WILLIAM FRANKLIN was born in Franklin County, Ohio, on May 5, 1841. He married Alice M. Ostrander in 1858. They came to Brighton Township in the 1870's and operated a farm about a mile south of Marne. The four Franklin children died in the 1880's as a result of the diptheria epidemic. The twins, Ira and Alda, were born in 1898. William Franklin died in October, 1908, and his wife, Alice, died in April, 1916.

Transcribed from "The First Century, A History of Marne, Iowa 1875 - 1975", published in 1975, Marne, Iowa: The Marne Centennial Historical Committee, pg. 27. Transcribed (2015) by Cheryl Siebrass and contributed September, 2019.

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