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Family of William W. Frankum

William W. Frankum
b. about 1822 (NC—1850 census; KY—1860 census)
m. March 4, 1841, Maury County, Tennessee, to Martha A. Goodman
See marriage record here.
d. from wounds received in Civil War (IFW)
Possible match on William Frankum, 42nd TN Inf., 2nd Co. K

Martha A. Goodman
b. about 1828, Tennessee (1850 & 1860 census)
father:  possibly Toliver T. Goodman
mother: possibly Margaret “Peggy” Saunders

CHILDREN of William W. Frankum & Martha A. Goodman:  

1.     William T. Frankum
b. about 1844, Tennessee (1850 & 1860 census)
d. from wounds received in Civil War (IFW)
Possible match on William T. Frankum, 42nd TN Inf., 2nd Co. K

2.     Samuel V. Frankum
b. about 1846, Tennessee (1850 & 1860 census)
d. from wounds received in Civil War (IFW)

3.     Mary A. Frankum
b. about 1848, Tennessee (1850 & 1860 census)
m. December 16, 1865, Lewis County, Tennessee, to Edward "Ned" Pope
See marriage record here.

4.     Allan T. Frankum
b. September 1850 (1900 census) or December 17, 1850 (tombstone), Tennessee
m. February 26, 1872, Perry County, Tennessee, to Rebecca Qualls (marriage record "Frankham")
See marriage record here.

d. March 5, 1906, Bastrop County, Texas, of dropsy. Normal weight was 365 (IFW).
buried Old Red Rock Cemetery

Occupation:  1900 census lists farmer.
1900 census shows one child, Ida Frankum, born 1890, Texas.
Deed Records of Bastrop County, V.24, P.246, January 29, 1896,
     grantor-F. A. Orgain, grantee- Allen Frankum, a tract on Walnut Creek.

5.     James Jefferson Frankum
b. January or February 17, 1852(?)
m. December 20, 1873(?) (or about 1866) to Sarah Elizabeth Busby (Sanders)
d. July 17, 1912, in and buried San Saba, Texas

6.     Robert Lee Frankum
shown as brother, age 15, in household of Allen Frankum, 1880 Bastrop County, census
b. July 1864, Tennessee (both parents born Missouri, 1900 census)
m. (1) August 4, 1882, Bastrop County, Texas, to Lucinda Fellows/Fellers
See marriage record here.
m. (2) August 1, 1891 to Mrs. Ibil R. Nixon (Iba R.-census) b. May 1858, Texas
  
       Bastrop County Marriage Index, Vol. F, Page 61
See marriage record here.

1850 Lewis County, Tennessee
2nd Civil District
, Page 428, Family #543
   William Frankum, age 30, M, farmer, b. NC
   Martha A., age 21, F, b. TN
   William T., age 6, M, b. TN
   Samuel V., age 4, M, b. TN
   Mary A., age 2, F, b. TN

1860 Douglas County, Missouri
Falling Spring, Page 831, Family 25
   William Frankum, age 38, M, W, farmer, b. KY
   Martha A., age 32, b. TN
   William T., age 16, b. TN
   Samuel, age 14, b. TN
    Mary A., age 12, b. TN
   Allen T., age 8, b. TN
   Jefferson, age 6, b. TN

1870 census, Hickman County, Tennessee
District 10, Page 8, Family 78
  Frankum, M., age 43, keeping house, b. TN
  W. T., age 22, com. laborer, b. TN
  Alan, age 19, com. laborer, b. TN
  J., age 16, com. laborer, b. TN
  R., age 5, b. TN