Jesse Faust
[son of Jacob Faust and ? ?]
born: 21 March 1817 - Tennessee
died: 25 April 1888 - Tennessee
1850 Census - Montgomery County, Tennessee
1860 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee
married: 27 June 1838 - Henry County, Tennessee
wife: Martha Rail
[daughter of ? Rail and ? ?]
born: 22 May 1819 - Tennessee
died: 8 May 1877 - Tennessee
1850 Census - Montgomery County, Tennessee (wife)
1860 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (wife)
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (wife)

Children of Jesse Faust and Martha Rail Foust:

1. Mary E. Faust
born: c1839 - Tennessee
1850 Census - Montgomery County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1860 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)

2. William Jabez Faust
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister, 1857-1906
Presbyterian Minister, 1906-1917
born: 25 August 1841 - Tennessee
died: 2 October 1917 - Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas
buried: Lamar Cemetery, Cabin Creek Street, Lamar, Johnson County, Arkansas
Faust, Chaplain W. J. (Co. A 31 Tenn. Inf. CSA)
1850 Census - Montgomery County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1860 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee
1900 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas
1910 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas
1st marriage: 5 March 1863 - Weakley County, Tennessee
1st wife: Mary Elizabeth "Eliza" Swaim
[daughter of Jeremiah Wesley Swaim & Melissa Jane Bobbitt]
[J. W. Swaim was the elder representative from Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church to the meeting of Hopewell Presbytery in March 21, 1851, at Christmasville, Carroll County, Tennessee. (source: Hopewell Presbytery Minutes, March 1851, page 110)]
born: 5 February 1847 - Tennessee
died: 10 July 1884 - near Gleason, Weakley County, Tennessee
buried: Tennessee
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (wife)
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (wife)

Children of William Jabez Faust and Mary Elizabeth "Eliza" Swaim Faust:

2.1. Alla Edwin Faust
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
Presbyterian Minister, 1906-1944
born: 1865 - Weakley County, Tennessee
died: 21 December 1944 - McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
buried:
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents, age 15)
1900 Census - Lawrence County, Missouri (head, age 34, minister)
1910 Census - Shannon County, Missouri (living with in-laws, age 45)
1920 Census - Jefferson County, Oklahoma (head, age 54, minister)
1930 Census - Pittsburg County, Oklahoma (age 65)
1st marriage: c1892 -
1st wife: Marie Eva Meredith
[daughter of Charles Meredith and Lydia ?]
born: September 1872 - Pennsylvania
died:
1900 Census - Lawrence County, Missouri (wife, age 27)
1910 Census - Shannon County, Missouri (wife, living with parents and husband, age 37)
1920 Census - Shannon County, Missouri (wife of W. Irving Marshall, age 47)
1930 Census - Shannon County, Missouri (Head, widow, age 57)

Children of Alla Edwin Faust and Eva Meredith Faust:

2.1.1. Edwin M. Faust
born: November 1892 - Missouri
1900 Census - Lawrence County, Missouri (son, living with parents, age 7)
1910 Census - Shannon County, Missouri (living with grandparents and parents, age 17)
1920 Census - Butler County, Kansas (head, age 27)
wife: Gettie M. ?
born: c1896
1920 Census - Butler County, Kansas (wife, age 24)

Children of Edwin Faust and Gettie M. ? Faust:

2.1.1.1. Marie R. Faust
born: 1919 -
1920 Census - Butler County, Kansas (living with parents, age 1 2/12)

 

2.1.2. Charles C. or W. Faust
born: April 1896 - Missouri
1900 Census - Lawrence County, Missouri (son, living with parents, age 4)
1910 Census - Shannon County, Missouri (living with grandparents and parents, age 13)
1920 Census - Carter County, Missouri (Head, age 24)
1930 Census - Carter County, Missouri (Head, age 33)
married:
wife: Chloe ?
born: c1896
1920 Census - Carter County, Missouri (wife, age 25)
1930 Census - Carter County, Missouri (wife, age 35)

Children of Charles W. Faust and Chloe ? Faust:

