Franklin Ralls
1840 - 1920 (80 years)-
Name Franklin Ralls Born 1840 Ohio [1, 3] Gender Male Census 1870 Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Census 1880 Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Census 1910 Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Census 1920 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Occupation farmer [1] _MILT Civil War [4] Died 13 Jun 1920 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 3, 4, 5, 6] - US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Danville, Illinois. Admitted 1919.
Buried 15 Jun 1920 Danville National Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 3, 6] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2568658/franklin-a_-ralls
Plot 10, 2909, R5
Person ID I33 Gritton Last Modified 27 Feb 2024
Family Harriet Cline, b. 19 Jan 1845, Illinois , d. 26 May 1875 (Age 30 years) Married 16 Apr 1863 Vermilion County, Illinois [7] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 114. No record of anyone signing for bride or groom
Children 1. Maggie Ralls, b. 9 Apr 1865, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 15 Oct 1866, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 1 years) 2. Alfred Ralls, b. 16 Jan 1866, d. 10 Sep 1870 (Age 4 years) 3. Lillie Ralls, b. 14 Feb 1868, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 2 Dec 1918, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 50 years) 4. John Leroy Ralls, b. 18 Jul 1869, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 26 Jun 1927, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 57 years) 5. Etta Ralls, b. 1 Apr 1873, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 9 Apr 1944, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 71 years) 6. Albert Ralls, b. 16 Jan 1875, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 12 Aug 1959, Clinton, Boone County, Indiana (Age 84 years) Last Modified 25 Feb 2023 Family ID F12 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Civil War military service:
Enlisted 7 July 1862, Danville, Illinois. Company A, 71 Illinois Infantry, private.
Discharged, mustered out, 29 October 1862, Danville, Illinois.
Name: Franklin Ralls
Rank: Private
Company: A
Unit: 71st Illinois Infantry
Height: 5' 7
Hair: DARK
Eyes: BLACK
Complexion: DARK
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Date: Abt 1837
Birth Place: Hamilton CO, OH
War: Civil War
War Years: 1861-1865
Service Entry Age: 25
Service Entry Date: 7 Jul 1862
Service Entry Place: Danville, IL
Joined By Whom: O GILBERT
Period: 3 MO
Muster In Date: 26 Jul 1862
Muster In Place: Chicago, IL
Muster Out Date: 29 Oct 1862
Residence Place: Vermilion CO, IL
Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
https://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do?key=206313
- LKH Notes:
In 1919 he was admitted to US National Homes for Disable Volunteer Soldiers, Danville, V ermilion County, Illinois. In 1920 he died in that hospital.
The Cline/Milner cemetery has a burial for Alfred Ralls b.16 January 1866, d.10 September 1870. Franklin and Harriet (Cline) Ralls are also buried there. Is this their child?
Franklin Ralls information on Illinois deaths and stillbirths index gives his father's name: Moses, and his mother as Newbro.
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Sources - [S7] Illinois, Deaths and stillbirths index, 1916-1947.
- [S89] census records.
- [S2] Find a Grave.
- [S9] US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938.
- [S8] Illinois Statewide Death Index: 1916-1950.
- [S3] US Veterans Gravesites 1775-2006.
- [S48] Marriage Abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1853-1874, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society).
- [S87] LKH note, Linda Kay Hedges.
- [S7] Illinois, Deaths and stillbirths index, 1916-1947.