Monogrammed Brick Stories
Brick: Franklin, Wm. H., Cat W.
Contributed by Adelia (Castor) Hanson
Wm. Henry Franklin was born in MO. He served in the Confederate forces the last 2 years of war. After the war, he joined his mother in TX. There he married Catherine Ann (Kitty) Walsh. Wm. Henry became a frontier preacher in the Cumberland Methodist Church. He gave the invocation at the cornerstone laying of the Washita Co. Courthouse in 1910. Kitty died in 1929 and is buried in Hooker, OK. Wm. Henry died in 1935 and is buried in Tahlequah.
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In 2012 the Oklahoma Historical Society invited those who purchased one of the monogrammed bricks paving the Red River Journey at the Oklahoma History Center to share about the person or group their brick honors. Below is a list of those who submitted stories and the message shown on their brick. Use the links below to read the contributed story.
This project was made possible by a generous donation from Catherine B. Wootten.
