FARLEY, James T. James
Farley was born in 1829 in Albemarle County. He was a United States Senator in
California and died in 1886.
FAULKNER, Hon. Charles James, Jr.,
LL.B
The name of Faulkner is inseparably interwoven with the history of the
two Virginias, from Major James Faulkner, who was prominent as a brave officer
in the War of 1812, down to the present generation. The elder Charles James
Faulkner, who is sketched in another part of this volume, was a noted lawyer
and statesman in his day, and
his son, the subject of this sketch, the namesake of his distinguished
father, who also bears a high rank as a lawyer, jurist and statesman in his native State. He was born in
Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), September 21, 1847, and during the time his father was Ambassador to France,
he attended the best schools of France and
Switzerland. On his return to the United States in August, 1861, he
entered the Virginia Military Institute at
Lexington to round out his education. In 1862 he, with other students of that
noted school, volunteered in the Confederate Army, and
remained until the close of the War in 1865. His record as a soldier is
an enviable one, to which his friends "point with pride," as he had
participated in a number of hotly contested battles. After the close of
hostilities between the States, he returned to his home at Martinsburg, began
the study of law under the direction of his father; later he entered the law
department of the University of Virginia at
Charlottesville, and graduated therefrom as a
Bachelor of Laws, in the class of 1868, and was
admitted to the Bar in September of that year.
Being thoroughly educated in the fundamental principles of the law, and possessing many natural gifts, especially in public
speaking, he soon took front rank among the able lawyers of the Berkeley
County Bar. In 1880, he was
elected Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, and
was serving ably and satisfactorily in that
responsible position, when he was elected to the United States Senate by the
Legislature of West Virginia, without being a
candidate. He entered upon the duties of that exalted position March 4, 1887.
After serving the full term of six years, he was re-elected for a second term.
During his twelve years in the National Legislature his record was both
honorable and able. After retiring from the Senate, Judge Faulkner resumed the practice of his
profession, with offices at Martinsburg, West
Virginia, and Washington, D. C. He has
specialized in corporation laws, and is, at this time, Attorney for a large number of railroads
and other large
corporations of different sections of the United States. Senator Faulkner has
been twice married, and resides, during the summer
seasons, at the old Faulkner homestead in the City of Martinsburg, and the winter months are spent in the City of
Washington. He is a thorough lawyer, and possesses
superior natural abilities. He has applied himself to the study of his
profession with all the vigor and assiduity which
a love for the law inspires, and his success is
the sure reward of ability and merit. Senator Faulkner is
a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and
is also a prominent Freemason, having served a term as Grand Master of
the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of West Virginia.
[Bench and Bar of West Virginia by George Wesley Atkinson, 1919 -
Transcribed by AFOFG]FISHBURNE, John Wood (1868-1937), (cousin of Maury Maverick), a Representative from Virginia; born near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., March 8, 1868; attended Pantop's Academy, near Charlottesville, Va., and Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.; taught at Fishburne Military Academy, Waynesboro, Va., in 1886 and 1887; was graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1890; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Charlottesville; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; served in the State house of delegates 1895-1897; member of the Virginia State Library Board 1904-1913; appointed judge of the eighth judicial circuit in 1913; subsequently elected by the legislature and served from 1913 until his resignation in 1930; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress (March 4, 1931-March 3, 1933); was not a candidate for renomination in 1932; resumed the practice of law; died in Ivy Depot, near Charlottesville, June 24, 1937; interment in Riverview Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the US Congress
1774-Present. Submitted by Linda Rodriguez)
