The following information comes from Margaret R. Bates Internet Files:

Middle name presumed to be " Cummin" as one of his sons is named Jacob Cummin Faubion Jr.

Jacob Faubion was a Blacksmith as well as a minister. Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, moved to Cocke County, Tennessee, then later to Clay County, Missouri in 1832, where he was a minister in a church built on land donated by his son-in-law, Napoleon B. Thomas, until his death.

Died from a kick of an " old gentle mare" he was trying to bridle. Buried in Faubion Chapel Cemetery. Administration of his estate was granted to john F. Broadhurst (his son-in-law, and a Judge) and Jacob C. Faubion. His Farm is in the North part of Kansas City known as East Linden. (Note: the cemetery is in Gladstone; I have not heard "East Linden" No grave was found for Jacob or Priscilla Boydstun in the mid-1980's at Faubion Cemetery.)

Undated letter from Louise Moss of Cartersville Georgia to "Miss Carr" found in vertical files of Mid-Continent Public Library, North Independence Branch:

"Jacob Faubion, son of Jacob (1) was born 1782 in Virginia married Priscilla Boylston born in 1785 in Tennessee daughter of William and Elizabeth (Christian) Bolyston, Rev. Sol. Jacob's sister, Dinah Rector Faubion married Nathaniel Bolyston, son of William and Elizabeth Bolyston. Another son, (Thomas) of theirs married an Elizabeth Gregg.

"Rev. Jacob Faubion moved to Clay County, Missouri, established a Methodist Chapel called Faubion's Chapel. Was also a blacksmith. (See 1850 census Gallatin Township, #523 Clay County, Missouri.) Children: Isaih Dougherty born 1814; William, John, James, Jacob, Washington and Sylpha."

(She refers to " Pangle's ", " The Faubions " and says the descendants of Jacob Faubion are in records of Clay County. Missouri)

Cocke County, Tennessee Census:
Faubian, Jacob 20001-11011, page 250
(between Diana Faubian and John Faubian)

Jacob Faubion purchased from William Brown and wife Polly, 160 acres of land in Clay County, Missouri June 29, 1833, described as the Northwest Quarter of Section 24, Township 51, Range 33 in Northwestern Land District of Missouri. He paid $600 for the land.

When Jacob Faubion died in 1852, Jacob C. Faubion was appointed to administer his father's estate in lieu of the widow (referred to as Drusilla Faubion in probate records), who declined. Ten of his children were still living at that time, and James W. Faubion was deceased. The Property purchased in 1833 was sold April 24, 1854 to Hyram Fuget for $2,500, which was divided among the heirs.

Two years later, on April 12, 1858, Hiram Fugett sold about 1/2 acre of this land to Joseph Broadhurst, William Faubion, and John Broadhurst Sr., for the purpose of a family burying grand. (burial ground)

Ruth Walton of Salem, Oregon, supplies further information on the land of Jacob Faubion: " To further trace the transfer of the Faubion land, on Nov. 13 1869, Hiram Fugett having moved to California, sold 80 acres of the farm to William B. Faubion, ( the north half of the NW quarter of Section 24, Twp. 51, Range 33). Less than a month later, December 6, 1869, William B. Faubion and his wife, Marion, sold this land -- about 78 acres -- to A. C. Davidson. William B. and Marion Faubion, on May 23 1870, sold one acre to William Faubion, John Broadhurst, A. L. Darby, Levi M. Gillespie, Jacob Broadhurst and Ephriam Broadhurst, all trustees of the Methodists Episcopal Church South. The remaining part of the land, sometimes called 76 acres, sometimes 78 acres, transferred several more times over ensuing years, eventually becoming incorporated into the village of East linden in Clay County, Missouri, where the Methodist Church and the Faubion Cemetery are now located."
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The following comes from "Faubion and Allied Families" copyright 1982, complied and written by Ann Faubion Armstrong, Bernard H. Faubion, D.D.S., T. P. Hughes, Jr., Marybeth Faubion Rule, and Mary Laverne Faubion::

JACOB FAUBION was born in Fauquier County, Virginia around 1785, died in Clay County, Missouri on December 14, 1852 and is buried in Faubion Cemetery.* Married in Cocke County, Tennessee around 1804 to Priscilla Boydston, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Christian) Boydston. * She was born in Cocke County, Tennessee around 1784; died in Clay County, Missouri in July 1853, and is buried in Faubion Cemetery. **

Jacob has been described as being from ". . . Old Newport, of Huguenot descent." While it has been neither proved nor disproved that he was of Huguenot descent Dianah Rector's family was German, and they lived in Fauquier County, Virginia where Jacob was born. He Came to East Tennessee with his family, and lived in Cocke County, near Old Newport and near what is now Parrottsville, Tennessee.

