SOURCES
1. Burial Record of Thomas Henry Franklin, Boulder CO, 1919.
2. Edward Curtis Franklin, Edward Curtis Franklin 1862-1937. Completed with an epilogue by Anna Comstock Franklin Barnett and John Curtis Franklin I, and complete (?) list of published works. Stanford library QD22 F7E3. Sent to JCF II by librarian. Copy also at U. Kansas library.
3. William Suddards Franklin, Bill's School and Mine. Second ed. 1917. Franklin, MacNutt and Charles, S. Bethlehem PA
4. J. Richardson (jlemap@aol.com) ap. Adams County IL GenWeb Project.
5. Private website maintained by 000, tracing decent from Caroline Curtis.
6. KSHS. Call number: History, Elections Collection, #578. Item #: 100448. Reproduced in site Territorial Kansas Online. Close up of document here: Page 1 Page 2
7 Burial Record of Cynthia Ann Curtis Franklin, Boulder CO, October 14, 1922.
8 Burial Record of Nelle Franklin Troutman, Boulder CO, May 7, 1950.
9 Evidence per litteras from Ellen Knight (eeknight@theemailbox.com)
10 http://members.tripod.com/GingerFamily/sources.html#S14334
11 Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography (1887-89). (see http://www.famousamericans.net/thomasleveringfranklin/)
12 The Franklin Memorial Lecture. Edward Curtis Franklin. March 1st, 1862February 13th, 1937. A Memorial Lecture Delivered on Fenruary 17th, 1938. By Alexander Findlay, M.A., D.Sc.
13 Internet sources: "Bill Hawk" <whsaxman@verizon.net> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:07:36 -0400. References: <4120044314095920@earthlink.net>
14
William G. Cutler, History of the State of Kansas.Kansas Collection Books.
Part 3, Doniphan County. AT Andreas,Chicago, IL, 1883.
15 Volume I of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed May 2002 by Carolyn Ward.
16 Gray's Doniphan County history: A record of the happenings of half a hundred years. By P. L. (Patrick Leopoldo) Gray. Bendena, Kan.: The Roycroft Press, 1905. 3p. l. [11]-84, 166, [2] p. front., plates, ports. 24 cm.
17
Census Place Doniphan, Doniphan, Kansas. Family History Library Film 1254379.
NA Film Number T9-0379.
18 August 3, 1857 State Election poll results for Geary City. Page 1; Page 2
19 "A History of the Physics Department". www.lehigh.edu/~ljm3/chapter4.htm
20 Daniel Fitzgerald, Ghost Towns of Kansas (Prewitt & Company, Roy, WA , n.d.)
21 Morris W. Werner, "Mosquito Creek Settlement, Doniphan County, Kansas". www.ku.edu/heritage/werner/mosquito.html
22 Historical Directory of Kansas Towns [G]: 2/4/05 http://www.ku.edu/heritage/towns/hdkt/towng.html
23 K. Roger Pyles Doniphan County 1882 Plat Book, Part 3: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pyle/Plat1882/DPC_Plat_Text_p03.html
24 William Allen White, "Edward Curtis FranklinA Scholar and a Gentleman", Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, November 1927 (repr. U. Kansas Graduate Magazine, January 1928)
25 Letter from John Curtis Franklin I to Adah Franklin, Dec. 12, 1988.
26 Geneaological "Letter written by Mrs. Eben Fish, San Francisco"; sent from Mrs. Emerson Lynn, Aug. 10, 1965 to Anna Comstock Barnett.
27 H. P. Cady, "Franklin, the Chemist". Written for memorial in May 1937?
28 W. C. Stevens, "Some Memories of Ed Franklin". Written for memorial in May 1937.
29 Social Security Death Index
30 Samuel A. Johnson, "The Emigrant Aid Company in Kansas", Kansas Historical Quarterly November, 1932 (Vol. 1, No. 5), 429441. Transcribed at http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1932/32_5_johnson.htm by lhn; HTML editing by Tod Roberts; digitized with permission of the Kansas State Historical Society.
31 Richardson, H. A., "A History of Milling in Kansas", Bulletin of Bureau of Business Research, University of Kansas, Lawrence 1928, ch. I.
32. Johnson, Samuel A., "The Genesis of the New England Emigrant Aid Company," New England Quarterly, January, 1930.
33. Cemetery Readings of Doniphan County, Kansas. Compiled by Speedy and Gail Stewart, Troy KS, Winter 2000.
34 Doniphan County Kansas Marriage Records (Northwest Mo. Genealogical Society, St. Joseph MO
35 1880 Federal Census for Doniphan County
36 Weekly Kansas Chief (Troy)
37 Doniphan County History and Directory by the Smith, Vaughn and Co. Publishers 1868", republished as Doniphan County Kansas 1868-1869 Citizens Directory (Northwest Missouri Genealogy Society, St. Joseph, Mo, 1982)
40 1880 Federal Census for Pennsylvania.