"History of Marion County, Missouri"; E.F. Perkins, St. Louis, 1884, pg 616:
"CAPT. FRANKLIN WHALEY. Franklin Whaley is the son of Edward and Nancy (Haynie) Whaley. Both parents were born and raised near Leesburg, Loudoun county, Virginia. Franklin Whaley was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, September 27, 1807. When fifteen years of age Mr. Whaley removed with his parents to Marion county, Missouri; he received his education at Lexington, Kentucky, and when thirty-one years of age he was elected county surveyor of Marion county, which office he filled creditably for about twenty years. On February 12, 1835, he was married to Miss Sally Ann Lander, a native of Kentucky. They shared life's joy and cares for forty-one years, when the wife died on the 22nd of March, 1876. Five children were born to them, three of whom are now living. Mr. Whaley was married again October 20, 1880, to Miss Louisa M. McLeod, a native of Virginia. Mr. Whaley still owns the land his father settled upon; he has a fine brick mansion and lives well. He is engaged in the breeding of short horn cattle and Southdown sheep; he has fine varieties of these grades and a wide reputation as dealer in the same."
"History of Marion County, Missouri"; E.F. Perkins, St. Louis, 1884, pg 616:
"CAPT. FRANKLIN WHALEY. Franklin Whaley is the son of Edward and Nancy (Haynie) Whaley. Both parents were born and raised near Leesburg, Loudoun county, Virginia. Franklin Whaley was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, September 27, 1807. When fifteen years of age Mr. Whaley removed with his parents to Marion county, Missouri; he received his education at Lexington, Kentucky, and when thirty-one years of age he was elected county surveyor of Marion county, which office he filled creditably for about twenty years. On February 12, 1835, he was married to Miss Sally Ann Lander, a native of Kentucky. They shared life's joy and cares for forty-one years, when the wife died on the 22nd of March, 1876. Five children were born to them, three of whom are now living. Mr. Whaley was married again October 20, 1880, to Miss Louisa M. McLeod, a native of Virginia. Mr. Whaley still owns the land his father settled upon; he has a fine brick mansion and lives well. He is engaged in the breeding of short horn cattle and Southdown sheep; he has fine varieties of these grades and a wide reputation as dealer in the same."
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