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Frank, Thomas – Franklin, William Buel

Frank, Thomas

bishop coadjutor of Tennessee, was born Sept. 17, 1856, in Jackson, Miss. He was elected professor of ecclesiastical history in the university of the South in 1882, chaplain of the university in the following year, and vicechancellor in 1890.

Franklin, B. J

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in Mason county, Ky. He served in the confederate army as a captain; and in 1871 was elected circuit attorney for the twenty-fourth circuit of Missouri. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Missouri to the fortyfourth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Franklin, Benjamin

clergyman, author, was born in 1819 in Rhode Island.

He is an episcopal clergyman of Shrewsbury, N. J.; and the author of The Creed and Modern Thought; and The Church and the Era.

Franklin, Edward C

physician, author, was born March 12, 1822, in Flushing, N. Y. He has attained prominence as a successful physician and surgeon of Michigan, and served during the civil war as a surgeon of the Missouri volunteers. He is the author of a work entitled The Science and Art of Surgery.

Franklin, Jesse

soldier, governor, United States senator, was born March 24, 1760, in Orange county, Va. He represented Virginia in congress from 1795 to 1797, and then returned to the legislature. From 1799 to 1805, and from 1807 to 1813, he was a United States senator.

In 1820 he was elected governor of North Carolina. He died in September, 1823, in Surry county, N. C.

Franklin, John

soldier, legislator, jurist, was born Sept. 26, 1749, in Canaan, Conn. He was a captain during the revolutionary war; and subsequently was several times a member of the Connecticut assembly. He died March 1, 1831, in Athens, Pa.

Franklin, John P

farmer, educator, clergyman, was born July 26, 1859, in Clinton, La. He graduated from the Gammon seminary of Atlanta, Ga.; has attained success as a school teacher and a clergyman, and now fills a pastorate in Lumberton, N. C.

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Franklin, John R

lawyer, congressman, was born May 6, 1820, in Worcester, Md. He served in the state legislature of Maryland in 1843, and also in 1849, when he was elected speaker. 1851 he was chosen president of the board of public works of the state; and was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1853 to 1855.

Franklin, Ross B

journalist, poet, was born Dec. 8, 1863, in Boston, Mass.

He has traveled extensively in Mexico as a newspaper correspondent, and was a special correspondent for New York papers during the late Chilean war. He is also a poet of acknowledged excellence.

Franklin, Walter M

railroad president, was born April 26, 1852, in Lancaster City, Pa. Since 1890 he has been president of the Lancaster, Oxford and Southern railroad.

Franklin, William

governor, was born in 1729 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the last royal governor of New Jersey.

He published several political works. He died Nov. 17, 1813, in England.

Franklin, William Buel

soldier, manufacturer, was born Feb. 27, 1823, in York, Pa. He served through the Mexican and civil wars, and was in the regular service when he resigned in 1866. He was brevetted brigadier-general and major-general for gallant services during the war. For many years he was president of the Colt Arms company of Hartford, Conn. He was president of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers in 1880-87.