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     Cynthia Ann Franklin was born on 27 August 1954 at Kermit, Winkler Co., TX. She was the daughter of Betty Ann Welch. Cynthia Ann Franklin died on 31 October 1955 at Kermit, Winkler Co., TX, at age 1. She was buried in November 1955 at Monahans Memorial Cemetery, Monahans, Ward Co., TX, Findagrave #109913493.

     Dorothy Mae Franklin was born on 5 February 1920. She married Rogers Tommy Davidson. Dorothy Mae Franklin died on 13 June 1985 at age 65. She was buried in June 1985 at Moore Cemetery, Chalk Bluff, McLennan Co., TX, Findagrave #9950262.

     Edith Lucille Franklin was born on 31 January 1931 at Bowling Green, Warren Co., KY.¹ She was the daughter of Rudolph Franklin and Mary Iva Wimpee. Edith Lucille Franklin married Bobby Green, son of Raymond Otto Green and Nora L. Stone. Edith Lucille Franklin died on 12 January 2007 at Baptist Hospital East, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, at age 75 Obituary (Findagrave.com):

GREEN, EDITH LUCILLE, 75, of Louisville, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2007 at Baptist Hospital East. She was a Homemaker, a Scheduling Tech at the former Durrett High School, and was in retail sales at the Parfumerie. She was an active member of Support Organizations at the Pleasure Ridge Park High School, and Middletown Church of Christ. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Bobby Green; one son, David Green (Vicki); six grandchildren, Abigail, Andrew, Benjamin, Thomas, Rebekah and Nathaniel Green; and three sisters, Louise Jones, Joyce Massey and Barbara Ann Johnson. She will be greatly missed by her husband, family, and many friends. Funeral services will be at noon on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at the Chapel of Arch L. Heady at Resthaven, 4400 Bardstown Rd. Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 3-8 p.m. on Monday, January 15, 2007 at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Middletown Church of Christ "Mission Fund."
Published in The Courier-Journal from 1/13/2007 - 1/14/2007.

She was buried on 16 January 2007 at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY, Findagrave #17419394.

     Eduard L. Franklin was born on 12 November 1922. He was the son of Raymond Luther Franklin and Cora Belle Franklin. Eduard L. Franklin died on 25 January 1923. He was buried in January 1923 at Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery, Winfield, Carroll Co., MD, Findagrave #99096783.

     Effie L. Franklin was born on 2 November 1867 at Carroll Co., MD.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Wesley Franklin and Mary Catherine Kitzmiller.¹ Effie L. Franklin died on 17 October 1872 at Carroll Co., MD, at age 4. She was buried in October 1872 at Bethany aka Cover's Corner Cemetery, Taylorsville, Carroll Co., MD, Findagrave #71137118

Headstone inscription:

EFFIE L. FRANKLIN
      died
      17th October 1872.
      aged 4 years
      11 months &
      15 days.
.......................................
......................................
..............ly sleep in Jesus.

     Effie M. Franklin was born on 22 September 1875 at Carroll Co., MD.^1,2 She was the daughter of Elhanen H. Franklin and Mary Emily Skidmore.¹
Note: Newspaper article -- Democratic Advocate, Westminster, MD; Saturday, March 18, 1893; Vol: 28; Page: 4 GenealogyBank.com):

A Party at Berret

One of the most pleasant social events of the season was a party on Monday evening, the 13th, at the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, near Berret, which was given in honor of their daughter, Effie, who is spending the winter with her parents. By 7:30 all the invited guests were present, despite the muddy roads. The evening was spent in conversation and various games. At 11 o'clock all were invited into the dining room for refreshments; after doing ample justice to the good things of the season the guests returned to the parlor and resumed their amusements until a late hour. These present were Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, Mrs. Buchman, Misses Effie Franklin, Ethel Buchman, Ursa Dorsey, Effie Wetzel, may Sellman, Maggie Day, of Baltimore; Lona Gosnell, Lula Brandenburg; Messrs. Charles Wade Franklin, Marsh Sellman, Harry Shipley, Marsh and Granville Wetzel, Frank Brandenburg, George Brown, William and George Cook, Oliver Buchman, Howard Gearhart, Frank Brown, Frank Dorsey, Saville Hewitt. The host and hostess were untiring in their efforts to entertain their guests and all regretted to say good-night.

