Jesse Dowell Franklin (1896 - 1959)

Born 28 Nov 1896 in Springville, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Dec 1959 at age 63 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Jesse Dowell Franklin was born 28 Nov 1896 in Springville, Pontotoc County,^[1] Mississippi^[2][3] to Benjamin Franklin (born in Lafayette County, Mississippi)^[1] and Augusta Gillespie (born Springille, Pontotoc County, Mississippi).^[1][4][5]

In 1918 when he registered for the draft during WWI he was described as being short and of medium build with blue eyes and dark hair.^[1]

He married Minnie^[4][3] about 1928^[2] and the couple had the following known children:

1. Catherine E. Franklin was born about 1929 in Mississippi.^[2][3]
2. Bettie Jean Franklin was born about 1932 in Tennessee.^[3]

Jesse died 20 Dec 1859 in at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee and was buried in Oak Forest Cemetery in Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, Mississippi.^[4][6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZ1-93V : 20 January 2021), Jessie Dowell Franklin, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP7D-BFL : accessed 18 February 2021), Jessie P Franklin, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 132, sheet 13A, line 30, family 2384, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2278; FHL microfilm 2,342,012.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4ZT-32C : 11 January 2021), Jessie W Franklin, Civil District 1, Shelby, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 79-25, sheet 31B, line 44, family 630, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3934.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMS-3VQR : 13 December 2020), Jesse Dowell Franklin, 30 Dec 1959; Death, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTC-KHS : 2 February 2021), Jessie Franklin in entry for Augusta G Franklin , 1920.
6. ↑ Tombstone photograph for Jesse D. Franklin Nov 18, 1896-Dec 30, 1959 and Minnie A. Franklin June 7, 1901-MAr 6, 1973 at BillionGraves.com.