Twin to Elizabeth. Born in Cocke County, Tennessee on February 6, 1912 and died in Leander on February 11, 1901.

Married to Mary Ann "Polly" McKay in 1833 who died in Tennessee on July 20, 1849 the day before the death of her newly born twin daughters.

John and Mary Ann had 11 children: William M., Jeremiah M., James Repps, John Milton, Mary Ann, Luther W., Isabella, Talitha (died in infancy), unnamed daughter who died at birth (April 1848) and twin daughters who died at birth (July 1849)

John then married Elizabeth Stephens on October 3, 1851 and in the fall of 1853 moved to Texas. They loaded their possessions into wagons for a long and difficult journey. All of the children and a number of negro slaves were in the party. Their journey ended in December 1853 on the black land near the foothills of the Colorado River mountains in Williamson County known as the Bagdad prairies--this later became known as the village of Bagdad. John and Elizabeth had one daughter who died at birth.

John purchased his first 100 acres of farmland in February 1854 from Harmon and Elizabeth Smelcer, early Williamson County settlers also from Tennessee. John was a farmer and a blacksmith.

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Obituary published in The Georgetown Commercial on February 15, 1901

Death of Mr. Faubion

Leander, Tex., Feb. 11 -- After a short illness of about 10 days with la grippe, the Holy Spirit called to his reward Mr. John Faubion, one of the oldest citizens of Williamson County. He died at 12:30 p.m. today at the age of 89 years and 5 days.

He leaves a number of children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren to mourn their loss besides a host of friends who deplore their loss. Among his grandchildren are Mr. J.J. Parker, of this place, and Mr. J.W. Parker, a prominent lawyer of Taylor.

Mr. Faubion was born in Cocke County, Tenn. February 6, 1812, and moved to Williamson County in the year 1853 bringing his family and a number of negro slaves. He located two miles from Leander. In 1861, he built a beautiful and commodious stone residence where he resided until it burned in 1895. The building was an old landmark for travelers on the old stage line running between Austin and Burnet before any railroad was built through this country, and the ruins now stand as a memento of the past.

After the burning of his old home, he moved to Leander, and he and his wife, who is now 88 years old, resided with his grandson, J.J. Parker, until his death today.