the fever.[4] Soon after, Falconer died of the fever in Holly Springs as well, on September 23, 1878.[7][4][1][11]
References edit
- ^ a b c Hood, Stephen (2014-06-19). The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood. Savas Beatie. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-61121-183-2.
- ^ a b c d e Nelson, William Cowper (May 3, 2007). The Hour of Our Nation's Agony: The Civil War Letters of Lt. William Cowper Nelson of Mississippi. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 9781572335677 – via Google Books.
- ^ Mississippi, University of (1910). Historical Catalogue of the University of Mississippi: 1849-1909. Marshall & Bruce Company. p. 133.
- ^ a b c d Nuwer, Deanne Stephens (2015-10-15). Plague Among the Magnolias: The 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Mississippi. University of Alabama Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-8173-5850-1.
- ^ "Kinloch Falconer carte-de-visite". teva.contentdm.oclc.org.
- ^ Falconer, Kinloch; Dorn, Earl Van (February 26, 1863). "Kinloch Falconer to Maj. Gen. Van Dorn (26 February 1863)". Correspondence.
- ^ a b c Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 179.
- ^ Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. R.H. Henry & Company. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-7884-4821-8.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 29.
- ^ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1878). Journal.
- ^ Power, John Logan (1879). The Epidemic of 1878, in Mississippi: Report of the Yellow Fever Relief Work Through J.L. Power; a Practical Demonstration of the Generosity and Gratitude of the American People. Clarion Steam Publishing House. p. 134.