He went by the nickname "Jim." The last name was also sometimesspelled "Faulkner." At the age of 25, Jim moved to Harrison County,Indiana, near Corydon. He moved to Daviess County, Kentucky when hewas 55 years old, in 1879. He is referred to in a local history bookas "one of Daviess County's well-to-do farmers."
He married again at age 72 a lady named Selista. They only livedtogether three months. Distressed over the breakup, he hanged himselfin a barn 100 yards from his house at 1:00 p.m. on Christmas Day of1897.