Lawson D. Franklin: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

1804 - 1861 (57 years)

Generation: 1

1.

Lawson D. Franklin was born 19 Jan 1804; died 8 Apr 1861.

Lawson — Elizabeth Bennett Rodgers. Elizabeth (daughter of Isaac White Rodgers and Jemima Randall) was born 8 Dec 1809; died 22 Apr 1846. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Isaac White Rodgers Franklin was born 23 Dec 1827; died 8 Nov 1866.

Generation: 2

2.

Isaac White Rodgers Franklin

(1.Lawson¹) was born 23 Dec 1827; died 8 Nov 1866.

Isaac — Dorcas Margrave. Dorcas was born 12 Dec 1839; died Aft 1891. [Group Sheet]

Children:

3. Isaac White Rodgers Franklin, Jr. was born 9 Apr 1865; died 20 Dec 1889.

Generation: 3

3.

Isaac White Rodgers Franklin, Jr.

(2.Isaac², 1.Lawson¹) was born 9 Apr 1865; died 20 Dec 1889.

Isaac married Dannie Eugene Harrison 11 Aug 1886. Dannie (daughter of James Rodgers Harrison and Eliza Hunter) was born 28 Mar 1867; died 6 Jan 1961. [Group Sheet]

Children:

4. Lawson D. Franklin, IV was born 18 Sep 1887; died 5 Apr 1923, Hazard; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
5. James Harrison Franklin was born 9 Apr 1889, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 11 Apr 1958.

Generation: 4

4.

Lawson D. Franklin, IV

(3.Isaac³, 2.Isaac², 1.Lawson¹) was born 18 Sep 1887; died 5 Apr 1923, Hazard; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Lawson married Grace Brown Vinson 22 Sep 1920. Grace (daughter of Julius Clay Vinson and Cynthia Adeline "Addie" Burnett) was born 16 Feb 1891; died 17 Dec 1960; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Children:

6. Cynthia Eugenia "Genie" Franklin was born 16 Oct 1921.

5. James Harrison Franklin (3.Isaac³, 2.Isaac², 1.Lawson¹) was born 9 Apr 1889, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 11 Apr 1958.