Felix Ruby and Maude Price Franklin
Felix Ruby and Maude Price Franklin were the daughters of Sarah Ellen Slade Franklin
and Felix Franklin. They were the granddaughters of Frances E. Miller Slade Price and
Thomas D. Price. Frances can be seen on this website:
Felix C. FRANKLIN married Sarah Ellen (Ella) SLADE in Rome, TN, Jan. 15 1884,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Price. Maude Price Franklin was born 1885,
and Felix Ruby Franklin was born 1887. Felix Ruby married William Henry Fisher
of Memphis, and Maude married Dr. O.S. Burnett of Nashville.
Their father, Felix C. Franklin was the son of E. B. Franklin and Louisa Minton
Franklin (d/o John Minton and Mahalia Carter Minton of Smith Co., TN).
The inventory of Felix C. Franklin, father of Felix Ruby and Maude Price Franklin
can be found on the following page:
From the "Nashville Daily American"
February 15, 1876
"Felix Franklin, aged 16 years, got into an argument with his stepfather, Simon
Fudge, aged 62 years, when the latter berated the boy for not following his
instruction about putting a horse and "express" up, leading to the boy losing
his self-control and he stabbed Fudge with a pocket knife, killing him instantly,
Feb. 13, 1876. This family lived three miles from Nashville on the Charlotte Pike."
The transcriber added that another article noted that Felix was arrested on
May 24, 1876 for the murder and put in jail in Nashville. He had been hiding
out with his uncles in Smith Co. TN. (Mintons?)
Ella Slade Franklin's second husband was Reed "Goree" Minton, a cousin of Felix
Franklin's. They had one son, Roy Minton.