Absolom Franklin Lewallen

Absolom Franklin was born on July 3rd, 1874 in Scott, Tennessee.¹   Absolom Franklin's father was Walter Davis Lewallen and his mother was Anna Browne Or Brown. He had eight brothers and four sisters, named Andrew R., John Granville, Samuel Anderson, William Jasper, Joseph B, Levi Wayne, James D., Henry W., Nancy Malinda, Mary Ann (Polly), Rhoda E. and Cynthia Jane.  He was the second youngest of the thirteen children.  He died at the age of 64 on September 27th, 1938.¹