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James Benjamin "Jim" Franklin
18 Jan 1844 – 23 Aug 1916
| Birth | 18 Jan 1844 |
| Death | 23 Aug 1916 |
| Cemetery | Oak Forest Cemetery Randolph , Pontotoc County , Mississippi , USA |
| Added by | Lynn Brooks Ellis on 12 Nov 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83438752 |
Bio
James Benjamin Franklin, who went by his middle name 'Benjamin', and nickname "Jim", is the son of John "Jack" Franklin and Martha Jane Hopkins Franklin, both originally of Bedford County, Virginia where they were married on 23 Sep 1833. Benjamin's father first married Mary Ann "Polly" Pearcy on 22 May 1827 in Bedford County, Virginia, and they had two sons, Robert Henry Franklin and William Henry Franklin, before she died in 1833 in Bedford County, Virginia. "Polly" Pearcy Franklin is the daughter of Henry Pearcy and Rachel Gross, and both sons carried as their middle names the name of Polly's father, Henry Pearcy, born 16 Nov 1776 in Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia, and died 15 Feb 1859 in Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia (Courtesy FamilySearch.org). Benjamin's father married second Martha Jane Hopkins on 23 Sep 1833 in Bedford County, Virginia. (Information provided by GG Granddaughter of Hugh Samuel Franklin and Anna Elizabeth Blankenship Franklin, Nancy Yankie.)
Inscription
CO. K. 22 MISS. INF. C. S. A. DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER WE MISS YOU.
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Siblings
- Robert Henry Franklin 1829–1908
- Thomas H. Franklin 1834–1865
- Elizabeth Jane Franklin Franklin 1836–1918
- Sarah Ann Franklin 1839–?
- Mary Virginia Franklin 1840–1859
- Thomas Cook Franklin 1840–1871
- Maggie Margaret Franklin Harris 1844–1908
- John Eulon Franklin 1847–1921
- William A. Franklin 1850–1891
- Samuel P. Franklin 1853–1936
Children
- James Oscar Franklin 1876–1898 FaG
- Tishie Franklin 1886–1907 FaG
- George Washington Franklin 1891–1898 FaG
- Willie Howell Franklin 1896–1896 FaG
- Jesse Dowell Franklin 1896–1959 FaG
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