WILEY & FAULKNER Deaths – (d. 1875)
Nashville Union and American: John WILEY, of this county, was instantly killed by lightening Wednesday. The current passed from his head down the spinal column to his feet. Friday night William FAULKNER, store-keeper of a distillery near McMinnville, was burned to death by the ignition of brandy which he was drawing by lamp-light.
Source: Jackson Sun, June 4, 1875