Should you fill in the blanks back to 1814 you will find James Franklin & wife Nancy (nee Amburgey) had just moved into Russell County from Wilkes Co NC. They had 8 children: Elizabeth, Ruth, Nancy, James, John, William, Mary, & Universal. Dorothy Amburgey Griffith On 3 Aug 2005 15:12:54 -0600 jbbwwgc@samlink.com writes: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ABC.2ACE/3888 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for information of my grandparents relatives. My > GrandFather on my Mothers side, Arthur Demaine Franklin, born > 4/19/1885 at Castlewood, Virginia (Russel County) at Rt. 3, Box 30, > married Cora J. Mercer 8/10/1911. Cora was born 6/01/1895 - died > 6/22/1912. Arthur married Florence S. Honaker on 2/17/1916. > Florence's Father, Martin Honaker died 2/28/1916 (it is believed he > was one of the original Honaker's) of Honaker, Virginia. Florence's > Mother, Frances Honaker died 1/19/1921. (Maiden name unkown to me). > She had three brother's named Walt, Bud and Nick Honaker. She had > two sister's, Kate Honaker and the other unkown to me. Arthur and > Florence Franklin's sons are Alvin, Arnold, Dan, Don, Earnest and > James Franklin. Their daughter's are Rochelle Franklin Sisson, Helen > Franklin Phillips, and Rosalee Franklin Phillips. Any other > relatives of Arthur D. Franklin or Florence S. Honaker Franklin will > be appreciated. > My name is Bernice Dixie Franklin Beasley, I was born in Honaker, > Virginia 9/09/1941 and moved away when I was about 7 years old. > Please help me with my family tree. > Thank you: > Bernice (Joseph Beasley) > > > ==== VARUSSEL Mailing List ==== > It is ok to send messages that have genealogical value to the > mailing > list. However, if the nature of your messages have turned more > personal > and no longer have any real genealogical value then they should > probably > be sent in private. > > >