Ancestry of
Taylor Swift

Singer and Songwriter

James Word Falkner

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Taylor Swift — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 62 
  • Father:
  • William Joseph Faulkner 
  • Mother:
  • Caroline Word   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1836 
  • Birth Location:
  • Knox County, Tennessee 
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  • Death Date:
  • AFT 4 Jul 1870 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Helen M. Hancock
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Feb 1861 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Shelby County, Tennessee 
  • Child:

  Sallie Wells Faulkner (Ahnentafel No:31 )

• Sources for James Word Falkner

  • ¹ Federal Census, AR, Arkansas County, 1870, Prairie, p. 16, Image 16 of 26.
  • ² Federal Census, MO, Ste Genevieve County, 1850, Union, Image 2 of 20.
  • ³ Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002, Marriage record for James W Falkner and Hellen M Hancock.
  • ⁴ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for daughter Sally Morrow.
  • ⁵ U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865, Record for Lt. Col. James Word Falkner.
  • ⁶ Williamson, Joel, William Faulkner and Southern History, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press (1993), 26.

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