Effie M. Franklin married Joseph A. Rutledge, son of Joshua Rutledge and Anna Olivia Chenoweth, on 31 July 1901 at St. Gregorys Catholic Church, Baltimore, MD,

The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland); Thursday, 01 Aug 1901; Page 7; (Newspapers.com):

Rutledge - Franklin

The marriage of Miss Effie M. Franklin, 1034 Mount street, to Mr. Joseph A. Rutledge took place yesterday afternoon at St. Gregory's Catholic Church, corner Baker and Gilmore streets. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Phillip J. Walsh.

The groom was attended by Mr. Wade Franklin as best man.? ? An informal reception to the wedding party was held last night at the residence of the groom, 623 North Washington street, where the young couple will reside.

Effie M. Franklin lived on 22 April 1910 at 2208 Ashland Avenue, Baltimore, MD.³ She lived on 6 January 1920 at Baltimore, MD.⁴ She died on 16 March 1970 at Baltimore (probably), MD, at age 94

DEATH NOTICE - The Baltimore Sun; Baltimore, Maryland; Thursday, March 19, 1970; Page 38 (Newspapers.com):

RUTLEDGE

On March 16, 1970, Effie, beloved wife of the late Joseph A. Rutledge.

Friends may call at St. Martin's Home for the Aged, 601 Maiden Choice Lane, from 2 until 9 P.M. where a Requiem Mass will be celebrated on Thursday at 7:30 A.M. Interment in Baltimore Cemetery.

She was buried in March 1970 at Baltimore Cemetery, Baltimore, MD.

     Elhanen H. Franklin was born in May 1850 at Carroll Co., MD.^1,2 He was the son of Charles Wesley Franklin and Mary Catherine Kitzmiller.¹ Elhanen H. Franklin married Mary Emily Skidmore, daughter of Hamilton P. Skidmore and Kiturah Parrish, on 10 March 1875 at Westminster Co., MD,

The Democratic Advocate (Westminster, Maryland); Saturday, 12 Aug 1905; Page 3; column 4; (Newspapers.com):

MARRIED BY ELDER FRANKLIN
Three Hundred and Eighty-Six White and Colored Couples Were Married by Him

Following is a list of persons married by Elder William H. Franklin, of Sam's Creek, this county, who died last week. The list was taken from his register:

"........... White .......

1875 - (included: March 10, Elhannon P. Franklin, and Mary E. Skidmore.)

Elhanen H. Franklin lived on 25 June 1880 at Franklin Twp., Carroll Co., MD.³ He lived on 4 June 1900 at Baltimore, MD, laborer.² He lived on 12 January 1920 at Pine Bluff State Sanitorium, Camden District, Wicomico Co., MD.⁴ He died on 17 March 1920 at Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD, at age 69 The Sun, Baltimore, MD; Sunday-Thursday, March 18, 1920; Vol: CLXVI; Issue: 106; Page: 12; (GenealogyBank.com):

FRANKLIN. - On March 17, 1920, at Salisbury, Md. ELHANAN H., aged 70 years, beloved husband of Mary E. Franklin.

The funeral will take place from the residence of his daughter Mrs. Joseph Rutledge, 1011 North Caroline street, on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Interment in Baltimore Cemetery.


Note: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909; (Ancestry.com):

ELHANAN H. FRANKLIN, OF BERRETT, MARYLAND, ASSIGNER OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM A. DORSEY, OF SAME PLACE

CULTIVATING-PLOW SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,743, dated February 9, 1892.

Application filed April 13, 1891, Serial No. 388,670. (No model)
To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELHANAN H. FRANKLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berrett, in the County of Carroll and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivating-Plows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of cultivating-plows in which the drag-bars are laterally adjustable to work the shovels closer together or farther apart.

The main objects in view are to provide for the lateral movement of the drag-bars at one side of the plow independent of those at the other side, to provide for raising the drag-bars on pivots to elevate the shovels from the ground, and to provide an improved construction of colter and wheel to facilitate side-hill plowing.

To this end the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.
     ............................."

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ELHANAN H. FRANKLIN
Witnesses:

F. P. Davis
Jno. T. Maddox.

     Elijah Franklin was born circa 1829 at Ohio.¹ He married Nancy Strawn, daughter of Hiram Strawn and Catherine Windemute, on 7 May 1852 at Winnebago Co., IL.

