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Joseph Franklin was born on January 3rd, 1860 in Richland, Spencer County, Indiana.  Joseph Franklin's father was Morenci Manford Sherman and his mother was Rhonda Ann DeWitt.  His paternal grandparents were Samuel Sherman and Eunice Edic; his maternal grandparents were Calvin DeWitt and Nancy Shaw. He had three brothers and six sisters, named William Henry, Charles Christopher, Ernest Devin, Ruth Ann, Clara Hulda, Nancy Eunice, Alice Abetine, Rosa Lula and Olive Arvilla.  He was the second oldest of the ten children.