He was a blacksmith, as were his father and at least one brother. Jacob was also a well-known Preacher in the area. It is believed that he regularly participated in church gatherings there.

Jacob and Priscilla had eleven children; apparently none died as infants or children. in 1832 Rev. Jacob moved his entire family (including his son William who was married and had children of his own) to Clay County, Missouri. It is believed that around thirty families came out together - including a number of nephews and other relatives, friends and neighbors. No one has been able to determine why he left Tennessee, but it is certain that he came directly to an area where relatives and friends from Cocke County had already settled. There is no question but that he came seeking better opportunities for himself and his family. ( SEE Section on MIGRATION TO MISSOURI ).

Upon arrival in Clay County, Missouri Jacob became a farmer. He must have had some money because he was able to purchase land that had been claimed by an earlier settler. After looking around for a while, Jacob decided on a piece of land owned by William Brown. The purchase of the NW1/4 of Section 24, Township 51, Range 33, in Clay County, Missouri was concluded on June 29, 1833 ( Clay County Deed Book K, page 437).

Faubion Chapel was organized in 1838. The article on Chapel's 100th Anniversary says that Jacob Faubion served as its Pastor until his death in 1852. From the start, Chapel was a significant part of the local community. People came from all around for Services, although there doesn't seem to have been a building for a number of years. Mrs. Claude Allen, Historian of the Faubion Chapel United Methodist Church, says that Napoleon Bonaparte and Sarah ( Faubion ) Thomas sold a tract of land to the Chapel Trustees for Five Dollars on Jan 30, 1850. ( That parcel is now at 72nd and North Highland in Gladstone, Clay County, Missouri.) L. B. Salmans * says the Chapel was built on the farm which adjoined the Rev. Jacob's. ( The current Church building is on land which belonged to Jacob, but it was purchased in 1870.) Rev. Jacob performed a sizable number of marriages in the area and had the reputation of being the " Marryin' Parsons ". The Clay County Marriage Records reveal that he was a Minister of the Gospel. They also show that he could write.

Faubion Cemetery is located near where the original Chapel stood, and is still available for use. It has always been a family cemetery, and never has been associated with the Church. Charles N. Kimball of Sistersville, West Virginia, a descendant of Dinah Rector*** Faubion and Nathaniel Christian Boydston, determined that Faubion Cemetery is the place where William Boydston ( Priscilla's father) was buried in 1838. It should have been on the corner of Rev. Jacob's farm. It did not become officially a " family burying ground " until William Faubion, John Broadhurst and Joseph Broadhurst bought one - half acre of land from Hiram Fugitt on April 12, 1858 ( Clay County, Missouri Deed Book R, page 235).

While this is about all we know of Jacob, we know even less about Priscilla. We know she was born on the frontier of Tennessee - before there was a State named Tennessee, and we are told that she walked barefooted all the way when the family moved by ox - wagon to Missouri. We know that they reared children who became God - serving, responsible and respected men and women, each contributing to their communities in very special ways. Jacob, the Preacher, set an example of faith, trust, and courage, and he must have been supported by a caring and loyal wife.

Jacob Faubion died from the effects of a kick from a gentle old mare he attempted to bridle in the pasture. * While no stone can be located and no record has been found, it is understood that he was buried in Faubion Cemetery. Priscilla probably went to live with Sarah Thomas and her family until she died about six months after Jacob, in July 1853. She is said to have been buried next to him in Faubion Cemetery.

There was no Will when Jacob died. The Clay County Probate records show that Drusilla ( Druscilla is what it shows! ) refused the right of Administration and John F. Broadhurst ( husband of Zilpha Grey ) and Jacob Cummin Faubion were appointed. There is a list of heirs and some receipts in the file -- but little else. It shows that there was not much money to divide among the heirs so probably the land was sold to settle the estate. ***

The following sources were used in above text:

* Levi B. Salmans, History of the descendants of John Jacob Rector, (1936), pages 250 - 260.

