James J Franklin (1833 - 1915)

Born 17 Mar 1833 in DeKalb, Tennessee, United States

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Died 12 Apr 1915 at age 82 in Howard Township, Bates, Missouri, United States

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James J. Franklin was born 17 Mar 1833 in DeKalb County,^[1] Tennessee to Fayette Smith Franklin.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

He married Mary^[5] Rozelle "Mollie" Field^[1][8] Field on 17 Dec 1867 in Pettis County, Missouri^[8][2][6][7] and the couple had the following known children:

1. Mary Enony^[5] Marie^[2] Franklin was born Jan^[7] 1869 in Missouri.^[6]
2. Eugene S.^[7] Franklin was born Feb^[7] 1871 in Missouri.^[6][2]
3. Arthur G. Franklin was born Feb^[7] 1875 in Missouri.^[6][2]
4. Ernest Franklin was born about 1877 in Missouri.^[6][2]
5. Earl Franklin was born about 1879 in Missouri.^[6][2]

James died 12 Apr 1915^[2] in Howard Township, Bates County, Missouri^[1] and is buried in Hume Cemetery, Hume, Bates County, Missouri.^[4]

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Butler Weekly Times. Butler, Missouri. 22 Apr 1915 p11.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Atkeson, W. O. History of Bates County, Missouri. 1918. Historical Publishing Company, Topkea, Kansas. p433-434.

   JAMES J. FRANKLIN – The late James J. Franklin, leading citizen and early settler of Howard township, Bates county, Missouri, was a son of one of the earliest of Missouri’s pioneers. Settling in Bates county in 1872, at a period when there were very few people living in the southern part of the county, he became one of the most prominent and active citizens of his section of the county. Mr. Franklin was born March 17, 1833, in Tennessee, a son of Fayette Smith Franklin ... Fayette Smith Franklin moved from Virginia to Tennessee after his marriage with Mary Ann Tyree, of Virginia. In 1839, he migrated to Greene county, Missouri. After a short residence there, he moved to Taney county, where he died in 1850. James J. Franklin moved to Pettis county, Missouri, in the early sixties and there enlisted in the Confederate army, serving throughout the Civil War under the Confederate banner until the surrender of Vicksburg by General Pemberton, when he was paroled and returned to his home. From Pettis county, he moved to Bates county in 1872 and settled on a farm north of the present Franklin home, later moving to the farm now owned by his widow and which was given to Mrs. Franklin’s mother by her grandfather Ewing as a part of her inheritance from the Ewing estate. Mrs. Franklin’s mother deeded the farm. This farm was raw, unbroken land at the time Mr. and Mrs. Franklin began to make it their home. The Franklin farm consists of one hundred sixty acres and the residence is located in a beautiful grove of maples and evergreen trees, presenting an attractive appearance to the traveler. Mr. Franklin died April 12, 1915, after a long life spent in useful and honest endeavor.

   James J. Franklin was married December 17, 1867, to Miss Mary R. Field, a daughter of William H. and Mary (Ewing) Field. Mary (Field) Franklin was born in 1841, in Henry county, Missouri. Her father was born in Virginia in 1814 and died in 1889. He migrated to Cooper county, Missouri, during the early thirties with his father and was there married to Mary Ewing, after which he made a settlement in Henry county, where he resided until 1841, when he returned to Cooper county. After the close of the Civil War, he settled in Pettis county, where he lived until 1872, when he moved to Bates county. Both parents of Mrs. Franklin died at her home. Five children were born to James J. and Mary Franklin, as follow: Marie Ewing, at home with her mother; Eugene, who lives on the home place with his mother; Arthur G. and Ernest, of Kansas City, Missouri; and Earl, who died at the age of nineteen years. Eugene Franklin, the eldest son, was born in 1871 and was married in 1905 to Harriet Shepherd, born in Pettis county, a daughter of J.L. Shepherd, a resident of Howard township. Eugene and Harriet Franklin have three children: Earl Bedford, Mary Mildred and Eugene Lee. Eugene Franklin has served two terms as township tax-collector and has served one term of two years as township assessor, having been re-elected to the position in March, 1917. The office came to him unsolicited and was bestowed upon him by his fellow-citizens as a token of the high esteem in which he is held. He is a Mason and prominent in Howard township.

   In politics, the late James J. Franklin was a Democrat and for years was one of the capable leaders of his party in Bates county. He served as township assessor of Howard township and performed the duties of the office in a capable manner. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and was fraternally affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. The death of Mr. Franklin marked the passing of one of the best-known pioneer settlers of this neighborhood and a man who was held in affectionate esteem by his neighbors and by those who knew him best. His death was sincerely and truly mourned by his family and the people of Bates county which whom he was widely acquainted. Mrs. Mary R. Franklin is one of the oldest pioneer women of Bates county living at this time, and, in point of years of residence in this section of the county, she holds second place.

3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZR-GYK : 4 April 2020), J J Franklin in household of F S Franklin, Swan, Taney, Missouri, United States; citing family 40, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #23580085 Tombstone photograph for James J. Franklin Mar 17, 1833-Apr 12, 1915.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4X7-NQR : 29 May 2021), James Franklin in entry for Napoleon Franklin, 1870.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M668-VQ2 : 14 August 2017), J J Franklin, Howard, Bates, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 149, sheet 79B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,673.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3HV-VS1 : accessed 10 May 2020), James Franklin, Howard Township Hume & Sprague villages, Bates, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 9A, family 185, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,839.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V281-CVN : 18 January 2020), James J. Franklin, 1867.