     Elizabeth Ann Franklin was born on 20 February 1857 at Greenfield Twp., Fairfield Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Amanda Patience Hunter.¹ Elizabeth Ann Franklin married Silas Taylor Stanfield, son of Rev. John Stanfield and Mary Ann O'Dell, on 11 September 1873 at Boone Co., IA. Elizabeth Ann Franklin lived on 3 June 1880 at Boonesboro, Boone Co., IA.² She lived on 11 June 1900 at 510 Green Street, Boone, Boone Co., IA.³ She died on 31 May 1915 at Boone, Boone Co., IA, at age 58

Obituary (Findagrave.com):

Boone County Democrat 1915

Mrs. S.T. Stanfield, who had been suffering with heart trouble for the past year, passed peacefully away at the family home on Greene street at 5:00 o'clock Monday afternoon, May 31st. She had suffered patiently for more than a year with heart trouble and other complications. The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from the home and at 2:30 from the First M.E. church, conducted by the Rev. R. Burton Sheppard and the Rev. Geo. D. Crissman, and attended by many sorrowing relatives and friends. Countless beautiful floral tributes attested the general esteem in which she was held. The ladies of the Pythian Sisters, of which order she had been a faithful member, attended in a body. The funeral was by automobile from the church to the cemetery.
Elizabeth A. Franklin was born February 20, 1857, in Dumontsville, Ohio, and after a serious illness of more than a year died in Boone Iowa May 31, 1915, aged 58 years, 3 months and 11 days. In the spring of 1864 she came by railroad with her parents to Colo, Story county, Iowa, thence by stagecoach to what was then Boonsboro, Iowa, and has lived in this community from that time. On September 11, 1873, she was married to S.T. Stanfield, to which union nine children were born, three of whom have passed into the life beyond: Harry E., who Died October 31, 1888; Mary E., January 12, 1899, and Bessie L., January 11, 1900. She leaves to mourn her loss, besides a host of friends and other relatives, her aged mother, Mrs. Amanda Franklin, who has passed the 88 year mark, and who has lived with her daughter for seven years; one brother, T.R. Franklin, of Boone; her husband S.T. Stanfield, and her six children, Alice M. Wheeler, of Boone; John F., of Omaha; Edith Leone, Ethel L. Blanchard, Bertha A. and Ruth M., of Boone; and thirteen grandchildren.
She was united with the Marion Street Methodist Episcopal church when she was fourteen years of age and has been a member of that church ever since. She was also a member of Gem Temple No. 52 of the Pythian Sister, the second Past Chief to pass into the Great Beyond, Mrs. Dr. Lyle, whose funeral occurred last week, having been the first.

She was buried in June 1915 at Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, Boone Co., IA, Findagrave #23506126.

     Emily V. Franklin was also known as "Emma". She was born on 24 October 1859 at Carroll Co., MD.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Wesley Franklin and Mary Catherine Kitzmiller.¹ Emily V. Franklin married John William Conaway, son of William Pretyman Conaway and Clementine Penn, on 30 January 1888 at Carroll Co., MD. Emily V. Franklin died on 20 February 1937 at Winfield, Carroll Co., MD, at age 77

OBITUARY - Carroll County Times; February 26, 1937 (via Findagrave.com):

Mrs. Emma V. Conaway

Mrs. Emma V. Conaway, widow of the late John W. Conaway, died at the home of her son, J. E. Conaway, Winfield, Md., Saturday, February 20, 1937, of lobar pneumonia. She was 77 years of age and was a daughter of the late Charles and Mary E. Franklin. Two sons survive J. E. and Guy B. Conaway, both of Winfield, and one sister, Mrs. Mamie Wilcox, Baltimore.

The funeral was held Tuesday at 10:30 A. M. from the J. E. Conaway home with concluding services at 11 A. M. in Ebenezer M. E. Church and burial in the cemetery adjoining. The Rev. Robert Bartlett officiated. C. M. Waltz, funeral director.

She was buried in February 1937 at Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Winfield, Carroll Co., MD.

     Emma Elizabeth Franklin was born on 15 December 1908 at Maryland.¹ She was the daughter of Herbert Auguster Franklin and Caroline Lena Utz.¹ Emma Elizabeth Franklin married Henry Patrick Steinhice, son of Thomas Jefferson Steinhise and Ada Viola Wible, circa 1927. Emma Elizabeth Franklin lived between 1976 and 1989 at Pasadena, Anne Arundel Co., MD. She died on 23 May 1989 at Baltimore (probably), MD, at age 80

Obituary -- The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland); Thursday, 25 May 1989; Page 85; (Newspapers.com):

STEINHICE

On May 23, 1989 EMMA E. (nee Franklin) beloved wife of the late P. Henry Steinhice, and dear mother of the late Thomas H. Steinhice. Devoted grandmother of Thomas W., Joseph H., and William J. Steinhice, Jean Porter, Marian Ziegenhein and Teresa Thompson. Also survived by eight great grandchildren.

