This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Franklin Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2AC.2ACI/1305 Message Board Post: Rutland Herald Jan 10, 1863 Birth Day Celebration On the 29th ult. Joseph Franklin of Vernon celebrated his 82d birthday by going into the woods and chopping and splitting and piling 1 1-8 cords of four foot hard wood in less than 6 hours.