Robert Thomas Faulkner (1875 - 1937)

Born 29 Dec 1875 in Jackson, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Aug 1937 at age 61 in Downey, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Robert was born in 1875 in Texas.^[1][2] He passed away in 1937 in California.^[3]

In 1907 he was involved in the accidental shooting death of William Smith in Eddy, New Mexico Territory.

BOB FAULKNER IS NOW IN CUSTODY^[4]

The report received here Saturday by Sheriff Ballard that Bob Faulkner had left Dayton and was being hunted by the officers of Eddy county was a mistake. Faulkner never tried to run away. He gave himself up with out resistance, and is now in the custody of an officer there, the town being without a Jail. Faulkner shot and killed his friend Will Smith at Dayton Friday night. Sheriff J. D. Christopher, of Eddy county, and the constable from Dayton came up Sunday morning and took the two women and one man, who were arrested here as witnesses, back to Dayton Sunday night. Faulkner's hearing was set for this afternoon.

C. H. Spencer, assistant prosecuting attorney, went to Dayton Sunday night to conduct the inquest over the remains of the late Will Smith, who was shot Friday night, as told last Saturday in the Record.^[5]

"Robert Thomas Faulkner took his wife and family to Dayton, New Mexico, where he ran a saloon. He had to leave Dayton after his trial and acquittal for killing his best friend in a drunken card game. In 1905 he moved to Hope, New Mexico where he was a sheep shearer. Neil Douglas Faulkner (8/5/1910-8/7/1986) was born in Hope, New Mexico. Sometime around 1915, the family moved to Taft, California where he worked in the newly discovered oil fields."^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNP-55Z : 15 January 2022), Robert Faulkner in household of Robert C. Faulkner, Jones, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLM-VK5 : 14 January 2022), Robert Faulkner, 1900.
3. ↑ "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-1LFP : 23 February 2021), Robert T Faulkner, 22 Aug 1937; citing 53875, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,048.
4. ↑ The Roswell Daily Record, Roswell, New Mexico, 18 Mar 1907, Mon, Page 1.
5. ↑ Roswell Daily Record, 03-16-1907 Scroll down, far right column.
6. ↑ Faulkner Family History, a mostly unsourced document.

See also:

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVD-LPP : 24 December 2021), Robert Thomas Faulkner, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQ9-KKF : 31 January 2021), R F Faulkner, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJP-STZ : accessed 2 February 2022), Robert T Faulkner, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1138, sheet 11A, line 39, family 327, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 130; FHL microfilm 2,339,865.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184313389/robert-t-faulkner: accessed 24 November 2022), memorial page for Robert T. Faulkner (1875–1937), Find a Grave Memorial ID 184313389, citing Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, Orange County, California, USA; Maintained by Roxie (contributor 47349823) .