Faulkner family.

Dwight Foster (D.F.) Faulkner was born in 1803 in Watertown, MA. He was a dry goods merchant in Boston and also owned three woolen (flannel) mills, one in East Bethel, VT; one in Plymouth, MA; and one in Turner, ME. He turned operations of these mills over to his sons, Dwight Faulkner (1829-1894) and Francis T. Faulkner (1834-1905) but retained control and management from Boston. The East Bethel mill seems to have been established in the 1840's and was destroyed by fire in 1862. The Plymouth Woolen Mills were established in 1863 and operated by Dwight Faulkner through the 1860's. Except for Dwight Faulkner's letters to Francis T., there are no records of the Plymouth Woolen Mills in this collection. The Turner Mill was erected in 1862 and operated until 1905, when it was destroyed by fire.