Alonzo Turner "Lon" Franklin was the son of Neal Smith and John Anna Gage Franklin. Lon was born and raised in Franklin Co., Arkansas.
He married A Franklin County girl, Sarah Francis Rosebud "Frankie" Crossno on March 12, 1912 in Etna, Franklin Co., Arkansas. Lon and Frankie moved to Wetumpka, Hughes Co., Oklahoma about 1917, Lon worked in the Oklahoma Oil Fields while Frankie managed the Wetumpka Hotel. They made enough money to purchase 250 acres in Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas in 1931, that is when they moved from Oklahoma back to Arkansas. Lon was known for his crops of corn, beans and melons.[Note:Lon refused to let a woman in his melon patches, he said they made the melons wither on the vines.]
"Old Paint"
On the Saturday before Decoration, some years back, I was preparing the graves (cleaning, raking, putting out fresh flowers, etc.). A lady, who had grew up with my Dad by the name of Mary Ellen Hamm Baker had been talking to me, when suddenly she stopped and said "Kathy has anyone ever told you about your Granddad and that old Pinto pony of his?" This took me a little by surprise, and I finally stammered "No, well I mean I knew that he used to have one, but no one has ever really went into detail..." "Well child, let me tell you." she said. "Your Grandad had three annoying habits, 1. He liked his "Firewater, as he called it. 2. When he got on the firewater, he started that Indian "Jibber Jabber", and 3., oh yes, number 3, let me give you an example of number 3.....
One afternoon, my mother, my sisters and I were out on the front porch. I remember I was churning butter, when I heard my mother holler at my dad "Hamm, you better get out here, Lon Franklin is comin' up the road and he's been drinkin' cause he's singin' them Injun songs!" Mary Ellen said her father came out of the house in a run. "Dad was standing at the top of the front porch steps with his hands on his hips when your Granddad came riding up. My dad looked at him sternly and said " Alright Lon, just turn that Paint around and go on home to Frankie now" she continued " Your Granddad just grinned and started chantin' that Indian stuff...Dad then even more stern said "Lon you're not going to do this, I said just GO on home Now!" Then old Lon took the reins tighter and said to my Dad. " You know Hamm, I would like nothing better, but Old Paint here, well he's got other idees" and with that she said suddenly she heard " Gaddup Paint!!! Away that horse went, right up the porch steps, right through the front door, right through the house and that horse practically flew out the back door. You could hear your Granddad laughing for a quarter of a mile." " Kathy, he did that more than once, not only to us, but to everyone in the county with a shotgun style house...That Lon Franklin was somethin' else"
Lon and Frankie were the parents of
1.Jack Erastus Franklin, b.January 16, 1913, d.December 29, 1994, Jack married Grace Bonders abt 1945 in Alaska.
Both Jack and Grace were cremated, ashes scattered.
2.Julia Iva Franklin, b.July 11, 1914, d.January 13, 2003, Iva married Lona Alvin "Loner" Jaynes October 08, 1930 in Wetumpka, Hughes Co., Oklahoma.
Iva and Loner are buried at Duplex Cemetery, aka Liberty Cemetery, Duplex, Fannin Co., Texas.
3.Minnie Mae Franklin, b.February 16, 1916, d.July 20, 2002, Minnie Mae married Alvin Barton Rankin in 1936 in Conway Co., Arkansas.
Minnie Mae and Alvin are also buried at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
4.Leon James Franklin, b.July 14, 1921, d.August 1976, Leon married 1.FNU McKenzie, 2.Ina Unknown
Leon was cremated, ashed scattered.
5.Walter Mackey "Mack" Fanklin, b.June 13, 1923, d. July 10, 1992, Mack married Phena Dee Huffman on July 4, 1946 in Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
Mack and Dee are also buried at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas
6.Jimmie Dale Franklin, b.October 22, 1925, d.September 04, 2000. Jimmie Dale married Dorothy Stracner.
Jimmie Dale is also buried at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
7.Doyle Alexander Franklin, b.October 21, 1927, d.January 10, 2013.
Doyle married Stella Ruth McGee.
Doyle is also buried here at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
Alonzo Turner "Lon" Franklin was my Granddad.
