This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Upright, Franks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0VB.2ACI/6967 Message Board Post: Can anyone help? I am looking for the family of Barbara Upright b. 1-14-1814 in Rowan Co., NC. She m. Joseph Alexander Franks 9-24-1835 in Rowan Co., NC. They had one son, Cornelius Franklin Franks b. 1-14-1835. Barbara Franks died 9-16-1890 in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC. Her obituary states she "died of heart disease; lived in Buncombe Co. about 50 years, 40 of which she has been in Asheville; was a manager of Wayside Hospital at this place (Asheville) during the war (Civil War); she has been a consistent member of the ME Church South for more than 60 years; interment at Riverside Cemetery in Asheville;" I believe that she and J.A. Franks must have divorced. In the 1850 census (Buncombe Co., NC) she is living in the home of D.C. Taylor, 30 WM, farmer, b. TN and her son is living in the home of the newspaper editor as a "printer's devil". In the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census she is living with her son. J.A. Franks married perhaps twice more, the last of which was Polly Ledford. I have been unable to find Barbara and Alexander Franks in the 1840 census, or find any divorce papers. If anyone has information about the Upright family from Rowan County, her parents and siblings, I would be very greatful. Thanks in advance. MK