Funeral from The Gonce Home, 169 Riviera drive on Friday at 11 A.M. Interment in Glen Haven Memorial Park. Family request friends call from 3-5 and 7-9 P.M.

She was buried in May 1989 at Glen Haven Memorial Park, Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel Co., MD.

     Eva May Franklin was born in April 1889 at Boone Co. (probably), IA.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Richard Franklin and Frances Melcher.¹

     Evelyn E. Franklin was born in 1913 at Maryland. She was the daughter of William Harvey Franklin and Bertha Ray Hampton. Evelyn E. Franklin married Joseph Carlisle Readmond, son of Robert Daugherty Readmond and Mary Catherine Hopkins. Evelyn E. Franklin was Roman Catholic. She died on 27 November 1976

Obituary -- The Baltimore Sun; Baltimore, Maryland; Monday, November 29, 1976; Page 34 (Newspapers.com):

READMOND
On November 27, 1976, EVELYN E. (nee Franklin), beloved wife of Joseph C. Readmond, devoted mother of Mrs. Maureen Michaloski, Ronald J. Readmond, sister of Russell and William Franklin. Also survived by three grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Raymond C. Fink Funeral Home of Glen Burnie, Crain highway and Fifth avenue, S.W. from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. (parking entrance of fifth avenue). Christian Wake Services on Monday at 7:30 P.M. The family and friends will assemble at Holy Trinity Church on Tuesday for Mass of Christian Burial at 9 A.M. Interment Glen Haven Memorial Park.

     Florence Mildred Franklin was born on 12 November 1919 at Benchley, Brazos Co., TX. She married Col Hugh Ryland Williams on 12 October 1940. Florence Mildred Franklin died on 12 April 2015 at age 95

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Florence Mildred (Franklin) Williams of Bryan passed away on April 12 at her home at the age of 95. She was born on November 12, 1919 in Benchley, Texas to parents Clarence Boone Franklin and Erma Rae Seale. Florence attended Hearne schools and Texas State College for Women. She was an avid bowler, bridge player and sports fan. Florence never saw an Aggie foul or penalty. She was "Grandma" to several generations of family and friends and always knew what to say and how to fix things. Florence married Hugh Ryland Williams of Smithville, Texas on October 12, 1940.

She was preceded in death by her husband Colonel Hugh Williams in 1966, her sister Olena Wallace and her daughter-in-law Kyle Williams. She is survived by her daughter, Gaye Williams Caldwell and husband, Charley of Bryan; sons, Robert Williams and wife Gwenn of Denver, Colorado, George Williams of Abilene and Clay Williams and wife Danielle Rosser of Houston; grandchildren, Jodie Cole of Bryan, Lindsey Friedman of Denver, Hunter Williams of Austin, Reese Williams of Washington, DC, CeCe Caldwell Benningfield and Kelley Caldwell McKethan; as well as numerous great-grandchildren. Her very special relationship with great-granddaughter Kelsey will be treasured for many years.

The family wishes to recognize longtime caregiver of almost 20 years Caroline Contreras, for her loving and compassionate care, as well as the Thompson family and others for their devotion. They would also like to share their appreciation to Encompass Hospice for making the last weeks of Florence's life a respectful passing and honoring her as a person. Although Florence's family will miss her greatly each and every day, they will always know how blessed they were and how enriched their lives were made by her presence. Graveside services will be held at Bryan City Cemetery for family and friends on Sunday, April 19 at 2:00 P.M.

Published in The Eagle April 17, 2015.

     Floyd Wakefield Franklin was born on 13 June 1900 at Montgomery Co. (probably), TN.¹ He was the son of Sidney Austin Franklin and Myrtle J. Stinson.¹ Floyd Wakefield Franklin married Avery Critt Stinson, daughter of Eason Haywood Stinson and Amanda Linnie Stinson, on 21 April 1919 at Macon Co., TN. Floyd Wakefield Franklin lived on 10 April 1940 at Small House Road, Warren Co., KY. He died in February 1986 at age 85 per SSDI. He was buried in 1986 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Bowling Green, Warren Co., KY, Findagrave #146897886.

     Frances Jane Franklin was born on 1 May 1821 at Surry Co., NC. She married David Addison Abernathy on 6 August 1837 at Lincoln Co., NC. Frances Jane Franklin died on 20 May 1897 at Collin Co., TX, at age 76.

