Andrew Jack Franklin
and Manerva Sergent
Andrew Jack Franklin b 17 Oct 1850 Russell Co VA
d 22 Mar 1923 Letcher Co KY s/o
Shadrick "Shade" Franklin and Jahala "Jala" Addington.
Andrew Jack Franklin m. 27 Mar 1870 Letcher Co KY by Benjamin Craft JP,
witnessed by John A Craft and Sarah Franklin, to 1st Manerva "Nervie" Sergent b 1 Mar 1852
KY d 5 Oct 1888 Letcher Co KY, buried Franklin Cemetery, Crafts Colly "Ermine",
Letcher Co KY, d/o David S Sergent and Christina
Lucretia Morgan. Children of Andrew Jack Franklin and Manerva "Nervie" Sergent;
1. Eli Wilson "Wilse" Franklin
b 26 Apr 1872 Letcher Co KY d 6 Mar 1969 Letcher Co KY buried Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher Co KY,
m. 22 Jul 1890 Letcher Co KY to Sarah Jane Webb
b 31 Dec 1871 Letcher Co KY d 1 Dec 1943 buried Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher Co KY d/o
Jason L Webb and Leudemia Hubbard.
2. John S Franklin b 23
Dec 1875 d 1945 Knott Co KY m. 1st Annie Hall b 4 Mar 1879 d
24 Oct 1909 Letcher Co KY d/o Marion Hall and Rebecca Howard King. John S
Franklin m. Lizzie
Hopkins b 19 Feb 1881 d 15 Sept 1940 d/o John Calvin Hopkins and Mary
Elizabeth Little.
3. Mary Ritter Franklin b 25 May 1877 d 2
Jul 1960 Letcher Co KY m. 16 Jul 1896 to Jesse Marion
Blair b 23 Jul 1857 Letcher Co KY d 19 Mar 1943 buried 20
Mar 1943 Ermine, Letcher Co KY s/o William L Blair and Martha Williams.
4. Martha Lear Franklin
b 4 May 1879 d 22 Nov 1954 Knott Co KY m. Marion Holbrook b 12 May 1878 d 5
May 1943 Knott Co KY; Child; Henry Holbrook b 1 Jul 1919 d 22 Jul 1980.
5. Benjamin "Ben" Franklin
b 14 Jun 1880 d 20 Sept 1969 Letcher Co KY buried Chunk Craft Cemetery,
Millstone, Letcher Co KY m. 27 Nov 1907 Letcher Co KY to
Sarah Jane Craft b 23
Jan 1889 d 9 Jun 1974 Letcher Co KY buried Chunk Craft Cemetery, Millstone,
Letcher Co KY d/o Enoch
Arden "Chunk" Craft and Polly Ann Caudill.
6. Nancy "Nannie Bell" J Franklin
b 9 Apr 1883 Letcher Co KY d 7 Oct 1978 Chehalis, Lewis Co WA, m. 16 Mar 1905
Letcher Co KY to Tilsman Howard Adams b 11 Dec 1878 d 8 May 1956 Chehalis,
Lewis Co WA, s/o John W Adams and Altamira
Myra Parsons.
7. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Franklin
b 25 Apr 1885 Letcher Co KY d 21 Sept 1981 Letcher Co KY m. 3 Jul 1905 Letcher
Co KY to Randolph Dee R D Holbrook b 26 Oct 1884 Letcher Co KY d 6 Feb 1959
Letcher Co KY buried Evergreen Cemetery, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY, s/o
Jason Lewis Holbrook
and America Morgan.
8. Susan Sousanna Franklin
b 25 Mar 1887 Letcher Co KY d 25 Jul 1887 Letcher Co KY, buried Franklin
Cemetery, Crafts Colly, Ermine, Letcher Co KY.
9. Roseanna Franklin
b 28 Sept 1888 d 1888 Letcher Co KY buried Franklin Cemetery, Crafts Colly,
Ermine, Letcher Co KY.
Andrew Jack Franklin b 17 Oct 1850
Russell Co VA d 22 Mar 1923 Letcher Co KY s/o
Shadrick "Shade" Franklin and Jahala "Jala" Addington. Andrew Jack
Franklin m. 4 Oct 1891 Letcher Co KY to (2) Margaret Maggie Adams b 13 Mar
1874 Mayking, Letcher Co KY d 13 Jan 1943 buried Crafts Colly,
Letcher Co KY., d/o Randolph "Randall"
Adams and Martha "Patsy" Hale. Margaret
"Maggie" Adams also m. in 1925 to 2nd W H Day and she also m. 1938 to 3rd W S Cox. Children
of Andrew Jack Franklin and 2nd Margaret "Maggie" Adams;
10. Ollie Jane Franklin
b 1 Mar 1893 Letcher Co KY d 6 Jun 1986 Letcher Co KY buried Sandlick
Cemetery, Letcher Co KY m. 20 May 1908 Letcher Co KY to
Stephen L Blair b 21
May 1897 Letcher Co KY d 31 Jan 1963 Thornton, Letcher Co KY buried Sandlick Cemetery,
Letcher Co KY; occupation, attorney, s/o
John Robertson
Blair (s/o Elihu Blair
and Celia Adams) and Rachel Fairchild.
11. Belvia Duran Franklin
b 28 Oct 1895 Letcher Co KY m. 17 Oct 1914 to Jimmy Yonts
12. William McKinley "Bill" Franklin
b 17 Feb 1897 Letcher Co KY d 16 May 1974 Letcher Co KY m. 8 Nov 1921 to 1st Lettie Webb
4 children; m. 2nd to Marie Fultz 2 children.
13. James Monroe "Jimmy" Franklin
b 10 Jan 1899 Letcher Co KY d 3 Jun 1973 Letcher Co KY buried Evergreen Cemtery, Letcher Co KY m. 10
Nov 1926 Letcher Co KY to Ida Haynes b 5 Aug 1899
Crafts Colly, Ermine, Letcher Co KY d 6 Apr 1981 Crafts Colly, Ermine, Letcher
Co KY buried Evergreen Cemetery, Letcher Co KY d/o Christopher Columbus Haynes
and Elizabeth Betty Middleton.
14. Samuel "Sam" Franklin
b 13 Mar 1901 Letcher Co KY d 16 Nov 1985 Letcher Co KY m. 10 Jan
1920 to Vina Vinnie Holbrook b Oct 1899 d 23 Jun
1988 Letcher Co KY d/o Jason Lewis Holbrook
and America Morgan.
15. Louise Franklin b 20 Mar 1903 Letcher Co KY d 7 Mar 1931 Letcher Co KY m. 25 Jan 1924 to
Charlie Haynes b 18 Mar 1902 d 18 Apr 1978 s/o John Haynes and Mary Jane
Fields.
16. Shady Franklin
b 3 Oct 1905 Letcher Co KY d 14 Apr 1987 KY m. 31 May 1930 to Lovell Webb.
17. Anna Lovelle Franklin
b 28 Jan 1909 Letcher Co KY d 29 Jul 1982 NC m. 5 Jun 1926 to Luther Hall b 1903.
18. Jackson Dillard Franklin
b 26 Nov 1916 Letcher Co KY d 30 Nov 1916 Letcher Co KY,
buried Franklin Cemetery, Crafts Colly, Ermine, Letcher Co KY.