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Franklin County is located in the second tier of counties west from Missouri, and also in the second tier south from the Kansas River. It is bounded on the north by Douglas County, on the east by Miami, on the south by Anderson, and on the west by Coffey and Osage counties. The first Territorial Legislature passed an act defining the boundaries of the county as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Douglas County; thence south twenty-four (24) miles; thence west twenty-four (24) miles; thence north twenty-four miles; thence east twenty-four miles to the place of beginning. The county as thus organized was, and is, twenty-four miles square, containing an area of 576 square miles or 368,640 acres.₁

Organized in 1855. County Seat, Ottawa. Named in honor of the illustrious Benjamin Franklin.₂

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Biographies
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Haney, Fred C. 1871 -	3K	Mar 2009	Joy Fisher
Martin, Clarence H. 1862 -	5K	Sep 2006	Joy Fisher
Valentine, Daniel Mulford 1830 -	5K	Sep 2006	Joy Fisher
Young, John (pub 1883)	2 kb	Mar 1998	Janice Buchanan
Cemeteries
History
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
The Ottawa Record 1925; The Early History of Ottawa	7 kb	Jun 2002	Mary Ann Hetrick
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Franklin County Medical Directory 1920	5K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	24 kb	Dec 1997	Louis Reed
Newspaper Articles
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Ottawa Home Journal - 7 Dec 1865	4 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - 21 Dec 1865	3 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - 28 Dec 1865	2 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - 4 & 11 Jan 1866	2 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - 18 Jan 1866	5 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - 25 Jan 1866	9 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal- Feb. 1-22 1866	3 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal- March 1-29, 1866	8 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal- May 2-31, 1866	6 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal- June & July 1866	6 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - Aug & Sep 1866	9 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - October 1866	3 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - October 1866	14 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - Nov & Dec 1866	2 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - Feb. 1867	6 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - March 1867	2 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - April 1867	15 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - Aug 1867	6 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Ottawa Home Journal - Sept 1867	16 kb	Mar 2000	Marysue Eulitz
Obituaries
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
DUNN Mrs. Edna M. - (1988)	2 kb	May 2002	Susie Hastings
Graves, Duane Keith August 7, 1999	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
Hobson, Wayne Eugene May 1, 1999	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
LOUX, Mary M. - (1988)	2 kb	May 2002	Susie Hastings
Muth, Sarah Catherine (Flora) December 21, 1877	3K	Aug 2006	Bill Boggess
Ozbun, Golda Marie Mock June 13, 1932	3K	May 2010	Caroline Murphy
REDMOND, Roscoe R. (1982)	2 kb	May 2002	Susie Hastings
SEYLER Obits - Franklin County, Kansas	7 kb	May 1999	Dr. Stephen Brian Hodson
Young, John	5 kb	Mar 1998	Janice Buchanan

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