earby.

Martha and Samuel had four children.

Martha's husband, Samuel, enlisted in the U.S. Army twice in the Civil Wa
r. He rose from private to major, was captured, escaped, and return
ed to the Union forces.

The family lived in Decatur, Illinois where Franklin was born, Chicago, Il
linois, where the last three children were born, and in Boscobil, Wisconsi
n. Samuel was a merchant in Boscobil, Wisconsin