Son of Grant and Annie Franklin. Brother to Maurice, Agnes and Alice.
Franklin, Edward Grant son of Grant and Annie Franklin was born in Westminster, Carroll county, MD. His was the only family and first fruits of the labors of Elder O. O. Farsnworth in that city. Because of persecution the family was forced to move and located near Glen Burnie, MD; where they were among the early believers in that area. His abilities as a young people's leader were evident early in his work in Baltimore, MD. He prepared fo the ministry at Washington Missionary College. He was married to E. Genevia Sheirich. His appointment to mission work in Africa was delayed by the outbreak of World War 1. While missions waited overseas he was employed by the Chesapeake Conference here. Later he was called to mission work among the Six Nations Indiana in the Hagersville and Branford districts in Ontario, Canada. Following his return to the states he again resumed labor in the CHesapeake Conference. Funeral services were conducted by Dr. B. G. Wilkinson, Elder Curtis Quackenbush and Dr. R. L. Peterson at the Takoma Funeral home and the burial was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, E. Genevia, two sons, Edward H. of Esda Sales and Roland A., a Chesapeake Conference teacher in Martinsburg, W. VA., one granddaughter Carole J. and one sister Agnes Franklin and other relatives and many friends.
Franklin, Edward Grant son of Grant and Annie Franklin was born in Westminster, Carroll county, MD. His was the only family and first fruits of the labors of Elder O. O. Farsnworth in that city. Because of persecution the family was forced to move and located near Glen Burnie, MD; where they were among the early believers in that area. His abilities as a young people's leader were evident early in his work in Baltimore, MD. He prepared fo the ministry at Washington Missionary College. He was married to E. Genevia Sheirich. His appointment to mission work in Africa was delayed by the outbreak of World War 1. While missions waited overseas he was employed by the Chesapeake Conference here. Later he was called to mission work among the Six Nations Indiana in the Hagersville and Branford districts in Ontario, Canada. Following his return to the states he again resumed labor in the CHesapeake Conference. Funeral services were conducted by Dr. B. G. Wilkinson, Elder Curtis Quackenbush and Dr. R. L. Peterson at the Takoma Funeral home and the burial was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, E. Genevia, two sons, Edward H. of Esda Sales and Roland A., a Chesapeake Conference teacher in Martinsburg, W. VA., one granddaughter Carole J. and one sister Agnes Franklin and other relatives and many friends.
Son of Grant and Annie Franklin. Brother to Maurice, Agnes and Alice.
Franklin, Edward Grant son of Grant and Annie Franklin was born in Westminster, Carroll county, MD. His was the only family and first fruits of the labors of Elder O. O. Farsnworth in that city. Because of persecution the family was forced to move and located near Glen Burnie, MD; where they were among the early believers in that area. His abilities as a young people's leader were evident early in his work in Baltimore, MD. He prepared fo the ministry at Washington Missionary College. He was married to E. Genevia Sheirich. His appointment to mission work in Africa was delayed by the outbreak of World War 1. While missions waited overseas he was employed by the Chesapeake Conference here. Later he was called to mission work among the Six Nations Indiana in the Hagersville and Branford districts in Ontario, Canada. Following his return to the states he again resumed labor in the CHesapeake Conference. Funeral services were conducted by Dr. B. G. Wilkinson, Elder Curtis Quackenbush and Dr. R. L. Peterson at the Takoma Funeral home and the burial was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, E. Genevia, two sons, Edward H. of Esda Sales and Roland A., a Chesapeake Conference teacher in Martinsburg, W. VA., one granddaughter Carole J. and one sister Agnes Franklin and other relatives and many friends.
Franklin, Edward Grant son of Grant and Annie Franklin was born in Westminster, Carroll county, MD. His was the only family and first fruits of the labors of Elder O. O. Farsnworth in that city. Because of persecution the family was forced to move and located near Glen Burnie, MD; where they were among the early believers in that area. His abilities as a young people's leader were evident early in his work in Baltimore, MD. He prepared fo the ministry at Washington Missionary College. He was married to E. Genevia Sheirich. His appointment to mission work in Africa was delayed by the outbreak of World War 1. While missions waited overseas he was employed by the Chesapeake Conference here. Later he was called to mission work among the Six Nations Indiana in the Hagersville and Branford districts in Ontario, Canada. Following his return to the states he again resumed labor in the CHesapeake Conference. Funeral services were conducted by Dr. B. G. Wilkinson, Elder Curtis Quackenbush and Dr. R. L. Peterson at the Takoma Funeral home and the burial was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Surviving are his widow, E. Genevia, two sons, Edward H. of Esda Sales and Roland A., a Chesapeake Conference teacher in Martinsburg, W. VA., one granddaughter Carole J. and one sister Agnes Franklin and other relatives and many friends.
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