2.1.2.1. Helen Faust
born: c1916 - Missouri
1920 Census - Carter County, Missouri (living with parents, age 4 9/12)
1930 Census - Carter County, Missouri (living with parents, age 14)

2.1.2.2. Ellen Faust
born: c1918 - Missouri
1920 Census - Carter County, Missouri (living with parents, age 2)
1930 Census - Carter County, Missouri (living with parents, age 10)

 

2.1.3. Douglas H. Faust
born: c1904 - Missouri
1910 Census - Shannon County, Missouri (living with grandparents and parents, age 6)
1920 Census - Shannon County, Missouri (living with step-father and mother, age 16)

2.1.4. Dorothy Faust
born: 1910 - Missouri
1910 Census - Shannon County, Missouri (living with grandparents and parents, age 1/12)

 

2nd marriage of Rev. Alla Edwin Faust: before 1920 census
2nd wife: Laura ?
born: c1877 - Tennessee
died:
1920 Census - Jefferson County, Oklahoma (wife, age 43)
1930 Census - Pittsburg County, Oklahoma (wife, age 53)

 

 

2.2. Ella P. Faust
born: 1868 - Tennessee
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents, age 12)

2.3. Ira Faust
[twin to Edna]
born: 27 April 1870 - Weakley County, Tennessee
died: 1940
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents, age 10)
wife: Maud Y. McVay
[daughter of Henry Albin McVay and Nancy J. Hunter]
born: May 1873
died: 1916

Children of Ira Faust and Maud Y. McVay Faust:

2.3.1. Blake Faust
born: October 1893

2.3.2. Mary Faust
born: August 1895

2.3.3. Arthur Faust
born: June 1898

2.3.4. Afton Faust

2.3.5. Blanche Faust

2.3.6. Beulah Faust

2.3.7. Lora Faust

2.3.8. Eva Faust

2.3.9. Edra Faust

2.3.10. Baby Girl
died with mother at birth 1916

2.4. Edna Faust
[twin to Ira]
born: 27 April 1870 - Weakley County, Tennessee
died: 1 September 1951
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents, age 10)
married: 11 July 1889 - Johnson County, Arkansas
husband: Thomas C. Haddox

2.5. Walter Julius Faust
born: 1876
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents, age 4)

2.6. Burrow Faust
born: 1878 - Tennessee
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents, age 2)
married: c1900 - Dyer, Arkansas
wife: Lauretta Jones
born: c1878

2.7. Ula Lora Faust
born: September 1882 - Tennessee
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents, age 7)
1900 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with father and step-mother, age 17)

2nd marriage of Rev. William Jabez Faust: August 27, 1886 - Arkansas
2nd wife of William Jabez Faust: Willie T. Hampton
born: 30 October 1862 - Arkansas
died: 1 November 1926 - California
1900 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (wife)
1910 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (wife)
1920 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (head, widow)

Children of William Jabez Faust & Willie T. Hampton Foust:

2.8. Hall S. Faust
born: December 1887 - Johnson County, Arkansas
1900 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with parents, age 12)

2.9. Lillian M. Faust
born: April 22, 1893 - Arkansas
1900 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with parents, age 7)
1910 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with parents, age 17)

2.10. John H. Faust
born: May 31, 1899 - Arkansas
1900 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with parents, age 3)
1910 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with parents, age 12)
1920 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with mother, age 22)

2.11. Ruth L. Faust
born: c1902 - Arkansas
1910 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with parents, age 8)
1920 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with mother, age 18)

2.12. Thomas Jabez Faust
born: c1903 - Arkansas
1910 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with parents, age 7)
1920 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with mother, age 16)

2.13. Henry H. Faust
born: c1904 - Arkansas
1910 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with parents, age 6)
1920 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with mother, age 14)

2.14. Nina Faust
born: c1907 - Arkansas
1910 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with parents, age 3)
1920 Census - Johnson County, Arkansas (living with mother, age 12)

 

 

3. John Faust
born: c1843 - Tennessee
1850 Census - Montgomery County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1860 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)

4. Jessee Faust
born: c1846 - Tennessee
1850 Census - Montgomery County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1860 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with father)

