"Mr. Benjamin (Dunn) Franklin one of Giles County's oldest and most respected citizens died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. E. Matthews, Wednesday, June 2, at 10:30 a.m. in the 91st year of his age.
He was born in eastern Georgia, Jan. 1, 1807, and came to Tennessee with his grandfather, Abraham Franklin, in 1818. His first wife was Miss Francis (Dorothy) Lee. His second wife was Miss America Jones who died in 1875. There were no children of his last marriage.
His surviving children are Mrs. Sarah Ann (David Lanier) Graves, of Neosho, MO.; Mrs. N(ewton). G(reene). Eslick and Mrs. J. E. Matthews, of and near this place. He was a life-long Methodist and an old line Whig.
After funeral services at the residence by Rev. Marion Kennedy, the remains were interred in Maplewood."
Information in italics added by Edward G. Corlew, Jr. Information was obtained from family files located in Giles County Historical Society records, Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, USA.
HIS PARENTS:
John Franklin - 1781-1825
Sarah Dunne - 1785-1827
CHILDREN:
Sarah Francis Franklin _____
Mary Jane Franklin - 1830-1929
John Lee Franklin ______
Francis Elizabeth Franklin 1836-_____
Sarah Ann America Franklin - (my GG Grandmother - 1832-1898)
Arkansas Dorothy Franklin - 1839-1898
He was born in eastern Georgia, Jan. 1, 1807, and came to Tennessee with his grandfather, Abraham Franklin, in 1818. His first wife was Miss Francis (Dorothy) Lee. His second wife was Miss America Jones who died in 1875. There were no children of his last marriage.
His surviving children are Mrs. Sarah Ann (David Lanier) Graves, of Neosho, MO.; Mrs. N(ewton). G(reene). Eslick and Mrs. J. E. Matthews, of and near this place. He was a life-long Methodist and an old line Whig.
After funeral services at the residence by Rev. Marion Kennedy, the remains were interred in Maplewood."
Information in italics added by Edward G. Corlew, Jr. Information was obtained from family files located in Giles County Historical Society records, Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, USA.
HIS PARENTS:
John Franklin - 1781-1825
Sarah Dunne - 1785-1827
CHILDREN:
Sarah Francis Franklin _____
Mary Jane Franklin - 1830-1929
John Lee Franklin ______
Francis Elizabeth Franklin 1836-_____
Sarah Ann America Franklin - (my GG Grandmother - 1832-1898)
Arkansas Dorothy Franklin - 1839-1898
"Mr. Benjamin (Dunn) Franklin one of Giles County's oldest and most respected citizens died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. E. Matthews, Wednesday, June 2, at 10:30 a.m. in the 91st year of his age.
He was born in eastern Georgia, Jan. 1, 1807, and came to Tennessee with his grandfather, Abraham Franklin, in 1818. His first wife was Miss Francis (Dorothy) Lee. His second wife was Miss America Jones who died in 1875. There were no children of his last marriage.
His surviving children are Mrs. Sarah Ann (David Lanier) Graves, of Neosho, MO.; Mrs. N(ewton). G(reene). Eslick and Mrs. J. E. Matthews, of and near this place. He was a life-long Methodist and an old line Whig.
After funeral services at the residence by Rev. Marion Kennedy, the remains were interred in Maplewood."
Information in italics added by Edward G. Corlew, Jr. Information was obtained from family files located in Giles County Historical Society records, Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, USA.
HIS PARENTS:
John Franklin - 1781-1825
Sarah Dunne - 1785-1827
CHILDREN:
Sarah Francis Franklin _____
Mary Jane Franklin - 1830-1929
John Lee Franklin ______
Francis Elizabeth Franklin 1836-_____
Sarah Ann America Franklin - (my GG Grandmother - 1832-1898)
Arkansas Dorothy Franklin - 1839-1898
He was born in eastern Georgia, Jan. 1, 1807, and came to Tennessee with his grandfather, Abraham Franklin, in 1818. His first wife was Miss Francis (Dorothy) Lee. His second wife was Miss America Jones who died in 1875. There were no children of his last marriage.
His surviving children are Mrs. Sarah Ann (David Lanier) Graves, of Neosho, MO.; Mrs. N(ewton). G(reene). Eslick and Mrs. J. E. Matthews, of and near this place. He was a life-long Methodist and an old line Whig.
After funeral services at the residence by Rev. Marion Kennedy, the remains were interred in Maplewood."
Information in italics added by Edward G. Corlew, Jr. Information was obtained from family files located in Giles County Historical Society records, Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, USA.
HIS PARENTS:
John Franklin - 1781-1825
Sarah Dunne - 1785-1827
CHILDREN:
Sarah Francis Franklin _____
Mary Jane Franklin - 1830-1929
John Lee Franklin ______
Francis Elizabeth Franklin 1836-_____
Sarah Ann America Franklin - (my GG Grandmother - 1832-1898)
Arkansas Dorothy Franklin - 1839-1898
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