Kinloch Falconer
{{Short description|American politician (1838–1878)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date = {{birth date|1838|10|28}}
| death_date = {{dda|1878|9|23|1838|10|28}}
| death_place = Holly Springs, Mississippi
| office = Secretary of State of Mississippi
| governor = John M. Stone
| termstart = January 1, 1878
| termend = September 23, 1878
| order = 24th
| predecessor = James Hill
| successor = D. P. Porter
| party = Democrat
| image = Kinloch Falconer.png
| caption = c. 1867
}}
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.
Biography
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Falconer was born on October 28, 1838.{{Cite book|last=Hood|first=Stephen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ROaZBgAAQBAJ&dq=kinloch+falconer+1838&pg=PA129|title=The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood|date=2014-06-19|publisher=Savas Beatie|isbn=978-1-61121-183-2|pages=129|language=en}} He was the son of Colonel Thomas A. Falconer. He had a brother, Howard, who later became a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1860 and was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=02aXWdVpXsIC&dq=kinloch+falconer&pg=PA200|title=The Hour of Our Nation's Agony: The Civil War Letters of Lt. William Cowper Nelson of Mississippi|first=William Cowper|last=Nelson|date=May 3, 2007|publisher=Univ. of Tennessee Press|isbn=9781572335677|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|last=Mississippi|first=University of|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKZBAAAAIAAJ&dq=Kinloch+Falconer&pg=PA133|title=Historical Catalogue of the University of Mississippi: 1849-1909|date=1910|publisher=Marshall & Bruce Company|pages=133|language=en}} He worked at his father Thomas Falconer's newspaper the Southern Herald in Holly Springs. Enlisting in the 9th Mississippi as a private, he later became an officer in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. Then, Falconer and his brother Howard set up a law practice in Holly Springs, Mississippi, the town in which they resided.{{Cite book|last=Nuwer|first=Deanne Stephens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lcXCgAAQBAJ&dq=Kinloch+Falconer+1878&pg=PA59|title=Plague Among the Magnolias: The 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Mississippi|date=2015-10-15|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-5850-1|pages=59|language=en}} His home was known as White Pillars and a postcard was made of it. A carte-de-visite was made of Falconer around 1867.{{Cite web|url=https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15138coll6/id/2442/|title=Kinloch Falconer carte-de-visite|website=teva.contentdm.oclc.org}} The University of Mississippi Libraries have a collection of his papers.{{Cite journal|url=https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ciwar_corresp/362|title=Kinloch Falconer to Maj. Gen. Van Dorn (26 February 1863)|first1=Kinloch|last1=Falconer|first2=Earl Van|last2=Dorn|date=February 26, 1863|journal=Correspondence}}
Political career
On November 6, 1877, Falconer was elected as a Democrat to the position of Secretary of State of Mississippi.{{Cite book|last=Mississippi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9WE3AQAAMAAJ&q=kinloch|title=Department Reports|date=1900|pages=179|language=en}}{{Cite book|last1=Lowry|first1=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1meUmjGDshUC&dq=Kinloch+Falconer+democrat&pg=PA379|title=A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis|last2=McCardle|first2=William H.|date=1891|publisher=R.H. Henry & Company|isbn=978-0-7884-4821-8|pages=379|language=en}} He assumed the position on January 1, 1878.{{Cite book|last=Rowland|first=Dunbar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GiI48lqMC3cC&dq=Kinloch+Falconer+1878&pg=PA29|title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi|date=1908|publisher=Department of Archives and History|pages=29|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Senate|first=Mississippi Legislature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cJtKAQAAMAAJ&dq=Kinloch+Falconer+1878&pg=PA46|title=Journal|date=1878|language=en}} During the Mississippi yellow fever epidemic of 1878, Falconer returned to Holly Springs to nurse his father and brother. He then buried them after they died of the fever. Soon after, Falconer died of the fever in Holly Springs as well, on September 23, 1878.{{Cite book|last=Power|first=John Logan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5NFDAQAAMAAJ&q=Kinloch+Falconer+1878|title=The Epidemic of 1878, in Mississippi: Report of the Yellow Fever Relief Work Through J.L. Power; a Practical Demonstration of the Generosity and Gratitude of the American People|date=1879|publisher=Clarion Steam Publishing House|pages=134|language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11526454/kinloch-falconer Findagrave entry]
{{Secretaries of State of Mississippi}}
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