     Fred P. Franklin was born in May 1885 at Boone Co. (probably), IA.¹ He was the son of Thomas Richard Franklin and Frances Melcher.¹

     George Henry Franklin married Beatrice Blevins, daughter of Charles Marion Blevins and Margaret Lydia Walk, on 23 February 1920 at Harrison Co., IN.

     Gethro W. Franklin was born on 16 July 1921 at Allen Co., KY.¹ He was the son of Floyd Wakefield Franklin and Avery Critt Stinson.¹ Gethro W. Franklin married Dixie Sue Satterfield, daughter of William Roy Satterfield and Juanita E. Bonta. Gethro W. Franklin died in May 1982 at Warren Co. (probably), KY, at age 60 per SSDI, last residence Bowling Green. He was buried in 1982 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Bowling Green, Warren Co., KY, Findagrave #146898122.

     Grace May Franklin was born on 24 August 1884 at Carroll Co., MD. She was the daughter of James Joshua Franklin and Catherine E. Farver. Grace May Franklin married Charles Theodore Bair circa 1909, no children. Grace May Franklin was Methodist. She died on 20 October 1946 at Baltimore, Baltimore City Co., MD, at age 62

OBITUARY - Carroll County Times; Westminster, Maryland; Friday, October 25, 1946, page 2, (Carroll County Times Archive, 1911-2017; https://cctimes.carr.org/):

Mrs. Grace May Bair, wife of Charles T. Bair, Sam's Creek, died Sunday October 20, 1946, at the University Hospital, Baltimore. Death was due to complications after an extended illness.

She was born August 24, 1884 in Carroll county, a daughter of the late James J. and Catherine Farver Franklin and was aged 62 years.

Surviving besides the husband are one brother, J. Robert Franklin; one sister, Mrs. Cora B. Franklin; one niece, Mrs. Emory Schaeffer; and one nephew, Francis B. Jenkins. She was a member of the Methodist Church.

Services were held Wednesday, meeting at the Sams Creek residence at one o'clock with further services in Ebenezer Methodist Church, Winfield. Rev E. C. Cooper officiated, with interment in the church cemetery. Bearers were Ezra Wantz, Hanson Franklin, Harvey Burgess, Roy Franklin, Carville Alexander, and William Green. D. D. Hartzler & Sons, funeral directors.

She was buried in October 1946 at Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery, Winfield, Carroll Co., MD, Findagrave #98908692.

     Granville Moody Franklin was born at Greenfield Twp., Fairfield Co. (probably), OH. He was the son of Benjamin Franklin and Amanda Patience Hunter. Granville Moody Franklin died before 5 August 1870.

     Harrison Franklin was born in September 1861 at Macomb, McDonough Co., IL. He was the son of William Harrison Franklin and Mariah Jane Clarke. Harrison Franklin married Louisa Catherine Munson, daughter of Eliphalet Philbrook Munson and Catherine Sanders, on 25 October 1881 at McDonough Co., IL. Harrison Franklin died circa 1935.

     Harry Franklin was born in April 1897 at Boone Co. (probably), IA.¹ He was the son of Thomas Richard Franklin and Frances Melcher.¹

     Herbert Auguster Franklin was born on 14 June 1879 at Taylorsville, Carroll Co., MD, headstone inscription erroneously shows 1881.¹ He was the son of Charles Samuel Franklin and Sarah Elizabeth Shipley.¹ Herbert Auguster Franklin married Caroline Lena Utz circa 1902.² Herbert Auguster Franklin married Fredericka Marie Hammel, daughter of Peter Hammel and Eva Margaretta Volk, circa 1913. Herbert Auguster Franklin lived on 8 January 1920 at 1818 Light Street, Baltimore, MD, Foreman in oil refinery.³ He died on 18 October 1941 at Maryland at age 62

Obituary (via Findagrave.com):

The Baltimore Sun October 22, 1941

On October 18, 1941, Herbert A., beloved husband of Ricky Franklin (nee Hammel). Services at his home 5222 Catalpha road, (corner of Gibbons avenue) on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

He was buried in October 1941 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Brooklyn Park, Anne Arundel Co., MD, Findagrave #107543311.
Note: Article - The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland); Monday, 30 Jun 1902; Page 7; (Newspapers.com):

Shattered A Large Window

Herbert A. Franklin and William Franklin, two young men who gave their occupations as beer bottlers, were fined $1 and costs each on a charge of disorderly conduct by Justice Robertson, at the Southern Police Station, yesterday morning. William fell against one of the large plate-glass windows of Armstrong, Denny & Co., at Light and Montgomery streets, during his disorderly conduct and shattered it. He was charged with this, but dismissed on promise to help repair it.


