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Faunce, David Worcester

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 3, 1829, in Plymouth, Mass. He is a baptist minister of New England; and the author of Words and Works of Jesus; Words and Acts of the Apostles: The Christian in the World; A Young Man's Difficulties with his Bible; and The Resurrection in Nature and Revelation.

FAUNTLEROY, THOMAS TURNER, soldier, was born Oct. 6, 1796, in Richmond county, Va. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the war of 1812-15 when but seventeen years old. He studied law in Winchester, practiced in Warrenton, and in 1823 was elected to the legislature.

In 1836 he was commissioned a major of dragoons in the regular army, and served in the Seminole war. In 1861 he entered the confederate service. He was commissioned a brigadier-general by the convention of Virginia, and placed in command of Richmond and its defences. He died Sept. 12, 1883, in Leesburg, Va.