Family of James Jefferson Frankum
James
Jefferson Frankum
b. February 17, 1852(per death
record), Linden, Perry County, Tennessee
m. December 20, 1873(?) (or about
1866), to Sarah Elizabeth Busby
d. July 17, 1912, in and buried
San Saba County, Texas (age 60 yrs, 5 months, cause of death cirrhosis of
the liver)
Sarah "Sallie" Elizabeth Busby
b. circa 1852/1853, Fulton
County, Arkansas
m. (1) to Unknown Sanders (killed by marauders)
d. December 18, 1932, buried in
Wharton, Texas, cemetery, Lot 249
1900 census indicates father born
in Georgia, mother in Mississippi.
If IGI match, father shown as
Martin Busby; mother Elizabeth.
CHILDREN of Jefferson Frankum & Sarah Elizabeth
Busby:
1. George Lee Frankum
b. December 4, 1874
d. January 3, 1898, buried in old
Red Rock cemetery, Bastrop County, Texas
Cause of death was pneumonia (IFW).
2. Mary E. Frankum
b. January 27, 1876
d. July 9, 1876, in Salem,
Arkansas
3. William Henry
Frankum
b. October 9, 1877, Daingerfield,
Morris County, Texas
m. Novemer 15, 1898, in Bastrop
Texas, to Amanda Eliza Lentz
d. September 1, 1938, (7A.M.),
buried Wharton, Texas
4. James (Jim) Jefferson Frankum
b. March 27, 1880, Texas
m. to Mattie Lena Sims
d. September 17, 1940 (9PM),
Wharton County (death certificate)
See obituary here.
Occupation: farmer (1900CEN)
5. Martha Ann Frankum
b.
May 6, 1886
d. October 7, 1886, buried in Old Red Rock, Texas, cemetery
6. Jack Taylor Frankum
b. April 7, 1884, Texas
m. to Nora Sanders
d. December 25, 1940 (12:45pm),
Wharton County, Texas (death record)
7.
Dora B. Frankum
b. April 26, 1890, Texas
m. to John Henry Newlin
d.
January 14, 1974
Both buried Resthaven Cemetery,
Hwy 87 N, Brady, TX, plot #77.
Lived in both Brady and San Saba,
Texas.
8.
Charles (Charlie?) Richard Frankum
b. January 13, 1893
(1892-tombstone), Texas
m. February 26, 1911, to Polly
Maggie Duncan, San Saba County, Texas (Vol. F, Page 159), by J. T. Hartley,
County Judge.
See marriage record here.
d. January 19, 1965 (9:30pm), buried
Wharton, Texas, City Cemetery.