Real Estate Deals - The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland); Wednesday, 25 Jun 1924; Page 21; (Newspapers.com):

Charles H. Steffey, Inc., reported sale of a lot at the southwest corner of Belmont and Highland roads, West Hamilton, for Emily L. Luskin, of Charleston, S. C., to Herbert A. Franklin and wife, who will improve the property with a home.

     Herbert Frederick Franklin was born on 8 June 1903 at Maryland.¹ He was the son of Herbert Auguster Franklin and Caroline Lena Utz.¹ Herbert Frederick Franklin married Virginia Hopkins Worthington, daughter of William Evans Worthington Jr. and Mary Louise Hopkins, on 3 July 1931 at Williamstown, Gloucester Co., NJ.
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES -- The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland); Wednesday, 11 February 1953; Page 33; (Newspapers.com):

A Man Who Knows The Answers

By Walter Ward - (This is the 2nd of two articles on Mr. Franklin)

Day after working day, winter or summer, Herbert F. Franklin sits in his green leather chair outside of Mayor D’Alessandro’s office in City Hall and with unruffled demeanor listens to people gripe.

Plaintive woes of all kinds are heaped upon this short, stocky man who used to be a police magistrate but now meets the public as the city's official complaint clerk.

One of the D'Alesandro administration's chief extinguishers of public ire, Mr. Franklin investigates gripes about municipal services. If he learns that the complaints are justified, he must see that proper redress is given.

Workmen Sent Out

Sometimes this can be accomplished by sending out a crew of workmen to pick up a can of garbage or to patch a hole in the street. Or possibly an entire roadway may have to be repaved.

But whatever the difficulty, Mr. Franklin says, he is "only too glad to do what is necessary because helping people is not only my pleasure, but my religion."

The man who professes this altruistic outlook on life is a 265-pound, square faced individual who wears dark-rimmed glasses and has a monk like fringe of red hair around the top of his head.

Persons who telephone Mr. Franklin or drop into his office will discover that his strongest expletive seems to be "golly," and that his reputation for extraordinary calmness is based on substantial fact.

Seldom Gets Excited

"Sometimes I get excited," Mr. Franklin confesses., "but not too often. There isn't any sense in getting all riled up."

However, one type of individual does grate on Mr. Franklin's nervous system. That is the man who telephones about a complaint and begins the conversation with a chain of curses and personal vilification.

"Now, I seldom get a call like that," the complaint clerk explains, "but when I do I merely tell him to stop that kind of language,"

"If he doesn't," he added, "I just say that I realize I am a public servant and want to help, but I am not expected to listen to that kind of talk. Then I hang up"

Some Are Polite

The citizens who register their complaints with Mr. Franklin are as unpredictable as the gripes themselves.

The businesslike individual walks into the office, politely asks to have a sidewalk fixed or street lighting increased, and walks back outside. Mr. Franklin notifies the bureau of highways, street lighting or whatever department is appropriate and the whole procedure is completed in a few minutes.

But the next person may take a chair offered by Mr. Franklin and harangue city officials, discuss the weather and suggest she be given a tour of City Hall before getting to the difficulty which brought her there.

A typical case is that of an elderly woman who walked into his office to complain about trucks blocking the alley in back of her home (really a Police Department matter, but taken care of by Franklin.) She was dressed in a flowery hat and a black Persian lamb coat.

Before the "judge," as nearly everyone calls Mr. Franklin since his magistrate's days, learned what the woman wanted he had heard:

1. How the complainant's family had emigrated from Ireland penniless and built up a fortune in real estate.

2. That one of her sons was a doctor, another a lawyer.

3. That her family was "Southern Maryland Irish, not city Irish."

4. And that if nothing was done about high taxes she didn't know what she should do, particularly since her family had been paying taxes for 100 years and should not have to any more.

"A situation like that requires tact," the complaint clerk says. "If we offend people, it reflects on the Mayor So I try and get to the point as quickly as I can without offending."

Most of the complainants have justifiable gripes, he maintains. Occasionally, however, he is confronted by a personage somewhat like Ben King's "The Pessimist." whose lament runs:

"Nothing to do but work.
"Nothing to eat but food,
"Nothing to wear but clothes
"To keep one from going nude."

