Title:

Autobiography and Reminiscence of Francis William Faulkner, Norwich, Connecticut, 1901.

[Institutional Records Digitization Project: Reminiscences of Early Pioneers: 1900-1904]

Creator/Contributor:

Faulkner, Francis William, 1830-1906, creator

Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p.87-91, Vol. 1. This is a typed transcript, bouind into a volume, of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers. The original handwritten version exists in the member's Biographical File. This reminiscence includes a reference to a photograph of the member in a set of bound volumes. It appears that the photographs in this set were dispersed throughout the regular photography collection, but the photographs referenced in the related materials may or may not be these same photographs. This reminiscence covers the period from about 1849 to 1879. It begins with a description of Avery's passage to San Francisco in 1849 and then details his later sea voyages. Faulkner was enlisted in the army during the Civil War and the text mentions some of the hardships encountered.

Date:

1901 (issued)

Subject:

Faulkner, Francis William -- 1830-1906

Pioneers -- California -- Biography

Seafaring life

Frontier and pioneer life

Voyages and travels

Adventures and adventurers

Voyages to the Pacific Coast

California -- Biography

California -- History -- 19th century.

California, Northern.

Available also in the original handwritten form in the member's Biographical File, and online

Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader

Autobiography & Reminiscence of Francis William Faulkner, Norwich, Connecticut, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers

Faulkner, born in Norwich, Connecticut, August 4, 1830, made his first sea voyage at 13. He came to San Francisco May 1849 on the "Trescott" headed by Capt. Mallory and sailing from Mystic, Connecticut. He sailed with his father and brother, the trip lasting 7 months. Faulkner's father brought a printing business with him and established it in S.F. on the corner of Jackson and Kearney Streets. Faulkner worked in the Pacific News Office as a printer. He discontinued that, worked for "Gordon and Steen" as a handyman in their foundry and then as a steward on the old "Pacific" and "Uncle Sam". After voyages up and down the coast, Faulkner returned east in 1854. In Conn., Faulkner worked on a steamer, the "Cazene". He was working as a compositor for the "New York Herald" and then the "New York World"(1861) when he went back to Conn. and enlisted in Co. D. 3rd Conn. Vols. He was in the battle of Bull Run. On Aug. 12, 1862 he enlisted in the 15th Regiment Conn. Vols., and 9th Army Corps. He was captured at Wise Forks, North Carolina on the advance to meet Sherman. He went to Libbey Prison, and left 2 days before it surrendered to the Union forces. Eventually he went back to S.F.(1867) working as clerk in his family's foundry remaining there until he went to China on the "Great Republic". Faulkner and 11 others went on a gold-hunting expedition to the Okhotsk Sea and used a schooner that was "the smallest vessel that ever crossed the Pacific (Elanor).

Type:

Autobiographies.

[5] p. ; 35 x 21 cm.

English

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Origin:

California

Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader.

Collection:

The Society of California Pioneers collection of autobiographies and reminiscences of early pioneers