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He married A Franklin County girl, Sarah Francis Rosebud "Frankie" Crossno on March 12, 1912 in Etna, Franklin Co., Arkansas. Lon and Frankie moved to Wetumpka, Hughes Co., Oklahoma about 1917, Lon worked in the Oklahoma Oil Fields while Frankie managed the Wetumpka Hotel. They made enough money to purchase 250 acres in Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas in 1931, that is when they moved from Oklahoma back to Arkansas. Lon was known for his crops of corn, beans and melons.[Note:Lon refused to let a woman in his melon patches, he said they made the melons wither on the vines.]
"Old Paint"
On the Saturday before Decoration, some years back, I was preparing the graves (cleaning, raking, putting out fresh flowers, etc.). A lady, who had grew up with my Dad by the name of Mary Ellen Hamm Baker had been talking to me, when suddenly she stopped and said "Kathy has anyone ever told you about your Granddad and that old Pinto pony of his?" This took me a little by surprise, and I finally stammered "No, well I mean I knew that he used to have one, but no one has ever really went into detail..." "Well child, let me tell you." she said. "Your Grandad had three annoying habits, 1. He liked his "Firewater, as he called it. 2. When he got on the firewater, he started that Indian "Jibber Jabber", and 3., oh yes, number 3, let me give you an example of number 3.....
One afternoon, my mother, my sisters and I were out on the front porch. I remember I was churning butter, when I heard my mother holler at my dad "Hamm, you better get out here, Lon Franklin is comin' up the road and he's been drinkin' cause he's singin' them Injun songs!" Mary Ellen said her father came out of the house in a run. "Dad was standing at the top of the front porch steps with his hands on his hips when your Granddad came riding up. My dad looked at him sternly and said " Alright Lon, just turn that Paint around and go on home to Frankie now" she continued " Your Granddad just grinned and started chantin' that Indian stuff...Dad then even more stern said "Lon you're not going to do this, I said just GO on home Now!" Then old Lon took the reins tighter and said to my Dad. " You know Hamm, I would like nothing better, but Old Paint here, well he's got other idees" and with that she said suddenly she heard " Gaddup Paint!!! Away that horse went, right up the porch steps, right through the front door, right through the house and that horse practically flew out the back door. You could hear your Granddad laughing for a quarter of a mile." " Kathy, he did that more than once, not only to us, but to everyone in the county with a shotgun style house...That Lon Franklin was somethin' else"
Lon and Frankie were the parents of
1.Jack Erastus Franklin, b.January 16, 1913, d.December 29, 1994, Jack married Grace Bonders abt 1945 in Alaska.
Both Jack and Grace were cremated, ashes scattered.
2.Julia Iva Franklin, b.July 11, 1914, d.January 13, 2003, Iva married Lona Alvin "Loner" Jaynes October 08, 1930 in Wetumpka, Hughes Co., Oklahoma.
Iva and Loner are buried at Duplex Cemetery, aka Liberty Cemetery, Duplex, Fannin Co., Texas.
3.Minnie Mae Franklin, b.February 16, 1916, d.July 20, 2002, Minnie Mae married Alvin Barton Rankin in 1936 in Conway Co., Arkansas.
Minnie Mae and Alvin are also buried at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
4.Leon James Franklin, b.July 14, 1921, d.August 1976, Leon married 1.FNU McKenzie, 2.Ina Unknown
Leon was cremated, ashed scattered.
5.Walter Mackey "Mack" Fanklin, b.June 13, 1923, d. July 10, 1992, Mack married Phena Dee Huffman on July 4, 1946 in Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
Mack and Dee are also buried at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas
6.Jimmie Dale Franklin, b.October 22, 1925, d.September 04, 2000. Jimmie Dale married Dorothy Stracner.
Jimmie Dale is also buried at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
7.Doyle Alexander Franklin, b.October 21, 1927, d.January 10, 2013.
Doyle married Stella Ruth McGee.
Doyle is also buried here at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
Alonzo Turner "Lon" Franklin was my Granddad.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Alonzo Turner "Lon" Franklin was the son of Neal Smith and John Anna Gage Franklin. Lon was born and raised in Franklin Co., Arkansas.
