We are pained to announce the melancholy fact that Benjamin FRANKLIN, aged 21 years, son of Col. J. B. FRANKLIN, of this county, died at his father’s house, of typhoid fever, on the morning of January 30, 1868.

The Bolivar Bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 01 Feb. 1868, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.