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SUBMITTED BY: Lisa FRANKLIN, Rosepine, LA
e-mail: lisafranklin2004@earthlink.net
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HUSBAND: Mark 'Martin' FRANKLIN
Birthdate: 01 January 1800
Tennessee or NC/SC (1850 Butler Co AL census
says Tenn as does 1880 Bienville Parish, LA census for household of son Edmond)
date and place of marriage: 12 February 1824 Baldwin Co, AL
other marriages:
military service: Bet. 25 August 1814 - 24 April 1819 War of 1812; served as a private in
Capt John B Long's 39 US Inf, Capt Wm. Bee's Co 7th US Inf, and Capt David Emanuel
Twiggs' Co 7th US Inf (Twiggs made military career and was later General in US Army &
General in CSA)
Death date: 23 September 1873
Starlington, Butler County, AL (buried Franklin
Graveyard, Providence Community, Butler Co, AL)
father:
mother:
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WIFE: Nancy Ann STAPLETON
Birthdate: 1809 South Carolina
(1850 Butler Co AL census & 1880 Bienville Parish LA census say SC)
other marriages:
date and place of marriage:
Death date: 06 August 1897
Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA (buried Springhill
Cemetery, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA)
father:
mother:
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CHILD 1: Morris FRANKLIN
Birthdate: bet 8 Jul & 7 Aug 1825 Butler Co, AL
married: Jane SIMS
date and place of marriage: 1848 Butler Co, AL
other marriages:
Death date: believed 2 Sep 1863 unknown hospital, Atlanta, GA (Civil War)
(buried Confederate Section, Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA)
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CHILD 2: Kisiah (Kizziah/Kiziah) FRANKLIN
Birthdate: 27 October 1827
married: James BURKETT
date and place of marriage: abt 1848 AL
other marriages:
Death date: abt 1863 Butler Co, AL
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CHILD 3: Catherine FRANKLIN
Birthdate: 8 Jan 1830 AL
married: Evan (Ivan) BURKETT
date and place of marriage: abt 1846 Butler Co, AL
other marriages:
Death date: 29 Jul 1903 Butler Co, AL (buried Sims Cemetery, Butler Co, AL)
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CHILD 4: Edmond Mark FRANKLIN
Birthdate: 7 Jun 1832 AL
married: Elviney (Vicey) BURKETT
date and place of marriage: 11 January 1854 Butler Co, AL
other marriages: Ellendar (Elendar/Ellen) BURKETT 19 June 1880 Bienville Parish, LA
Death date: 1898 LA
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CHILD 5: Mary "Polly" H. FRANKLIN
Birthdate: 30 May 1835 Butler Co, AL
married: W. Henry BURKETT
date and place of marriage: 1850 Butler Co, AL
other marriages:
Death date: 24 July 1909 Butler Co, AL
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CHILD 6: Aurelia (Riller) FRANKLIN
Birthdate: 15 November 1837 AL
married: Goodman SWEETEN
date and place of marriage: 9 May 1854 Butler Co, AL
other marriages: Elias BURKETT 26 March 1864 Butler Co, AL
Death date: aft 1880 Angelina Co, TX (buried Old Union Cemetery, Lufkin,
Angelina Co, TX)
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CHILD 7: Phurnette (Fernettia) FRANKLIN
Birthdate: 16 January 1842 AL
married: Bartillo (Bartilla) BURKETT
date and place of marriage: 10 June 1858 at home of Mark Franklin (her father), Butler Co,
AL
other marriages: J. W. SCOTT abt 1895 Bienville Parish?, LA
Death date: 15 June 1926 Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA (buried w/Bartillo
Burkett at Springhill Cemetery, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA)
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CHILD 8: Mark Franklin
Birthdate: 1844 (died young)
married:
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
Death date:
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CHILD 9: Ennis FRANKLIN
Birthdate: 26 September 1846 Butler Co, AL
married:
date and place of marriage:
other marriages:
Death date: 06 March 1865 Elmira (Hellmira) Civil War Prison, Elmira, Chemung
Co, NY (buried #2387, Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung Co, NY - note:
headstone does not mark exact location of burial only the general area)
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CHILD 10: Adelia (Adella/Dell) FRANKLIN
Birthdate: 08 June 1848 AL
married: William Churchwell RILEY
date and place of marriage: 12 December 1866 Butler Co, AL
other marriages:
Death date: after 30 June 1880 likely in Red River Parish, LA
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CHILD 11: David Twiggs FRANKLIN
Birthdate: 16 December 1850 Butler Co, AL
married: Sabra Ann HAMPTON
