Faison, who attended R-MC under a military curriculum, served as 1st lieutenant in Co. K of the 1st North Carolina Junior Reserves Infantry. He enlisted on July 12, 1864 at the age of 17. He was absent from his regiment due to illness in January and February 1865.
After the war, Faison attended the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1867. He returned to Northampton County, NC, where the 1870 and 1880 censuses list him as a farmer. By 1900, he was living in Raleigh, NC and listed as a landlord, and in 1910 was listed as having his "own income." He died in Raleigh on June 14, 1915, with his death certificate listing kidney disease and apoplexy as causes.
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