What is William Clark Falkner?
'''William Clark Falkner''' (July 6, 1825 or 1826 – November 6, 1889) was a [[soldier]], [[lawyer]], [[politician]], [[businessman]], and [[author]] in northern [[Mississippi]]. He is most notable for the influence he had on the work of his great-grandson, author [[William Faulkner]]. Although born in [[Knox County, Tennessee]], Falkner lived with his family in [[Missouri]] and [[Pontotoc, Mississippi]] before settling at the age of 17 in [[Ripley, Mississippi|Ripley]], [[Tippah County, Mississippi]]. He served in the [[Mexican-American War]] and, when the [[American Civil War]] broke out, he raised a company of men and was made colonel in the Second Mississippi Infantry of the [[Confederate Army]]. == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==Other websites== *[http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/falkner_william_clark/ Biography at Mississippi Writers Project, source of most of this article] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203185059/http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/falkner_william_clark/ |date=2008-12-03 }} *[http://www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/faulknersite/faulknersite/family/family.html Information from University of Michigan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419125131/http://www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/faulknersite/faulknersite/family/family.html |date=2009-04-19 }} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Falkner, William Clark}} [[Category:1825 births]] [[Category:1889 deaths]] [[Category:American poets]] [[Category:Military people from Mississippi]] [[Category:Writers from Tennessee]] [[Category:Writers from Mississippi]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Tennessee]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Mississippi]] [[Category:People from Pontotoc, Mississippi]]