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Kinloch Falconer (October 28, 1838 - September 23, 1878) was a newspaper editor, officer in the Confederate Army, lawyer, and the 24th Mississippi Secretary of State.
Kinloch Falconer | |
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24th Secretary of State of Mississippi | |
In office January 1, 1878 – September 23, 1878 | |
Governor | John M. Stone |
Preceded by | James Hill |
Succeeded by | D. P. Porter |
Personal details | |
Born | October 28, 1838 |
Died | September 23, 1878 39) Holly Springs, Mississippi | (aged
Political party | Democrat |
Falconer was born on October 28, 1838.[1] He was the son of Colonel Thomas A. Falconer.[2] He had a brother, Howard, who later became a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.[2] He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1860 and was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.[2][3] He worked at his father Thomas Falconer's newspaper the Southern Herald in Holly Springs.[2] Enlisting in the 9th Mississippi as a private, he later became an officer in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.[2][1] Then, Falconer and his brother Howard set up a law practice in Holly Springs, Mississippi, the town in which they resided.[4] His home was known as White Pillars and a postcard was made of it. A carte-de-visite was made of Falconer around 1867.[5] The University of Mississippi Libraries have a collection of his papers.[6]
On November 6, 1877, Falconer was elected as a Democrat to the position of Secretary of State of Mississippi.[7][8] He assumed the position on January 1, 1878.[9][10] During the Mississippi yellow fever epidemic of 1878, Falconer returned to Holly Springs to nurse his father and brother.[7][4] He then buried them after they died of the fever.[4] Soon after, Falconer died of the fever in Holly Springs as well, on September 23, 1878.[7][4][1][11]
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