Henry was born at
Indiana on 8 July 1832. He was the son of
James Smyth Franklin and
Mildred Quick. He married
Mary Elizabeth Shigley at
Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, on 18 June 1857. Henry H. Franklin was census 1860 - free on 22 June 1860 at
Washington Twp., Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. He was directory list at
Washington Twp., Tippecanoe Co., Indiana; In an undated Business Directory, with accompanying map (the Tippecanoe Co. Area Genealogical Association has a copy of this Directory) shows that Henry owned land in section 26 and 35 in Washington Twp., Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, totaling 84 acres. His business is listed as a farmer. He was census 1870 in 1870 at
Tippecanoe Co., Indiana; Real estate was worth $2300 and personal property is worth $800. He married
Sarah R. Carnes at
Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, on 11 March 1872. Henry H. Franklin was census 1880 in 1880 at
Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. He was migration in 1885 at
Nebraska. He was census 1900 in 1900 at
Grant Village, Perkins Co., Nebraska; In the 1900 census, Sarah Carnes is said to have had 6 children. Henry died on 19 January 1913 at
Hamilton Co., Nebraska, at age 80.