Are you speaking of the Martin Honaker who fought in the Civil War in the 37th Virginia Infantry Co. G? His wife was Elizabeth "Hess". The 1860 Russell County Census shows Martin Honaker, a farmer age 35, his wife "Betsy" and 8 children. The Honaker Family Reunion will be held in Honaker, VA Aug 12 - 13. As a part of the family reunion a Civil War memorial stone will be dedicated to this Martin Honaker on Saturday Aug 13. ----- Original Message ----- From: jbbwwgc@samlink.com To: VARUSSEL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 5:12 PM Subject: [VARUSSEL] Florence S. Honaker Franklin 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.