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Elder Joseph Benjamin "J. B." Faulkner

1 Jun 1843 – 1 Mar 1911

Birth1 Jun 1843
Death1 Mar 1911
CemeteryQuanah Memorial Park
Quanah , Hardeman County , Texas , USA
Added byShari Rogers on 22 Mar 2013
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J. B. FAULKNER lived and preached for years in Collin County. He and R. C. Horn (who still labors there) and A. M. Douglass were intimately associated in the work in that section of the State. He was a devout lover of the gospel, and preached its message with power. His memory will long linger affectionately in the hearts of many. -Chalmers McPherson, Disciples of Christ in Texas, c. 1920, page 176, McKinney, Texas, August 2, 1936. ===== Joseph Benjamin Faulkner was born June 1, 1842 [1843] in the State of Kentucky, came to Texas and Collin county when a child. When the war between the states began he enlisted with many other neighbor boys and men in the Ninth Texas and served as a Confederate soldier to the close of the war. He became a Christian soon after the way and in 1868 he began to publicly proclaim Christ and Him crucified to his neighbors and for over forty years went from place to place in Collin county and adjoining counties to tell the story of God's love for men to the people. The result is, thousands owe their conversions to Christ, to his sacrificial labor in Collin county. He preached in nearly every community as an evangelist, being for two years county evangelist. He held pastorates at the following churches: Wylie, Plano, Allen, Bethany, Lebanon, Farmersville, McKinney, Pilot Point, Rock Hill, Royse City. He passed away in Quanah, Texas, March 1, 1911. ---Mrs. Tom Perkins. ====== Mr. Faulkner enlisted as a Private and advanced to Sergeant. He was In Company I 9th Texas Infantry, Confederate States Army. ======= Joseph Benjamin "J. B." Faulkner was the son of Jacob “Jake” L. Faulkner and Amanda P. Stimson. He was born on Thursday, June 1st, 1843, in Calloway County, Kentucky. He married Catherine Snider on December 29th, 1864, at Collin County, Texas. They had four children. She died on March 25th, 1879. He then married Emma Adlaide Sims on November 5th, 1879, at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. They had eight children. He was an evangelist who preached the gospel of Jesus Christ. He ministered to and for churches of Christ. For many years Jim Russell taught school in and around Wylie. In 1898 he was made principal of the Wylie Common Schools. He served as Mayor 1907-1908. For several years he was a successful dry goods operator in Wylie, Denison, Ft. Worth, Corsicana and Gordon, Texas. He was also editor of the Wylie weekly newspaper, the Wylie Herald, in the 1930’s until his retirement. This couple was also very active in every phase of the Wylie’s First Christian Church. His parents, James Vaughn, “Uncle Jimmy” and Nancy Jane Russell, attended the Cottonwood Church of Christ which was three miles south of Wylie in Dallas County, Texas. Ben Faulkner served as minister of the Cottonwood church from 1883 until 1887. It was sometime around 1887 when Elder Brown of Pleasant Valley and Deacon Brooks brought a piano into the worship service after a “singing school”. This caused the congregation to split and the minister, along with T. J. McClain (owner of Pleasant Valley Store) and several other members and leaders moved to meeting at the home of James “Jimmy” Russell where they then formed the Wylie Christian Church. About half of the Cottonwood Church of Christ members did remain and the Church is now one of the oldest in north Texas. Members of the new Christian Church continued meeting at the home of Uncle Jimmy Russell until the fall of 1887 when they constructed a church building. Their first church house was located at the corner of Brown and North First Streets. J. Ben Faulkner served as pastor of the new group from the fall of 1888 until 1894.

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In Loving Memory Of Eld. J.B. Faulkner 1843-1911 I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith

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