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1358 TENNESSEE AND TENNESSEANS

Joseph E. Faust. A large number of the Tennessee pioneers came
from Virginia. Among them were Joseph and Betsy Faust, who settled
on a farm and there passed the remainder of their lives. They were of
German extraction, industrious and frugal, and assisted in reclaiming
the land from the wilderness. Their son, Joseph E. Faust, was bom in
Wilson county, Tennessee, August 5, 1824, received such an education as
the schools of that early day afforded, and learned the trade of mill-
wright. His life was passed in Wilson, Smith and Macon counties, where
he was regarded as a useful citizen and a measurably successful man,
though he suffered severe losses from floods in 1865 and 1882. He was
a Democrat in his political belief and a member of the Masonic fraternity.
His death occurred in Macon county in April, 1905. He married Mary
Kearley, who was born in Smith county, Tennessee, in 1838, the daughter
of William Kearley, a prominent physician and farmer and one of the
well-to-do men of that day. She died in October, 1912, at Lafayette.
Seven children bom to Joseph E. and Mary (Kearley) Faust are still
living, viz ; John B., a miller at Lafayette ; Ada, wife of W. L. Chamber-
lain, of Lafayette; Thos. E., an attorney of Lafayette; Nettie, wife of
James Loftis, of Cookville ; Dr. William D., who is practicing his profes-
sion at Ada, Oklahoma; Joseph E., the immediate subject of this review;
Oscar L., who is engaged in the lumber business at Memphis.