Mr. Franklin remembers cases that had most frustrating conclusions. One involves a sad-eyed, woefully dressed man about 50 years old who came into the office and said:

Judge, my poor mother is dying. She's in agony with arthritis and the doctors say she'll go soon. I want to do everything I can to help her but I've got a terrible problem."

As the man continued, tears trickled down his face: "I have to work. But I can't now, because I have to stay up all night taking care of mother. Can't you put her in a hospital? I'll be able to pay a few dollars a week."

Man refuses Aid

Mr. Franklin made a series of telephone calls, and although a hospital bed for the chronically ill was not available found a bed in a home for the sick woman. The man, however, would have none of that and strode away.

Investigation of the case continued, during which it was learned that the man, far from being poverty stricken, had a good job and was financially able to hire attendants. The case was dropped.

Many of the people are "really in terrible predicaments though," the complaint clerk said. One mother, whose husband had deserted with six young children, begged for housing and money from Mr. Franklin.

Before sending the woman to the Welfare Department for aid, Mr. Franklin gave her a few dollars from his own pocket "to buy the children some milk."

South Baltimore Figure

"But I can't do that for every case that comes in," he said, "or I'll find myself asking for aid."

Mr. Franklin is a familiar figure around the City Hall and particularly in South Baltimore, where he has lived for his 49 years. He lives at 1550 Harrison street, also the location of his home-appliance business.

He is a member of the Wyatt-Della political faction in the Sixth district. Mr. Franklin became interested in politics about twelve years ago. he says of the great game:

"It helps me meet people and I like to meet people and help them and that is why I invite people to voice their complaints to me at the City Hall."


The Baltimore Sun; Baltimore, Maryland; Wednesday, September 21, 1966; Page 34 (Newspapers.com):

First Two Floors Collapse During Blaze At House

The first and second floors of a three-story house at Hanover and Randall streets in South Baltimore collapsed last night in a two-alarm fire that raged for about an hour.

An explosion that blew wood from the front door and glass from the windows across the street preceded the fire at the home of Herbert F. Franklin, former magistrate of Southern Police Court and later the city's official complaint clerk.

No One Injured

Battalion Chief K. G. Moses said the fire was thought to have started when a gas burner in the basement exploded shortly before 8:30 P.M.

No one was at home at the time, and no one was injured. Residents of other houses in the block were quickly evacuated.

The south wall of the house, facing Russell street, buckled and fire fighters roped off the area to keep people away in case it fell.

"That's what's got us worried," said Chief Moses.

Residents of the house included Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, Mrs. Franklin's 81-year-old mother, Mrs. Louise Worthington, and two tenants who occupied the basement.

Heard Call From Woman

The Franklin's daughter, Mrs. Andrew Burgess, said that shortly before the blast her father accompanied her mother and grandmother to a church meeting at her house four blocks away, in the 200 block East Randall street.

She said she heard a call from a woman on the block, looked out her window and saw flames coming from her parents' empty home.

Firefighters said the two tenants also were away when the explosion ripped through the house.

One of the first persons on the scene was Sgt. Ralph Copper, of Southern District. He said the explosion had blown clothing from the first floor into the street.

Mr. Franklin was a police court magistrate from 1948 to 1952. Later, he was the city's complaint clerk in the administration of Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.

Occupation: Apprentice - bakery (1920); proprietor - tire store (1940); owner - Herb's Tire and Appliance (1942); Southern district Police Court magistrate (1948 - 1952.)

Herbert Frederick Franklin died on 7 December 1987 at Whitehall, Harford Co., MD, at age 84

OBITUARY - The Evening Sun; Baltimore, Maryland; Tuesday, December 8, 1987; Page 69 (Newspapers.com)

FRANKLIN
On December 7, 1987, Herbert F. of South Baltimore, beloved husband of the late Virginia W. Franklin (nee Worthington) devoted father of Mary Louise Jeffries and Joan F. Burgess, brother of Emma Steinhice. Also survived by seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral from the McCully Funeral Home of South Baltimore, 130 East Fort avenue on Friday at 11 A.M. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery. Family will receive friends Wednesday and Thursday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M.

He was buried in December 1987 at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Brooklyn Park, Anne Arundel Co., MD, Findagrave #114687307.

