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).
