Edwin was born at
Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, on 8 April 1858. He was the son of
Henry H. Franklin and
Mary Elizabeth Shigley. He married
Mary Thomas "Mollie" Knapp on 20 April 1887. Edwin Smith Franklin was Edwin worked for the Royal Highlanders Insurance Company. At
Aurora, Hamilton Co., Nebraska. He married
Lenora A. (?). Edwin Smith Franklin was census 1920 in 1920 at
Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska; In the 1920 census for Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska the following family is found living on 639 S. 13th St.:
Edwin S. Franklin, age 61, born in Indiana;
Lenore Franklin, age 58, born in Illinois. Edwin died on 6 August 1944 at
Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska, at age 86. He was buried in August 1944 at
Greenwood Cemetery, York, York Co., Nebraska.