William M.
Franks
Born in Marion County, Alabama
Ancestors 
Son of Lemuel Franks Jr.
and Hulda Jane (Gann) Franks
Brother of
Peter F Franks, Matilda Franks, Catherine Franks, Jeremiah Franks, Martha C Franks, Samuel F Franks and John Richard Franks Sr.
Husband of
Margaret Caroline McGowan
— married
[date unknown] in Alabama
Father of
James William Franks, Nancy E Franks, Laura J Franks, Sarah J Franks, Thomas W Franks and Samuel Mansfield Franks
Died about
at about age 70
in Itawamba County, Mississippi
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Sep 2010
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Biography
William Franks was born in about March of 1841 to Lemuel Franks, Jr. and his wife Huldah. His father's name is mistranscribed in the 1850 census as Samuel.
Military Service
During the Great War of Rebellion, he and his brothers Peter, Jeremiah and John fought for the Union Army in Co. A 1st Ala USA Calvary between 1862 AND 1863. John died while in the army.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5Q-FK8 : 19 December 2020), William Franks in household of Samuel Franks, Marion, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD2-RXP : 18 February 2021), William Franks in entry for Hulda J Franks, 1860
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKK-PC7 : 28 May 2021), Wm Franks, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4G6-DMV : 19 February 2021), William Franks, Beat 3, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 71, sheet 465D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,650
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M961-MNQ : accessed 13 August 2021), William M Franks, Beat 2 Mantachie & Fawn Precincts, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38, sheet 2B, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,811
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8K-FWM : accessed 13 August 2021), W M Franks, Mantachie, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 15A, family 283, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 743; FHL microfilm 1,374,756
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