     Jabez Buell Franklin was born circa 1847 at Carroll Co., MD.¹ He was the son of Charles Wesley Franklin and Mary Catherine Kitzmiller.¹ Jabez Buell Franklin married Susan Stauffer, daughter of Ripley Stauffer and Mary Ann Hess, on 7 October 1883 at Whiteside Co., IL, Jabez and Susan were separated before the 1900 census, and she had returned to Illinois and was living with her parents. She had given birth to two children, one was deceased as of 1900. Records for the J. S. Godeau Funeral Home in San Francisco list Jabez as single when he died in 1917.

Jabez Buell Franklin died on 5 September 1917 at San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA.
Note: Articles:

Los Angeles Herald , Los Angeles, California; Wednesday, 12 Aug 1896; Page 9; column 2; (Ancestry.com):

Jabez Franklin, formerly of Jordan, now a resident of Guatemala, Central America, is seriously ill of typhoid fever.


The Times Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia; Friday, 24 Aug 1917; Page 10; (Ancestry.com):

SEEKS HIS RELATIVES

Man Who Went West Fifty Years Ago Communicates With Postmaster Here.

Assistant Postmaster Southward has received information from an acquaintance in Elk Grove, Cal. that Jabez Buell Franklin, many years ago a resident of Richmond, is attempting to locate his relatives whom he has not seen for fifty years.

Franklin was born in Richmond and lived here for some years. About fifty years ago he left Richmond and went West. Since that time he has not seen or heard from any of his relatives although they were numerous enough at one time. Now that he is seriously ill and unable to take care of himself, he is making a desperate effort to locate his relatives. He has, or has had at the time of his departure, three brothers and two sisters. His brothers are: Emmila Franklin, Howard Franklin, and James Franklin. His sisters are Emma Franklin and Alice Franklin.

He is asking that his relatives or friends communicate with him at once.

NOTE: The birthplace and names of siblings are not a match to the known information about Jabez, son of Charles and Catheine (Kitzmiller) Franklin, but the "near Elk Grove" location is in Sacramento County, CA, not a long distance from San Francisco. DLB 2020.

     James Franklin was born circa 1715. He married Hannah Tallman, daughter of John Tallman and Anna Bennett, on 13 April 1738 at Barrington, RI.

     James B. Franklin was born in October 1892 at Boone Co. (probably), IA.¹ He was the son of Thomas Richard Franklin and Frances Melcher.¹

     James Joshua Franklin was born on 16 July 1855 at Carroll Co., MD.¹ He was the son of Charles Wesley Franklin and Mary Catherine Kitzmiller.¹ James Joshua Franklin married Catherine E. Farver, daughter of Robert Lee Farver and Eliza Ann Jenkins, circa 1881. James Joshua Franklin died on 20 March 1926 at Winfield, Carroll Co., MD, at age 70. He was buried in March 1926 at Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery, Winfield, Carroll Co., MD, Findagrave #99096947.

     James Robert Franklin was also known as "Robert". He was born on 9 December 1881 at Carroll Co., MD.¹ He was the son of James Joshua Franklin and Catherine E. Farver.¹ James Robert Franklin died on 17 November 1955 at Winfield, Carroll Co., MD, at age 73

OBITUARIES - Carroll County Times; Westminster, Maryland, November 24, 1955; (Carroll County Times Archive, 1911-2017; cctimes.carr.org/ ):

J. Robert Franklin

Aged 73, a resident of Winfield, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Cora B. Franklin, Thursday, November 17, 1955, after an illness of two weeks.

Born in Carroll County, he was a son of the late James J. and Catherine Farver Franklin. He was unmarried.

Surviving are his sister, with whom he resided, and one nephew. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at the New Windsor funeral home of D. D. Hartzler and Sons. The Reverend Richard Thompson officiated.? Burial was in Ebenezer Cemetery, Winfield.


The News, Frederick, Maryland; Thursday, 17 Nov 1955; Page 4; (Newspapers.com):

J. Robert Franklin

J. Robert Franklin, 73, resident of Winfield, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Cora B. Franklin, Thursday at 4:30 a. m. Death occurred after an illness of two weeks.

He was born in Carroll County, son of the late James J. and Catherine Farver Franklin. He was unmarried.

Surviving are the sister with whom he lived in Winfield, one niece and one nephew.

The body rests at the New Windsor funeral home, where services will be held Sunday at two o'clock. Rev. Richard Thompson will officiate. Interment will be at Ebenezer cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday and Saturday evenings. D. D. Hartzler and sons, funeral directors.


He was buried in November 1955 at Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery, Winfield, Carroll Co., MD, Findagrave #99096890.