Brief Life History of Philip Franklin
When Philip Franklin Fetters was born about 1838, in Ohio, United States, his father, Jacob Fetters, was 24 and his mother, Anna Catherine Weaver, was 34. He married Saphronia Crouch on 4 October 1860, in Mercer, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Union Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 7 November 1886, in Huntington, Indiana, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Huntington, Huntington Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States.
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- Franklin Fetters in household of Jacob Fetters, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Franklin Fetters - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1838; Ohio, United States
- Franklin Fetters, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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about 1838
Historical Information: 1838: Adams, Indiana, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a cheat, from Middle English, Anglo-French faitour ‘imposter, cheat’, a specialized sense of Old French faitor ‘doer, maker’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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