Kinloch Falconer

Falconer was born on October 28, 1838.^[1] He was the son of Colonel Thomas A. Falconer.^[2] He had a brother, Howard, who later became a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.^[2] He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1860 and was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.^[2][3] He worked at his father Thomas Falconer's newspaper the Southern Herald in Holly Springs.^[2] Enlisting in the 9th Mississippi as a private, he later became an officer in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.^[2][1] Then, Falconer and his brother Howard set up a law practice in Holly Springs, Mississippi, the town in which they resided.^[4] His home was known as White Pillars and a postcard was made of it. A carte-de-visite was made of Falconer around 1867.^[5] The University of Mississippi Libraries have a collection of his papers.^[6]

On November 6, 1877, Falconer was elected as a Democrat to the position of Secretary of State of Mississippi.^[7][8] He assumed the position on January 1, 1878.^[9][10] During the Mississippi yellow fever epidemic of 1878, Falconer returned to Holly Springs to nurse his father and brother.^[7][4] He then buried them after they died of the fever.^[4] Soon after, Falconer died of the fever in Holly Springs as well, on September 23, 1878.^{[7][4][1][11]}