Hi .. Are you certain of the order of the name? I'm finding Merrell Owen Franklin, and an Owen Franklin on Ancestry.com, married in Alabama to a Della Beard in 1890. Do you have any other information that might be helpful? Of course, spellings can throw us for a loop too ... Merrell/Merrill, Franklin/Frankin/Franken .... I'm researching MacDonald and have found McDonnell, McDonald. I thought I was also researching Morris (married MacDonald). One day I stumbled on Marris, after years of wondering why I could not hook up Morris! :-)