Chester Ulysses Franklin was born 5 Nov 1880 in Los Angeles, CA to Dr. DeWitt Clinton Franklin (1835-1906) & Mary Anderson (1847-1943).
Inmate: #4591 Stockton, CA Jail
Arrested: 22 July 1915
Crime: Adultery (with Inmate: #4589 Below)
Inmate: #4589 Stockton, CA Jail
Arrested: 19 July 1915
Crime: Adultery
Inmate: #9731 Folsom Prison
Rec: 24 Sep 1915
Crime: Adultery
Term: 4 years
Jun 1889 news article
1917 article
He was first in trouble in Iowa:
Name: F H Franklin
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1880
Age: 19
Occupation: Bookkeeper
Birth Place: California
Residence Place: Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA
Admission Date: 13 Apr 1899
Admission Place: Ft Madison, Lee, Iowa, USA
Crime: B And E
B is battery and E is Escape
Arrested: 22 July 1915
Crime: Adultery (with Inmate: #4589 Below)
Inmate: #4589 Stockton, CA Jail
Arrested: 19 July 1915
Crime: Adultery
Rec: 24 Sep 1915
Crime: Adultery
Term: 4 years
He was also arrested in 1911 and placed in jail and then proceed to smuggle drugs in.
He also had some more troubles in 1913 and ended up on a WANTED POSTER.
I did not find a newspaper article on this.
Hophead, is used to describe someone who uses and abuses mind and mood altering substances.
Chester's first wife was Katie M Graw they were married in Los Angeles, CA on 4 Aug 1906. I am sure she was the one who filed the adultery charges against him. His second wife Flora Tunie Hazelton (1881-1976), they married in 1921. I didn't find any children.
Chester's Family:
Dr. DeWitt Clinton Franklin was a dentist and they came to California in a covered wagon.
Jun 1889 news article
From
28 Jun 1876
San Francisco, California
Sun, Jan 15, 1893 · Page 1
Chester's siblings:
Virginia Nevada Franklin
1870–1871
Virgil Roscoe Franklin
1873–1945
Homer Bolivar Franklin
1875–1923
Sadie Irene Franklin
1877–1961
Florian Herschell Franklin
1880–1945
We will start with Virgil he was married twice, his first wife Elenora Guinn (1876-1938) married 31 Dec 1899 and had a daughter Norene Florence Franklin.
Virgil worked as a clerk for the city.
1909 article
1919 article
There are many articles.
After his wife's death he married his childhood sweetheart.
They married 31 July 1944, he would die on 26 June 1945.
His brother Homer died at age 49 in 1923 he married and had several children he had no criminal activity.
Florian was another story however.
Name: F H Franklin
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1880
Age: 19
Occupation: Bookkeeper
Birth Place: California
Residence Place: Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA
Admission Date: 13 Apr 1899
Admission Place: Ft Madison, Lee, Iowa, USA
Crime: B And E
B is battery and E is Escape
Inmate: 7468 Folsom Prison
Rec: 28 Dec 1909
Term: 30 Years
This was his 3rd term in prison and that's why he got 30 yrs.
Florian died 17 Nov 1945, he was married twice, Bonita C Forrest and Ida May Hook (1879-1945). I found no children.
I made them a tree attached everything. What a wonderful story to add to a family tree, has spice, and history and even a doctor. A city clerk with political issues and some drugs, robbery and adultery for good measure. This would be a lovely movie for TCM's Noir Alley. I can the Marquee now.
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