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Sumner County (Kan.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Franklin family collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1127
Overview The Franklin family collection contains family correspondence and photographs of William E. and Phoebe A. Franklin, who emigrated from Illinois to the South Haven Township of Sumner County, Kansas in 1884 and in 1902 moved to Verden, Oklahoma. The collection contains their 1902 to 1947 correspondence from Oklahoma with family members of Illinois and South Haven. Included is a Civil War letter from William Franklin describing his participation in the capture of Fort Blakely, Alabama on April...
Dates: 1865 - 1947