date and place of marriage: 10 February 1870 Butler Co, AL
other marriages:
Death date: 22 April 1912 Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA (both buried Springhill
Cemetery, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA)
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SOURCES: 1. Mark Franklin - Butler County Alabama Obituaries by Barfield, Barfield,
Butler County Alabama Obituaries by Barfield, Mark Franklin - Long and familiarly known as
a survivor of the War of 1812 and one of our worthiest citizens, died at his home near
Starlington on Tuesday. Copied from the Georgiana Independent. (10/2/1873)
2. Mark FRANKLIN - military records of Mark (Martin) Franklin
3. Mark FRANKLIN - will of Mark (Martin) Franklin
4. Nancy Ann STAPLETON - numerous visit to her grave at Springhill Cemetery, Ringgold,
Bienville Parish, LA
5. Nancy Ann STAPLETON - 1880 Bienville Parish, LA Census Household 217/217 aged
70 living in the house of son Edmond
6. Morris FRANKLIN - 1850 Butler Co, AL Census Household 800/800
7. Morris FRANKLIN - Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System - Co B 39th AL Infantry CSA
8. Morris FRANKLIN - Oakland Cemetery, Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
9. Edmond Mark FRANKLIN - Ancestry.com's Alabama Marriages, 1800-1920 - marriage
to Viney Burkett
10. Edmond Mark FRANKLIN - Bienville Parish, LA Marriage Records 1843-1900 page
42 (book is in genealogy section of the Vernon Parish Library, Leesville, LA) Book D
1873-1886 page 191 marriage of Edmund Franklin to Mrs Elender Vaun
11. Edmond Mark FRANKLIN - ADAH (Alabama Dept of Archives & History) Civil War
Service Database - Co D 33rd AL Infantry CSA
12. Edmond Mark FRANKLIN - Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System - Co D 33rd AL
Infantry CSA
13. Edmond Mark FRANKLIN - 1880 Bienville Parish, LA Census Household 217/217
14. Aurelia (Riller) FRANKLIN - Ancestry.com's Alabama Marriages, 1800-1920 marriage
to Goodman Sweeden
15. Phurnette (Fernettia) FRANKLIN - numerous visits to her grave & that of her husband,
Bartillo, @ Springhill Cemetery, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA (headstone gives her name as
Phurnettie)
16. Phurnette (Fernettia) FRANKLIN - Ancestry.com's Alabama Marriages, 1800-1920 -
marriage of Bartillo Burkett & Fanetta Franklin
17. Phurnette (Fernettia) FRANKLIN - Butler County Marriage Records, Bride's Index
1858-1864 - Butler Co., AL - Bondsman was Mark Franklin & marriage was held at Mark
Franklin's
18. Phurnette (Fernettia) FRANKLIN - 1880 Chocktaw Co, AL Census, Township 12 Beat
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19. Ennis FRANKLIN - Family Tree Maker CD119 Military Records Confederate Soldiers
1861-1865 Name - Ennis Franklin; Rank - Pvt; Co - A; Regiment - 1 Ala Art; Date of Death
- 6 Mar 1865; Number & Location of Grave - 2387 Woodlawn National Cemetery
20. Ennis FRANKLIN - Ancestry.com's Civil War Muster Rolls Database - Co A 1st AL
Artillery CSA
21. Ennis FRANKLIN - Email from cemetery caretaker, Woodlawn National Cemetery,
Elmira, NY incl photo of headstone
22. Ennis FRANKLIN - ADAH (Alabama Dept of Archives & History) Civil War Service
Database - E Franklin Co A 1st Al Regiment Artillery, cause of death variola (smallpox). Roll
of prisoners of war at Fort Columbus, N.Y.H. transferred to Elmira NY Dec 4, 1864.
Remarks: Where captured: Fort Morgan; When captured: August 23, 1864.
23. Ennis FRANKLIN - Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System - Co A 1 Battn, AL Artillery
24. Adelia (Adella/Dell) FRANKLIN - Ancestry.com's Alabama Marriages, 1800-1920 -
Wm C Riley & A Franklin
25. Adelia (Adella/Dell) FRANKLIN - will of Mark (Martin) Franklin shows her living in
Red River Parish, LA
26. Adelia (Adella/Dell) FRANKLIN - 1880 Red River Parish, LA Census Household
494/496
27. David Twigg FRANKLIN - dog horn of David Twigg Franklin. Carved with initials
D.T.F. given to his grandson, Homer Bryant Franklin, and given by Homer to his only
grandson, Ovis Bruce Franklin (husband of Lisa)
28. David Twigg FRANKLIN - numerous visits of his grave & that of his wife, Sabra, at
Springhill Cemetery, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, LA
29. David Twigg Franklin - named after his father's captain (War of 1812) David Emmanuel
Twiggs. Twiggs served as a general officer in the U.S. Army, serving in Mexico and early in
the WBTS. He surrendered all Texas forts under his command to the Confederacy at the start
of the war and then served as a general officer for the Confederacy. Was Robert E Lee's
commanding officer in TX.