Phoebe Caroline Franklin

Brief Life History of Phoebe Caroline

When Phoebe Caroline Franklin was born in 1798, in Burke, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Franklin Jr, was 38 and her mother, Mary Polly Irwin, was 45. She married Arthur H. Erwin on 11 March 1819, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She died in 1880, in Yancey, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

Arthur H. Erwin
1794–1880
Phoebe Caroline Franklin
1798–1880
Marriage: 11 March 1819
Cynthia Lucinda Erwin
1820–1880
Robert Alexander Erwin
1821–1890
Sally Eliza Erwin
1823–1827
Catherine Matilda Erwin
1823–1854
William Anderson Erwin
1825–1847
Sophia Erwin
1827–1911
Issac Avery Erwin
1830–1863
Huldah Erwin
1832–
Harriet Eloisa Erwin
1833–
Arthur Dudley Erwin
1836–1868
Deally Elizabeth Erwin
1838–1842
Mary Jane Erwin
1841–1885
Clarissa Lenoir Erwin
1844–1924

Sources (15)

  • Arthur Erwin, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Phebe Franklin, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Caroline Franklin in entry for Clarrisa L. Thompson, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930"

World Events (8)

1799 · Gold Nuggets Found

"In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

English: status name from Middle English frankeleyn ‘freeman, freeholder, land-owner of free but not noble birth’ (Anglo-Norman French fraunclein). In general, he was a gentleman ranked above the main body of minor freeholders but below a knight or a member of the nobility.

Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames, such as Frankel .

History: The American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) was the son of Josiah Franklin, a chandler (dealer in soap and candles), who had emigrated c. 1682 from Ecton, Northamptonshire, to Boston, MA, where his son was born.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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