James Merritt Fausett

1829 - 1892  (62 years)

• Name	James Merritt Fausett
  Born	14 Nov 1829	Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Mar 1892	Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, USA
  Buried	5 Mar 1892	Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, USA
  Person ID	I2699	My Family Tree | McGee-Christensen
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Thomas Durham Fausett,   b. 23 Apr 1803, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 26 Jan 1863, Orange County, North Carolina, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Hannah Anne Durham,   b. 19 Jul 1806, Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 8 Oct 1868, Orange County, North Carolina, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	13 Feb 1824	Orange County, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F1051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elmina E Bowers,   b. 19 Jan 1829, Orange County, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 3 Aug 1876  (Age 47 years)
  Married	1 Nov  [3]
  Children	1. Mary Green "Puss" Fausett,   b. 13 Sep 1853, Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 5 Aug 1917  (Age 63 years) + 2. Alfonzo Cromwell Fausett,   b. 4 Oct 1855, Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 23 Jan 1932, Sanford, Conejos, Colorado, USA  (Age 76 years)   3. Martha Emeline "Ann" Fausett,   b. 23 Oct 1856, Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, USA ,   bur. 18 Jan 1907  (Age ~ 50 years)   4. Thomas Cannon Fausett,   b. 5 Oct 1862, Cassandra, Walker, Georgia, USA ,   d. 10 Feb 1935, Sanford, Conejos, Colorado, USA  (Age 72 years)   5. Sarah "Sallie" Elmina Fausett,   b. 26 Feb 1865, Cassandra, Walker, Georgia, USA ,   d. 1909, Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA  (Age 43 years)   6. James Wilton Fausett,   b. 29 Apr 1869, Cassandra, Walker, Georgia, USA ,   d. 6 Feb 1924  (Age 54 years)   7. Tula H Fausett,   b. 1 Sep 1873, Cassandra, Walker, Georgia, USA ,   d. 30 Aug 1949  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F1026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Nov 1829 - Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA Died - 2 Mar 1892 - Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, USA Buried - 5 Mar 1892 - Manassa, Conejos, Colorado, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		1860 US Census - James Merritt Faucett J M Faucett: 30 years old Elmina Faucett: 30 years old Mary G Faucett: 7 years old Alfonzo C Faucett: 5 years old Martha A Faucett: 3 years old
  		1860 US Census - James Merritt Faucett J M Faucett: 30 years old Elmina Faucett: 30 years old Mary G Faucett: 7 years old Alfonzo C Faucett: 5 years old Martha A Faucett: 3 years old

  
  

  Headstones

  James Merritt Faucett Headstone The M of Merritt was incorrectly inverted Find A Grave Memorial# 39764526

  
  

  Histories

  Fausett-McKee Family History from 1630 to July 2000 By Robert Bruce Dunbar, Jr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Fausett/McKee Family History, Robert Bruce Dunbar, Jr., 13 (Reliability: 3), 27 Nov 2012. Thomas was born 23 April 1803 in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, the second child of Samuel Fausett (5-16) and Elizabeth Durham. On 13 February 1824 he married Anne Durham in Orange County. They had eleven children: John Samuel (7-5-57), Mary Elizabeth (7-58), James Merritt (7-59), William Roberson (7-60), Susan Anne (7-61), Francis Jane (7-62), Thomas Malory (7-63), Ruffin Caswell P. (7-64), Nale Artelia (7-65), Emily Caroline (7-66), and Jesse Bartlett (7-67). Thomas died 26 January 1863 in Hillsborough. [S2] Fausett/McKee Family History, Robert Bruce Dunbar, Jr., 13 (Reliability: 3), 27 Nov 2012. Thomas was born 23 April 1803 in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, the second child of Samuel Fausett (5-16) and Elizabeth Durham. On 13 February 1824 he married Anne Durham in Orange County. They had eleven children: John Samuel (7-57), Mary Elizabeth (7-58), James Merritt (7-59), William Roberson (7-60), Susan Anne (7-61), Francis Jane (7-62), Thomas Malory (7-63), Ruffin Caswell P. (7-64), Nale Artelia (7-65), Emily Caroline (7-66), and Jesse Bartlett (7-67). Thomas died 26 January 1863 in Hillsborough. [S2] Fausett/McKee Family History, Robert Bruce Dunbar, Jr., 22 (Reliability: 3), 27 Nov 2012. James was born 14 November 1829 in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, the third child of Thomas Durham Fausett (6-15) and Anne Durham. On 1 November 1852 he married Elmina E. Bowers in Chapel Hill, Orange County. Elmina was bora 19 June 1829 in Chapel Hill, the daughter of Cannon Bowers and Martha (Patty) Lloyd. James and Elmina had seven children; Mary Green (8-211) Alphonzo Cromwell (8-212), Martha Ann (8-213), Thomas Cannon (8-214), Sara Elmina (8-215), James Wilton (8-216), and Tula H. (8-217). Elmina died 3 August 1876 in Cassandra, Walker County, Georgia. She is buried in Chapel Hill. James died 2 March 1892 in Manassa, Conejos County, Colorado. He is buried there.