He married A Franklin County girl, Sarah Francis Rosebud "Frankie" Crossno on March 12, 1912 in Etna, Franklin Co., Arkansas. Lon and Frankie moved to Wetumpka, Hughes Co., Oklahoma about 1917, Lon worked in the Oklahoma Oil Fields while Frankie managed the Wetumpka Hotel. They made enough money to purchase 250 acres in Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas in 1931, that is when they moved from Oklahoma back to Arkansas. Lon was known for his crops of corn, beans and melons.[Note:Lon refused to let a woman in his melon patches, he said they made the melons wither on the vines.]
"Old Paint"
On the Saturday before Decoration, some years back, I was preparing the graves (cleaning, raking, putting out fresh flowers, etc.). A lady, who had grew up with my Dad by the name of Mary Ellen Hamm Baker had been talking to me, when suddenly she stopped and said "Kathy has anyone ever told you about your Granddad and that old Pinto pony of his?" This took me a little by surprise, and I finally stammered "No, well I mean I knew that he used to have one, but no one has ever really went into detail..." "Well child, let me tell you." she said. "Your Grandad had three annoying habits, 1. He liked his "Firewater, as he called it. 2. When he got on the firewater, he started that Indian "Jibber Jabber", and 3., oh yes, number 3, let me give you an example of number 3.....
One afternoon, my mother, my sisters and I were out on the front porch. I remember I was churning butter, when I heard my mother holler at my dad "Hamm, you better get out here, Lon Franklin is comin' up the road and he's been drinkin' cause he's singin' them Injun songs!" Mary Ellen said her father came out of the house in a run. "Dad was standing at the top of the front porch steps with his hands on his hips when your Granddad came riding up. My dad looked at him sternly and said " Alright Lon, just turn that Paint around and go on home to Frankie now" she continued " Your Granddad just grinned and started chantin' that Indian stuff...Dad then even more stern said "Lon you're not going to do this, I said just GO on home Now!" Then old Lon took the reins tighter and said to my Dad. " You know Hamm, I would like nothing better, but Old Paint here, well he's got other idees" and with that she said suddenly she heard " Gaddup Paint!!! Away that horse went, right up the porch steps, right through the front door, right through the house and that horse practically flew out the back door. You could hear your Granddad laughing for a quarter of a mile." " Kathy, he did that more than once, not only to us, but to everyone in the county with a shotgun style house...That Lon Franklin was somethin' else"
Lon and Frankie were the parents of
1.Jack Erastus Franklin, b.January 16, 1913, d.December 29, 1994, Jack married Grace Bonders abt 1945 in Alaska.
Both Jack and Grace were cremated, ashes scattered.
2.Julia Iva Franklin, b.July 11, 1914, d.January 13, 2003, Iva married Lona Alvin "Loner" Jaynes October 08, 1930 in Wetumpka, Hughes Co., Oklahoma.
Iva and Loner are buried at Duplex Cemetery, aka Liberty Cemetery, Duplex, Fannin Co., Texas.
3.Minnie Mae Franklin, b.February 16, 1916, d.July 20, 2002, Minnie Mae married Alvin Barton Rankin in 1936 in Conway Co., Arkansas.
Minnie Mae and Alvin are also buried at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
4.Leon James Franklin, b.July 14, 1921, d.August 1976, Leon married 1.FNU McKenzie, 2.Ina Unknown
Leon was cremated, ashed scattered.
5.Walter Mackey "Mack" Fanklin, b.June 13, 1923, d. July 10, 1992, Mack married Phena Dee Huffman on July 4, 1946 in Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
Mack and Dee are also buried at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas
6.Jimmie Dale Franklin, b.October 22, 1925, d.September 04, 2000. Jimmie Dale married Dorothy Stracner.
Jimmie Dale is also buried at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
7.Doyle Alexander Franklin, b.October 21, 1927, d.January 10, 2013.
Doyle married Stella Ruth McGee.
