Eldest son of Thomas C. & Sarah Holt Hindman. His grave marker includes "Killed at Ripley, Miss. by William C. Falkner, May 8, 1849." This William Clark Falkner was The Nobel Prize novelist's great grandfather and a much-changed version of this incident was used by the novelist in the book SARTORIS.
In Diane Neal's 'The Lion Of The South' she writes:
'In May 1849 a quarrel erupted between Robert Hindman and William Falkner, whom Robert mistakenly believed had tried to block his membership in the Ripley Sons of Temperance. In the fight that ensued, Falkner fatally stabbed Robert after Robert's gun failed to fire. Falkner was tied for murder but was acquitted when the jury ruled that he had acted in self defense.'
In Diane Neal's 'The Lion Of The South' she writes:
'In May 1849 a quarrel erupted between Robert Hindman and William Falkner, whom Robert mistakenly believed had tried to block his membership in the Ripley Sons of Temperance. In the fight that ensued, Falkner fatally stabbed Robert after Robert's gun failed to fire. Falkner was tied for murder but was acquitted when the jury ruled that he had acted in self defense.'
Eldest son of Thomas C. & Sarah Holt Hindman. His grave marker includes "Killed at Ripley, Miss. by William C. Falkner, May 8, 1849." This William Clark Falkner was The Nobel Prize novelist's great grandfather and a much-changed version of this incident was used by the novelist in the book SARTORIS.
In Diane Neal's 'The Lion Of The South' she writes:
'In May 1849 a quarrel erupted between Robert Hindman and William Falkner, whom Robert mistakenly believed had tried to block his membership in the Ripley Sons of Temperance. In the fight that ensued, Falkner fatally stabbed Robert after Robert's gun failed to fire. Falkner was tied for murder but was acquitted when the jury ruled that he had acted in self defense.'
In Diane Neal's 'The Lion Of The South' she writes:
'In May 1849 a quarrel erupted between Robert Hindman and William Falkner, whom Robert mistakenly believed had tried to block his membership in the Ripley Sons of Temperance. In the fight that ensued, Falkner fatally stabbed Robert after Robert's gun failed to fire. Falkner was tied for murder but was acquitted when the jury ruled that he had acted in self defense.'
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