Birth: April 17th, 1842 in Lee, MA
Father: Edward B. Smith(1815-1863)-S4
Mother: Lydia Edna Kilborne(1814-1898)-S5
Children: None
Death: June 30th or July 1st, 1864 in Memphis, TN
Franklin Adelbert Smith was born on April 17th, 1842 in Lee, MA to Edward B. Smith and Lydia Edna Kilborne. He was the second of ten children. He lived with his family in Lee and Tyringham, MA until 1860. In 1860 he was working as a Paper Maker. At some point between 1860 and 1863 he moved to Middleton, PA and continued to work as a Paper Maker.
In June of 1863, he joined Company C of the 19th Pennsylvania Calvary as a Sargent. He likely saw action in the following activities.
| Date | Activity | Location |
| June - October, 1863 | Organized |
Philadelphia, PA
|
| November 5th-8th, 1863 |
Moved to Washington, DC
|
Washington, DC
|
| December 3rd, 1863 | Joined General A.J. Smith |
Columbus, KY
|
| December 6th, 1863 | Moved to Union City, TN |
Union City, TN
|
| January 22nd-24th, 1864 | Expedition from Union City to Trenton |
Trenton, TN
|
| January 28th-February 5th, 1864 | Moved to Collierville, TN |
Collierville, TN
|
| February 11th-26th, 1864 | Smith's Expedition from Collierville to Okolona, MS |
Okolona, MS
|
| February 19th, 1864 | Egypt Station |
Egypt, MS
|
| February 20th, 1864 |
West Point
|
West Point, MS
|
| February 22nd, 1864 | Ivy Farm, Okolona |
Okolona, MS
|
| February 23rd, 1864 | Tallahatchie River |
Tallahatchie River, MS
|
16th-April 14th, 1864
|
Operations against Forest in West Tennessee
| |
| April 3rd, 1864 | Cypress Creek and near Raleigh |
Cypress Creek, TN
|
| April 9th, 1864 | Near Raleigh |
Raleigh, TN
|
| April 30th-May 9th, 1864 | Sturgis' Expedition from Memphis to Ripley, Miss. |
Riply, MS
|
| June 1st-13th, 1864 |
Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown, Miss.
|
Guntown, MS
|
| June 6th, 1864 | Corinth | |
| June 7th, 1864 | Ripley |
Riply, MS
|
| June 10th, 1864 | Brice's or Tishamingo Creek near Guntown |
Tishamingo Creek
|
| June 11th, 1864 | Waldron Bridge | |
| June 12th, 1864 | Davis' Mills |
Franklin Adelbert Smith died of his wounds on June 30th of July 1st, 1864. It is likely that he recieved these wounds early in the month during Sturgis's expedition to Guntown, TN. I found the following newspaper article describing Sturgis's defeat. He is buried in the Memphis National Cemetery.
Sources:
- 1850 United States Federal Census: Year: 1850; Census Place: Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_306; Page: 118B; Image: 238
- 1860 United States Federal Census: Year: 1860; Census Place: Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_487; Page: 716; Image: 717; Family History Library Film: 803487
- Massachusetts, State Census, 1855: Name Franklin A Smith, Gender Male, Birth Year abt 1842, Birth Place Massachusetts, Residence Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA, Enumeration Year 1855, Age 13, Household Number 53, Reel Number 2, Volume Number 4
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Name Franklin Adelbert Smith, Event Type Birth, Birth Date 17 Apr 1842, Birth Place Lee, Massachusetts, Father Name Edward Smith, Mother Name Lydia Smith
- U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962: Name Franklin Smith, Death Date 1 Jul 1864, Cemetery Memphis National Cemetery, Burial Location Memphis, Tennessee
- U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006: Name Franklin A Smith, Service Info. SGT US ARMY CIVIL WAR, Death Date 1 Jul 1864, Cemetery Memphis National Cemetery, Cemetery Address 3568 Townes Avenue Memphis, TN 38122, Buried At Section H Site 3981
- U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865: Name Franklin A Smith, Birth Year abt 1842, Place of Birth Massachusetts, Age on 1 July 1863 21, Race White, Marital Status Unmarried, Residence South Middleton, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Congressional District 15th, Class 1
- U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865: Name Franklin A Smith, Death Date 1 Jul 1864, Death Place Adams G H Memphis, Tennessee, Enlistment State Pennsylvania, Rank Sergeant, Company C, Regiment 19 Pa Cav, Box Number 52
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current: Name Sgt Franklin A. Smith, Death Date 1 Jul 1864, Cemetery Memphis National Cemetery, Burial or Cremation Place Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America, Has Bio? Y, URL https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3170362
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