Franks.Martha.A.1899.Grant.OBIT

from (Quincy,Ill. Whig-Herald ?) March 1899
Death Of Mrs. Martha A. (Jump) Franks
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   Mr. and Mrs. V.A. Browm, of this city have been sorely afflicted of
late, says a Quincy,Ill. paper.  Since last November there have been no less
than seven deaths in the immediate families of husband and wife, and upon
one occasion, Feb.26, the fathers of both died, one in Kansas City, the
other at Clayton.  Now they are called upon again to mourn the death of a
loved one.Night before last Mrs.(Sarah E.Franks)Brown recieved a
telegram from Attica Kan.,that her mother,Mrs.(Martha Ann Jump)Franks
(first wife of Preston M.Franks),was very ill.She took the Eli the same
night and hurried to the bedside of her remaining parent.Early yesterday
morning Mr.Brown recieved another message to the effect that Mrs.Franks
was dead.His wife was not due at Attica till 11 0'clock and therefore
upon her arrival must have been greeted with the terrible tidings.
   Mrs.Franks was visiting her son H.O.Franks in Attica,when she was
suddenly taken ill.The singular part of this fatality is that last month
while Mr.and Mrs.(second wife)Franks were visiting his daughter,Mrs.Atha
Herman,in Kansas City,the husband was suddenly taken ill and died before
he could be brought to Quincy.Now the (ex)wife,while visiting her son in
a Kansas town is removed by death in the same way,and within a month
afterward.Mr.V.A.Brown,the son in law of the deceased,was in Quincy when
Mr.Franks died in Kansas City,and that evening two dispatches were
handed to him.When he opened the first,he found the news of his father
in laws death.The second conveyed that his own father was dead at
Clayton (Ill.).
   Mrs.(Martha A. Jump)Franks was 56 years of age and born in Grant
County,Kentucky.She leaves three children,Mrs.V.A.Brown of this
city;Mrs.Atha Herman of Kansas City,and one son,H.O. in Attica,where she
died.It had not been decided yesterday whether the remains would be
brought to Quincy for burial.



Contributed by: "Dana B.Brown" <blake61@feist.com>
Date: 5 Jun 1997