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Personal
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Born |
May 2, 1858 in Van Zandt County, Texas
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Married |
Laura Jane Freeman -
January 23, 1890 in Buffalo Gap, Taylor County, Texas
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Death |
October 25, 1919 -
Mills County, Texas
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Burial |
Bennett Cemetery,
Mills County, Texas
His
grave is marked with a Woodsman of The World tombstone
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Parents
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Alfred Marion Wheat
and Amanda C.L. Eastland
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Siblings
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Eliza Clementine,
Nancy Jane, Wesley Clavin, Alfred Marion Jr, Martha Parthenia, Drucilla
Catherine
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Children
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Carl Franklin, Pearl
J., Molly Estella, Aud Clyde, Lena Belle, Bert D., Ophie Lee, Lona S., Zora, John Preston, Vernie Violet, Earl Wesley, Anna Lillian,
Fredrick Eugene, Ester
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Misc.
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John Franklin was
crippled by polio as a child. He was a farmer, rancher and stock
trader.
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Photographs |
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John
Franklin Wheat and Laura Jane Freeman
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John
Franklin Wheat (on left) |
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