Hannah Ann (Minear) Franklin (1830 - 1870)

Born 16 Feb 1830 in West Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Shelton Franklin — married about 1850 (to May 1870) in Indiana, USA

Descendants

Died 15 May 1870 at age 40 in Livonia, Putnam County, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Hannah was born in 1830 in West Virginia, the daughter of Manassah Minear and Lydia Holbert. ^[1] She passed away in 1870 in Putnam county, Missouri. ^{[2] [3]}

She married Thomas Shelton Franklin in 1850 in Sullivan, Indiana. ^{[4] [5]} Hannah and Thomas had the following children:

1. Lydia Ann Franklin (Franklin), born about 1853. She married Cassius C. Franklin in 1874, and died in 1920.
2. Fidelia Jane Franklin, born about 1855. She died at age 10 in 1865.
3. James William "Bill" Franklin, born about 1859. He married Jennie Emmaline Coplan in 1881, and died in 1922.
4. Mary Katherine Franklin (Painter), born about 1861. She married John George Painter in 1883, and died in 1932.
5. John Thomas Franklin, born about 1863. He married Lucinda Esfronia Allen in 1890, and died in 1936.
6. Benjamin Butler Franklin, born about 1866. He married Laura W Craig in 1888, and Annie Rachael Geary in 1892. He died in 1906.
7. Corra "Carrie" Alice Franklin (Neighbors), born about 1869. She married Joseph Grant Neighbors in 1886, and died in 1931.

Hannah died in 1870. ^[3] After her death, Thomas Shelton Franklin remarried to Eliza Jane House.

Residences

• In 1850, Hannah and her husband Thomas lived in Sullivan county, Indiana.^[5]
  
• In 1860, Hannah and her husband Thomas lived in Schuyler county, Missouri.^[6]
  
• In 1870, Hannah and her husband Thomas lived in Putnam county, Missouri.^[7]
  

Obituary for Hannah Minear Franklin is in the Lancaster Excelsior newspaper, page 3 in the Glenwood Correspondence section, dated Saturday, May 21, 1870. It is also printed in the Unionville Republican newspaper, page 2, dated Friday, May 26, 1870.

Sources

1. ↑ Hannah Ann is mentioned in her father's will; see Will of Manassah Minear -page 64
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV6-MYTD : 11 July 2016), Hannah A Minear Franklin, 1870; Burial, Livonia, Putnam, Missouri, United States of America, Saint John Cemetery East; citing record ID 15586099, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. M
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Obituary for Hannah Minear Franklin is in the Lancaster Excelsior newspaper, page 3 in the Glenwood Correspondence section, dated Saturday, May 21, 1870. It is also printed in the Unionville Republican newspaper, page 2, dated Friday, May 26, 1870. See attached Obituary for Hannah Ann Minear.
4. ↑ The 1850 census says they were "married within the year", but marriage records for Sullivan County, Indiana prior to 1850 are largely missing due to a fire at the court house in 1850.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHV4-QX1 : 12 April 2016), Hannah Franklin in household of Thomas Franklin, Turman, Sullivan, Indiana, United States; citing family 545, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH87-3JT : 26 July 2017), Hanah Franklin in entry for Thomas Franklin, 1860.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46V-Y6V : 12 April 2016), H A Franklin in household of T S Franklin, Missouri, United States; citing p. 2, family 10, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,300.

Additional Sources

• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQF3-5QY : 27 December 2014), Hannah Minear in entry for John T. Franklin, 23 May 1935; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,754,576.

• "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJPP-MM8 : 3 December 2014), Hannah Mineur in entry for John G. Painter and Kate Franklin, 16 May 1883; citing Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa, reference 2:3XZG6LP; FHL microfilm 968,462.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 March 2018), memorial page for Hannah A Minear Franklin (24 Mar 1831–15 May 1870), Find A Grave Memorial no. 15586099, citing Saint John Cemetery East, Livonia, Putnam County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Settimae (contributor 46841053) .