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Original wills, Falconnet, E. F., 1887 October Term

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Title	Original wills, Falconnet, E. F., 1887 October Term
Personal name	Falconnet family; Burtwell family; Gautier family; Fogg family; Blackie family; Southgate family
Topical entry	Wills--Tennessee--Davidson County Veterans--Tennessee--History--Sources Soldiers--Tennessee--History--Sources Railroad engineers--Tennessee--Nashville Inventors--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources Davidson County (Tenn.)--History Davidson County (Tenn.)--Genealogy Davidson County (Tenn.)--Wills
Description	An original will of E. F. Falconnet, dated May 9th, 1883. Illustrates the entire document. Born Eugene Louis Frederic de Freudeureich Falconnet in Berne, Switzerland, Falconnet legally adopted the name “E. F. Falconnet” in 1852. Falconnet leaves all property excepting special bequests to his wife Anne America Burtwell unless she marries again. Falconnet makes special bequests, including royal gifts of jewelry given his mother, a patent for “Aerial Ship,” and his weapons (to his son John Frederic, charging him “to never serve in any rebellion”) to his children (in addition to son, daughters Cornelia Eugenia and Mary Caroline) and his brother George A. Freuderich of Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota, and his sister Elisa Gautier of Geneva. If either his wife or brother cannot serve as executor, Falconnet names his “distant kinsman” Godfrey M. Fogg of Nashville. Falconnet requests a simple service in the Protestant Episcopal church, but leaves his body to the Knights Templar “if they wish.” Falconnet’s will appears was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court in the October Term of 1887. Major E.F. Falconnet was born in the castle of Bremgarten, near the City of Berne, Switzerland. He came to the United States with his father in 1850. Around 1852 he settled in Tennessee where he became a railroad engineer with several companies. He was a Knight Templar and had served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, first with the Rock City Guards, next he became a member of Rutledge Battery in 1861. In addition to being a soldier, inventor, engineer and geologist he was also a composer. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1789-1925.
Publisher	Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County Archives, Nashville Public Library
Date	ca. 1887
Type	Text; Wills
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Original Wills--Falconnet, E F 1883
Language	English
Relation	Record Group 16, Original Wills, 1789-1925
Coverage	1880-1889
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact: Metro Nashville Archives, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5880.
Location	Closed Stacks, Metro Archives-RG16

Original wills, Falconnet, E. F., 1887 October Term

Falconnet, EF 1883 001

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Original wills, Falconnet, E. F., 1887 October Term

Original wills, Falconnet, E. F., 1887 October Term