** Gladys Boydstun Domonoske, The Boydstun - Boydston family, (1980
Edition), Pages 102 - 119.

*** Clay County Probate Court Records, Box 23 ( CF 6-38).
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The following was written by Sarah Faubion Pangle, "The Faubion's", page 37, published in 1922:

Descendants of Jacob Faubion, whom we believe is a brother of William, and a son of William Faubion who came from Holland in the latter part of the eighteenth century. The name Faubion is spelled the same, and the names of his children are similar to the family of William, leading us to believe that William who came from Holland is the father of all included in this book. We can trace them all back to Cocke County, Tennessee and William the first back to Pennsylvania where the people from Holland first settled.

Jacob who came from Cocke County, Tennessee to Clay County, Missouri, in an early day, was a farmer, blacksmith and a Methodist Minister. On his farm his congregation erected a church and called it Faubion Chapel, in later years the chapel was found inadequate for the increasing congregation and a new church was built, and it too, is called Faubion Chapel. About the year 1850 Jacob received a kick from an old gentle mare from which he died.
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The following information provided by Patt Seitas:

Jacob Faubion born about 1785 in Faquier County, Virginia. Died December 14, 1852 in Clay County, Missouri. Occupation: preacher, blacksmith. He married Pricilla Boydston, before 1807 in Tennessee. She was born about 1785 in Virginia.

His Family moved from Tennessee to Clay County, Missouri about 1832, leading a group of about thirty families. When they immigrated, they brought all of their children, from John Wesley (age 24) to George Washinton E. (age 2). Their only married son, William, brought his wife, a three year old daughter and a pair of twins born in February. His wife's brother, Nathaniel Boydston and his wife Mary Faubion also came with their children. it is possible Priscilla's younger sister came with her husband John Sharp. Other families included Thomas and Hopewell, and maybe St. John and Wall. They probably traveled by wagon, first to Knoxville, Tennessee, then on the Tennessee, Ohio & Great Lakes Trail to Louisville, then to St. Louis and up the Missouri to Clay County. By the 1820's there was regular steamship service and people took their wagons, animals, families up river by boat. it is said when they migrated from Tennessee to Missouri, Pricilla walked barefooted the entire way.

In the 1850's federal census, Gallatin Township, Clay County, Missouri, family number 523 under the name "Forbion" the family was listed as follows; Jacob (65 blacksmith, $1600 real property, born Virginia); Priscilla (age65, born Tennessee).

Jacob organized the Faubion Methodist Chapel in Clay County, Missouri which was still active in 1995. He was known as the "Marring Parson" because he married so many couples in his community. He eventually moved his family to Jefferson County, Kansas, near Oskaloosa. They were among the pioneering families.

The Oskaloosa Independent reported on Saturday, January 23, 1864: " A young lad named Gragg, nephew of Jacob Faubion (sic), with whom he is residing, while riding along just this side of Slough Creek on the Leavenworth road, was thrown from his horse-or the horse fell upon him-some days since, injuring him considerable, so that he was senseless for many hours. He is about again now. It is thought he and the boy with him were racing their horses at the time of the accident".

Jacob Faubion died from a horse kick.

More About REV./JR. JACOB FAUBION:
Cause of Death: kicked by old mare
Comment 1: purchase land in Clay County, Missouri
Comment 2: nickname "The Marryin` Parsons"136
Comment 3: Organized Faubion Chapel in 1838137
Event 1: Buried/Faubion Cemetery137
Fact 6: Blacksmith/Preacher/farmer137

My 4x great grandfather, Jacob Faubion, was a blacksmith and a Minister of the Gospel. His parents were Jacob Faubion and Dinah Rector Faubion. After having lived in Cocke County, Tennessee, his family moved, in 1832, to Clay County, Missouri.
He farmed land that he bought there, and was the Pastor of Faubion Chapel, officiating at many of the weddings that took place in that community.
His death was said to be as a result of a kick from a "gentle old mare" he was bridling.
No stone is found in the family burying ground to commemorate his life and death, but he left an impression on those who knew him and a host of descendants to honor him.11