My Franklin ancestors came to Collin County, Texas, from Arkansas about 1858. Here is this lineage: James S. Franklin b. abt 1805 (Tenn or SC) m. Cynthia____ in 1831. Children: Abner Franklin b. 1832 AR d. 1904 TX m. Peachie R. French 1861 Collin Co TX. Isaac Franklin b. 1834 AR d. 1881 TX m. 1. Leatha Ann Cartwright 1858 Collin Co TX Children: Lorena E. Franklin b. 1854 TX Cynthia Franklin b. 1861 TX m. J.C.Saunders m. 2. Levinia Elizabeth Burke 1867 Collin Co TX Children: James Benjamin Franklin b. 1868 d. 1883 Emma C. Franklin b. 1870 d. aft 1920 m. Andrew Jackson Douglas, Jr. 1889 Mary Lee Franklin b. 1871 m. Isaac J. Tolleson 1888 Sarah Ella Franklin b. 1874 m. Louis Roy Hatfield 1893 Joseph A. Franklin b. 1876 d. aft 1920 (did not marry) Ardie May Franklin b. 1880 d. 1940 m. Robert "Pat" Douglas 1898. All of these marriages took place in Collin County, TX. Isaac Franklin owned land along Honey Creek. The Agricultural Census of 1860 and 1870 showed he raised wheat, Indian corn, sweet potatoes and oats among other things. (Sources for my information: 1860, 1870 & 1880 Census; Marriage records for Collin Co; Family Records.) I'd like to hear from any cousins who also descend from this Franklin line. Shirley Webb shirlwbb@ktc.com