5. Martha J. Faust
born: c1851 - Tennessee
1860 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with father)

6. Allen Faust/Foust
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 10 March 1854 - Montgomery County, Tennessee
died: 15 March 1910 -
buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery - McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee
1860 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
married: 3 October 1878 -
wife: Mary C. Broach
[daughter of Broach and ? ?]
born:
died:
buried:

Children of Allen Foust and Mary C. Broach Foust:

6.1. Henry E. Foust

6.2. Laura Foust
husband: ? Evens

6.3. Clara L. Foust
husband: ? Gallimore

6.4. Lillie Gertrude Foust

 

7. Emerson W. Faust
born: c1857 - Tennessee
1860 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1860 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with father)

8. Sarah Faust
born: 1860 - Tennessee
1860 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1870 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with parents)
1880 Census - Weakley County, Tennessee (living with father)

Obituary from Lamar, Arkansas newspaper:

William J. Faust was born in middle Tennessee, on August 25, 1841, and died at Lamar, Ark. on October 2, 1917 aged 76 years, 1 month and 7 days.

In early boyhood, the deceased moved with his parents and other members of the family to west Tennessee where he lived quietly at home until the beginning of the Civil War. He enlisted in the 31st Tennessee as Chaplain. At the battle of Perryville, Ky., on October 8, 1862 as the captain of the regiment was shot from his horse he commanded the deceased to take his place. He took command immediately and won the day, losing his horse, and receiving nine bullets through his coat, and finally one through his knee. That ended his service in the war. He was brought home and remained a cripple for life.

On March 5, 1863, the deceased was married to Mary E. Swaim. To them were born 7 children, 4 boys and 3 girls, all of whom are living. The wife and mother died in Tennessee, on July 10, 1884.

Moving to Lamar Ark., the deceased was married to Willie T. Hampton in August 1886. To them were born eleven children, four of whom died in infancy. Four boys and three girls are living.

The deceased was a minister for more than fifty years. He taught, also for more than half a century, and was a leader in whatever association he found himself.

He was called a "ready man." He had but few equals and no superiors. He was the author of "Analytical Articles on Baptism", a book of 248 pages, written in 1893. Some years before he had written a small pamphlet "The Church of God Through All the Ages."

The crowning work of his life from a literary point of view, is yet unpublished. For nearly 40 years he had been writing and revising a "History of the Church." It was completed only a short while before his death.

The deceased was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was buried by that order.

-- I. B. Faust

Willie T. Faust was born on Oct. 30, 1862. She died on November 1, 1926, aged 64 years and 2 days. At the age of 24, or in 1886, she was married to Rev. W. J. Faust of Lamar, Arkansas. To them were born eleven children, four of whom died in infancy. Four boys and three girls are living.

The deceased was light-hearted and gay for some years, or until troubles came, both physical and mental. She was a good mother, loving her children more dearly than her own life. When sickness came to any member of the family she was constantly at the bedside, the very embodiment of devotion.

Willie, as I always called her, was a hard worker when younger. She was a splendid seamstress and loved to work for those in need. She was perfection itself in the culinary art. Her cooking was fit for a king.

She was an invalid for nearly ten years, suffering most intensely a great part of the time. Thinking the California climate might be beneficial, she left her old home and went to Redondo Beach to live her last years near Lillian, her oldest daughter.

To the boys and girls who survive her, I would say "weep not". Willie suffered enough; she has now gone HOME.

-- I. B. Faust

FOUST.-- At her home near Gleason, Tenn., Mrs. Eliza Foust, wife of the Rev. W. J. Foust. She was born Feb. 5, 1847; professed religion in 1859, and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; was married in 1863, and died July 10, 1884. This, in brief, is the record of a life that came, and as a light shone for thirty-seven years, and then went out-- but not forever. It does not shine here, except in her works, which do follow her; but doubtless it glows more brilliantly in a land brighter and fairer than this. Sister Foust always tried to do right; was consistent, energetic, open hearted. Perhaps no woman was ever a more devoted, faithful wife and mother. Her husband and children appreciate her worth now that she is gone as they never did before. May God bless and care for them in their bereavement! B. G. MITCHELL.