Lee TX Family Group Sheet for the William Benjamin FRANKLIN Family *********************************************** Copyright Glenda Ellen Hennington Ward. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Glenda Ellen Hennington Ward Email address: Husband: William Benjamin FRANKLIN Birthdate: 7 June 1878 Birthplace: Coryell Co TX Death date: 3 February 1955 Place of death: Ropesville, Hockley Co, TX Burial: City of Lubbock Cemetery Lubbock, Lubbock, TX Father: John Riley FRANKLIN Mother: Margaret BLACKWELL Marriage date: 22 November 1911 Marriage place: Lexington TX Wife: Sarah Ellen JENSEN Birthdate: 20 June 1882 Birthplace: Lexington, Lee Co, TX Death date: 12 July 1954 Place of death: Lubbock, Lubbock Co, TX Burial: City of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Lubbock Co, TX Father: Peter Christian JENSEN Mother: Mary Jane BRIDGES CHILDREN Child No. 1: Hazel Violet FRANKLIN Sex: F Birthdate: 8 November 1912 Birthplace: Turkey, Hall Co.,TX Death date: 23 July 2005 Place of death: Lubbock, Lubbock Co, TX Burial: City of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Lubbock Co, TX Marriage date: 31 May 1941 Marriage place: Ralls, TX Spouse's name: William Glenn HENNINGTON Child No. 2: Loyd Oplus FRANKLIN Sex: M Birthdate: 2 April 1914 Birthplace: Death date: 23 February 2005 Place of death: Clovis, NM Burial: Clovis, NM Marriage date: Marriage place: Amherst, TX Spouse's name: Dorothy HUMPHREYS Child No. 3: Annie Mae FRANKLIN Sex: F Birthdate: 6 December 1915 Birthplace: Death date: 24 March 2002 Place of death: Albuquerque, NM Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, NM Marriage date: Marriage place: Muleshoe, TX Spouse's name: Dean STEVENS Documentation: Handwritten notes by Sarah Ellen JENSEN in personal journal. I attended funerals of all of the FRANKLINS, HENNINGTON's and STEVENS. I am the grandaughter of Sarah Ellen JENSEN and William Benjamin FRANKLIN, and the daughter of Hazel Violet FRANKLIN and William Glenn HENNINGTON. I keep their graves maintained and visit them at least once or twice weekly.