FRANKLIN
FRANKLIN
lin In 1882 she was married to Prof. Fabian
Franklin of Johns Hopkins. The degree of I^L.D.
was couferreJ upon lier bj' Vassar in 1887. She
contributed articles on mathematics, logic and
psychology to the American Journal o/Malhemalks,
the American Journal of Fsyclioloyy, the Psychohig-
ical Review and Mind (London). Her theory of
the sensation of color was published in the Zcit-
schriftfdr Psychologic in 1892 and also in Jlind in
1893. She also wrote reviews and editorials for
various journals, including the Nation, and is the
author of Woman's Education in the South, a con-
tribution to WiDnmi's Work in America.
FRANKLIN, Fabian, mathematician and jotu-- nalist, was born in Hungary, Jan. 18, IS.'JS; son of Morris Joshua and Sarah (Heilprin) Franklin. He was graduated from Colmnbia in 1869; was a fellow of Johns Hopkins universitj-, 1877-79, assistant, associate, associate professor and pro- fessor of mathematics at Johns Hopkins, 1879-95, and became editor of The Baltimore Seics in 1895. In 1882 he was married to Christine, daughter of Eliphalet Ladd of Windsor, Conn. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins univer- sitj' in 1880. He published mathematical papers in The American Journal of Jlothematics and else- where, and wrote editorial and other contribu- tions to the Xa'i'ia and other periodicals.
FRANKLIN, Jesse, senator, was born in Orange county, Va., March 24, 1760. Before 1775 lie removed with his father to North Carolina and served in the Continental army throughout the Revolutionary war, rising to the rank of major. He was a member of the North Carolina house of delegates, 1794; represented his district in the 4th congress, 1795-97, and was again in the house of delegates, 1797-98. He was U.S. sena- tor, 1799-1805, and pre.sident pro tempore of that body, March 10, 1804, to Jan. 15, 1805. He served in the state senate of North Carolina, 1805-06, and was returned to the U.S. senate for 1807-13. In 1816 he was appointed by President Monroe commissioner to treat with the Chickasaw In- dians; was governor of North Carolina, 1820-21, and die I in Surry comity. N.C.. September, 1823.
FRANKLIN, Samuel Rhodes, naval officer, was born in York, Pa., Aug. 2.5, 1825; son of' Walter Semonds and Sarah (Buel) Franklin, and brother of William Buel Franklin. LT.S.A. He entered the U.S. navy as a midshipman, Feb. 18, 1841: was on board the United Staten and the store ship 7feZi>/, 1841-47; was promoted past mid- shipman, Aug. 10. 1847, and served in the Jlexican war, 1847^8. in the Mediterranean squadron, on board the Independence, 1849-52, on the brig Dol- phin. 1852, and on coast survey service, 1853-55. He was made master. April 18, 1855. and lieuten- ant. Sept. 14, 1855. He was on duty at Annapo- lis, 1854-56; with the Brazil squadron on the
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Falmouth, 1857-59; on the Macedonian, 1860-61,
and on the Dacotah on the Atlantic coast, 1861-62.
In March, 1862, he was in Hampton Roads, Va.,
as a volimteer on board the Roanoke in the en-
gagement of the Confederate iron -clad JMerrimac
with the U.S. fleet before the arrival of the Mon-
itor. He was made
executive officer of
the Dacotah and took
part in the attack on
Sewall's Point. He
was promoted lieuten-
ant-commander, July
16, 1862; was in com-
mand of the Aroos-
took on the James
river, 18G2; in the
gulf on blockadi'
duty, 1863; chief oi
staff to Commodore
Bell, 1863, and at New-
Orleans, 1864. Serv-
ing with Com. Henry
Knox Thatcher, commanding the squadron oper-
ating against Mobile in 1865, he represented the
navy in the demand for the surrender of that
cit}'. He was made commander, Sejit. 27, 1866;
captain, Aug. 13, 1872; commodore. May 28, 1881;
rear-admiral Jan. 24, 1885, and was retired Aug.
24, 1887, on reaching the age limit. His services
after the civil war -were: commander of the Say-
inaw in the North Pacific squadron, also com-
manding the Mohican, conveying astronomers to
Plover bay to observe the total eclipse of the sun,
1866-67; ordnance duty, Mare Isl*nd navj' yard,
1868-69; in command of the Wabash and of the
Franklin in the Mediterranean; chief of staff to
Case and Worden and hydrographer in the bureau
of navigation, Washington, D.C., 1870-80; presi-
dent of the board of examiners, 1883; superin-
tendent of the naval observatory, 1883-85, and
commander of the European station, 1886-87.
He was a delegate to the international marine
conference, Washington, D.C. , 1889, and presi-
dent of the American delegation and of the
conference. He represented the republic of
' Colombia in the international congress to estab-
lish a universal prime meridian. He published
Memories of a Rear-Admiral Who has Served for
Mare than Half a Century in the Navy of the
United States (1898).
FRANKLIN, William Buel, soldier, was born in York, Pa., Feb. 27, 1823; son of Walter Semonds and Sarah (Buel) Franklin, and grand- son of Samuel and Sarah S. Franklin of Phila- delphia. Pa., and of William and Abigail Buel of Litchfield. Conn. He was graduated at the U.S. military academy at the head of the class of 1843, and was assigned to the topographical engineers
