It has been suggested by Findagrave contributor Joy Bugos that John Henry Franklin married first to Mary Frances "Frankie" Turley - There is no evidence that supports this however there is a marriage record for Henry Franklin & Mary Coker, their children were:
1. Mary Katherine Franklin born 1888,
2. William Franklin born 1890
3. Eugene "Gene" George Franklin born 1893
Joy further states that their mother, Mary Frances "Frankie" Turley died in 1897, that Henry married 2nd to Mollie Modenie Campbell in 1897. There is no record of Mary Mollie but I have found her listed as Maudine Campbell on some records.
Deane Denie Campbell[1][2] was born Aug 1880 in Alabama.[2][3][4]
She married Henry Franklin, as his second wife[2] on 02 Nov 1897 in St. Clair County, Alabama[1] and the couple had the following known children:
(son) Franklin was born 17 Oct 1897 in St. Clair County, Alabama.[5]
Henry Edgar[3] "Edd" Franklin was born Nov 1898 in Alabama.[2] He died 19 Dec 1978 in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama.[6]
John Burns "Burt" Franklin was born about 1906 in Alabama.[3][4]
Jennie[4] Franklin was born 04 Mar 1909 in St. Clair County, Alabama.[7][3]
6. Dessie B. Franklin was born about 1913 in Alabama
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZS-9ZGN : 15 November 2020), Henry Franklin and Denie Camble, 02 Nov 1897; citing St. Clair, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,035,444.
↑ 2.02.12.22.3 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DB-JH1 : accessed 24 November 2020), Denie Franklin in household of Henry Franklin, Precinct 6 Steels Depot, St. Clair, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 104, sheet 10A, family 177, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,038.
↑ 3.03.13.23.33.4 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKWQ-Z9N : accessed 26 November 2020), Dena Franklin in household of William H Franklin, Steele, St Clair, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 120, sheet 7B, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 32; FHL microfilm 1,374,045.
↑ 4.04.14.2 "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXDX-HVQ : accessed 26 November 2020), Dena Franking in household of Henry ? Franking, Steele Depot, St Clair, Alabama, United States; citing ED 147, sheet 1B, line 65, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 39; FHL microfilm 1,820,039.
↑ "Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W6WN-G12M : 12 December 2019), Franklin in entry for MM9.1.1/W6WN-G16Z:, 17 Oct 1897; citing Birth, Alabama, United States, multiple county Probate Judges, Alabama; FHL microfilm 005176112.
↑ Henry Edd Franklin obituary. The Gadsden Times. Gadsden, Alabama. 21 Dec 1978.
↑ "Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WDBH-Z5N2 : 12 December 2019), Dena Franklin in entry for Unnamed Franklin, 4 Mar 1909; citing Birth, St. Clair, Alabama, United States, multiple county Probate Judges, Alabama; FHL microfilm 008501930.
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