Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Franklin, Mr. Newton B. November 1862
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The Georgia Enterprise, July 9, 1891
SACRED RELIC OF THE PAST

     The following was clipped from the Petersburg, Va., Express, dated Dec. 3, 
1862. It is an account of the death and burial of Mr. NEWTON B. FRANKLIN, 
brother of our friend and fellow-citizen, Mr. A. S. Franklin. As the re-union 
is near the item will be read with interest: 

     “A lady who has just reached Petersburg from the seaboard, informs us that 
Portsmouth was on last Sabbath week, the scene of the largest funeral 
procession ever witnessed in that section. It was occasioned by the death of a 
young man named Franklin, who was a member of the Young Guards, Third Georgia 
Regiment, formerly commanded by Colonel, now Gen. Wright. Young Franklin was 
too unwell to be removed at the time Norfork was evacuated from his illness. 
The entire loyal portion of Portsmouth turned out to do honor to his remains. 
Our informant states that it is estimated there were three thousand persons in 
the procession, including many of both sexes, of the most respectable portion 
of the community. There were five clergymen who joined in the procession, the 
Rev. Dr. Handy, of the Presbyterian persuasion, officiating at the church and 
the grave. The coffin was covered with a secession flag and the ladies bedecked 
the tomb with many secession bouquets. Federal officers and soldiers witnessed 
the solemn and imposing pageant, but, there was no interference on their part.”


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