Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Felix Drayton Franklin, Obituary, Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia, 1885

Obituary
Felix Drayton Franklin

The Cartersville American
Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia
Weds., 22 July 1885, page 3

Name of Deceased: Felix Drayton Franklin 

Age: [est. 93 years]  

Date of Death: Thurs., 15 July 1885  

Duration of illness: "some time"; "extreme old age," "chest pains," feebleness, wearing out

Birth: 23 April 1792, Warren County, Georgia 

Moved to Bartow County, Georgia: 1835 

Marriage (at age 24) [est. 1816] 

Wife: Nancy Roberts (died 1848) 

Children: six (five lived to adulthood); one named in article, A. M. Franklin, former sheriff of Bartow County 

Military: Served in Floyd's Command, War of 1812 

More: praise, general remarks about the era and duration of his life

[Source]:

"Felix Drayton Franklin" (obituary), The Cartersville American (Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia) 1882-1886, Weds., 22 July 1885, page 3 (digital image 3), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn88054140/1885-07-22/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_605x817_from_0,6009_to_1741,8358/ (accessed 09 November 2020 by D.K. Pritchett). 

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