Franklin Cemetery: Preserving our Past

05/10/2026

Most up to date biography of Daniel

05/08/2026

Alot of fascinating behind the scenes things . Don't want to announce to much because it's still developing and such . There will possibly be a few exhibits ( printed stuff) for Franklin cemetery at the Weston Founders day !!! So I'll update if that comes to.fruition.
Stay tuned

The daughter of Jesse W Franklin Alice Harriet Franklin for tax . Buried in Spring Town TX with her father .

04/14/2026

Local cemetery decorations days .

04/14/2026

04/11/2026

1971 internment list from the book by Alice Pitts . Through a quick analysis whom we know of is accounted for except for those found through news records recently.
Thank you fur the submission.

04/02/2026

Per cemeteries of Texas by Gloria B Mayfield

33 17 25N
96 39 36W

Franklin Cemetery is located in northwestern Collin County about 7 miles north of McKinney and south of Chambersville. It is situated on the east side of FM 543, just south of County Road 125.

There are 30-40 graves. Some of the stones are broken and some are worn smooth. There are some sites marked only with wooden planks, metal rods or unmarked stones.

There is an iron fence enclosing about ten graves, mostly related to Daniel J. Franklin

The rest of the graves are scattered about the site. Most are close to the fenced enclosure, but several are isolated some 10 or 20 yards away. As of October 2007, the site is somewhat maintained by the woman who lives on the opposite side of the road.

History

Graves Enclosed within the Fence:

Franklin, Daniel J. - 10 May 1822-18 Dec 1890

Franklin, Infant son of Daniel J. & Jain Franklin - Died 19 Jan 1853, age 21 days

Franklin, Infant son of D.J. & A. Franklin - Died 18 Aug 1875 - aged 1 day

Franklin, Jesse A. - son of Daniel J. & Jain Franklin - 7 January 1851

Franklin, Lula C. – daughter of D.J. & A. Franklin – 22 Feb 1879 – 21 Mar 1892

Franklin, Rachael Jane - wife of D.J. Franklin - 10 Dec 1830-26 Oct 1870

Kerr, Anna E. - wife of A.B. Kerr - 23 Oct 1858 - 7 Aug 1879

Metal marker next to unmarked stone has some letters removed; it reads

Marg Fra (Margaret Franklin?) 1857- (date of death is gone)

Graves Outside the iron fence

Chapman, Nettie Pearl 1939-1940

Coggins, Jennie - wife of J.R. Coggins - 27 Mar 1854-12 Aug 1891

Davidson, Isabella 1807-1880 (metal marker next to unmarked stone)

Davidson, Lorenzo D. - 20 March 1803-10 Jan 1872

Helms, Isabelle M. - wife of J. Helms - 19 June 1839-19 July 1866

Jenkins, Infant of E & M Jenkins - Born & Died 25 May 1894

Jenkins, L.C. s/o E. & M. Jenkins – 16 Dec 1891 – 20 May 1893

Lewis, Dr. Carig Tipton (1858-1938) & Cornelia Franklin (1861-1951)

Lewis, Franklin, s/o C.T. & M.E. - 11 Sep 1886- 2 Apr 1892

McCoy, Charles M. - son of Wm. & S.S. McCoy 3 Mar 1892-25 June 1892

McKinney, Charles A. 1861-1898

Newbery, Margaret C. - wife of J. M. Newbery - 6 Apr 1837-7 Dec 1860

Self, Willie - son of W. J. & E. Self - 4 April 1893-23 June 1893

Wash, Martha E. – wife of J. Wash – 19 Apr 1835 – 18 Mar 1904

04/02/2026

Few updates

Per old newspaper records I have come to find out Daniel Jarvis Franklin was a mason . Research is pending on this . We're actively looking for live descendants of the Franklin or other families here .
People with unknown familial ties currently include
Ann'a E kerr
Samuel Lewis
The Rowland Family
Charles Mckinney
If any of these ring a bell please reach out .

Upcoming I'll publish a post of all the people buried that are known that either have grave marker/ funeral home marker or otherwise. To my knowledge there is no family book or interment book for Franklin at this time.

The woman below is Daniel's Granddaughter Leah Peck known in psychology for a book she wrote .

03/26/2026

This is Amacetta Bray whom was neice of Daniel Jarvis Franklin . His sister Mahala Franklin Bray was her mother . While not directly related to our Franklin Cemetery isn't this beautiful Victorian portrait!
Amacetta Amy Bray is buried over in Illinois .
Most likely colorized somewhere along the way .

03/25/2026

A visit with Lorenzo Dow Franklin at his home in Vineland.
Lorenzo Dow was the son of Daniel Jarvis Franklin born at weston and eventually buried at Pecan Grove Cemetery in Mckinney. He married Lula Scott .