Mary Elizabeth Haner Franklin

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth Haner

When Mary Elizabeth Haner Franklin was born on 15 April 1864, in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States, her father, John Isaac Gracey Franklin, was 37 and her mother, Amanda Sophrinia Allbritton, was 34. She married James Terrell Beeks on 17 January 1884, in Union, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Mississippi, United States in 1870 and Beat 4, Union, Mississippi, United States in 1880. She died on 24 July 1896, in Union, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Terrell Beeks
1862–1935
Mary Elizabeth Haner Franklin
1864–1896
Marriage: 17 January 1884
Ruth Amanda Beeks
1888–1959
Clyde Agnes Beeks
1890–1904
Clyde Beeks
1890–1904
Mary Jodie Beeks
1892–1941
Beeks
1896–1896

Sources (5)

  • Mary Franklin in household of John Franklin, "United States Census, 1880"
  • M. E. Franklin, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"
  • Mary Elizabeth Haner Franklin Beeks, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1865 · The Assassination of a President

"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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franklin BIBLE

FRANKLIN FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS-PONTOTOC CO., MS The records in this booklet were found inside a small box with the Franklin Family Bible dated 1850. The Bible's binding is broken and the Bible itself …

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