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Below is a family biography included in The History of East Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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George Franklin, a young farmer near Mount Horeb, was born in Jefferson County, August 3, 1854, the son of Benjamin F. and Harriet L. (Rankin) Franklin. The father was born in Jefferson County in 1825. John W., a Virginian, was the grandfather. Benjamin served as constable and magistrate several years, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He died July 30, 1876, a highly respected farmer. The mother was born about 1818, in Jefferson County, where she now resides. Our subject was reared on the farm, and educated at the academy at Dandridge and at Mount Horeb. When eighteen years of age he entered the store of Benjamin Brannen, at Mossy Creek, and in 1882 engaged in general merchandise near White Pine. In 1884 he purchased his present farm of 230 acres, to which he has since been successfully devoted. He is liberal in his views, and is interested in public affairs. In December, 1875, he married Julia, a daughter of Thomas Blackburn; one child, an infant, deceased, was born to them, and the wife died September 18, 1879. December 24, 1880, he married Sallie A., the daughter of Calvin Bell. They have one child. He and his wife are members of the Westminster Presbyterian Church.
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