Doyle is also buried here at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
Alonzo Turner "Lon" Franklin was my Granddad.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
He married A Franklin County girl, Sarah Francis Rosebud "Frankie" Crossno on March 12, 1912 in Etna, Franklin Co., Arkansas. Lon and Frankie moved to Wetumpka, Hughes Co., Oklahoma about 1917, Lon worked in the Oklahoma Oil Fields while Frankie managed the Wetumpka Hotel. They made enough money to purchase 250 acres in Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas in 1931, that is when they moved from Oklahoma back to Arkansas. Lon was known for his crops of corn, beans and melons.[Note:Lon refused to let a woman in his melon patches, he said they made the melons wither on the vines.]
"Old Paint"
On the Saturday before Decoration, some years back, I was preparing the graves (cleaning, raking, putting out fresh flowers, etc.). A lady, who had grew up with my Dad by the name of Mary Ellen Hamm Baker had been talking to me, when suddenly she stopped and said "Kathy has anyone ever told you about your Granddad and that old Pinto pony of his?" This took me a little by surprise, and I finally stammered "No, well I mean I knew that he used to have one, but no one has ever really went into detail..." "Well child, let me tell you." she said. "Your Grandad had three annoying habits, 1. He liked his "Firewater, as he called it. 2. When he got on the firewater, he started that Indian "Jibber Jabber", and 3., oh yes, number 3, let me give you an example of number 3.....
One afternoon, my mother, my sisters and I were out on the front porch. I remember I was churning butter, when I heard my mother holler at my dad "Hamm, you better get out here, Lon Franklin is comin' up the road and he's been drinkin' cause he's singin' them Injun songs!" Mary Ellen said her father came out of the house in a run. "Dad was standing at the top of the front porch steps with his hands on his hips when your Granddad came riding up. My dad looked at him sternly and said " Alright Lon, just turn that Paint around and go on home to Frankie now" she continued " Your Granddad just grinned and started chantin' that Indian stuff...Dad then even more stern said "Lon you're not going to do this, I said just GO on home Now!" Then old Lon took the reins tighter and said to my Dad. " You know Hamm, I would like nothing better, but Old Paint here, well he's got other idees" and with that she said suddenly she heard " Gaddup Paint!!! Away that horse went, right up the porch steps, right through the front door, right through the house and that horse practically flew out the back door. You could hear your Granddad laughing for a quarter of a mile." " Kathy, he did that more than once, not only to us, but to everyone in the county with a shotgun style house...That Lon Franklin was somethin' else"
Lon and Frankie were the parents of
1.Jack Erastus Franklin, b.January 16, 1913, d.December 29, 1994, Jack married Grace Bonders abt 1945 in Alaska.
Both Jack and Grace were cremated, ashes scattered.
2.Julia Iva Franklin, b.July 11, 1914, d.January 13, 2003, Iva married Lona Alvin "Loner" Jaynes October 08, 1930 in Wetumpka, Hughes Co., Oklahoma.
Iva and Loner are buried at Duplex Cemetery, aka Liberty Cemetery, Duplex, Fannin Co., Texas.
3.Minnie Mae Franklin, b.February 16, 1916, d.July 20, 2002, Minnie Mae married Alvin Barton Rankin in 1936 in Conway Co., Arkansas.
Minnie Mae and Alvin are also buried at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
4.Leon James Franklin, b.July 14, 1921, d.August 1976, Leon married 1.FNU McKenzie, 2.Ina Unknown
Leon was cremated, ashed scattered.
5.Walter Mackey "Mack" Fanklin, b.June 13, 1923, d. July 10, 1992, Mack married Phena Dee Huffman on July 4, 1946 in Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
Mack and Dee are also buried at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas
6.Jimmie Dale Franklin, b.October 22, 1925, d.September 04, 2000. Jimmie Dale married Dorothy Stracner.
Jimmie Dale is also buried at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
7.Doyle Alexander Franklin, b.October 21, 1927, d.January 10, 2013.
Doyle married Stella Ruth McGee.
Doyle is also buried here at Robertstown Cemetery, Robertstown, Conway Co., Arkansas.
Alonzo Turner "Lon" Franklin was my Granddad.
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James Manson "Mance" Franklin
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Tom Leonard Franklin
1882–1962
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Lee Franklin
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William Henry Franklin
1885–1953
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Clarence F. Franklin
1890–1969
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Columbia Franklin Amason
1892–1940
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1897–1980
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1901–1996
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Daisy P. Franklin Camp
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