page_title: Lawson D. Franklin
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Lawson D. Franklin / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: The Lawson Franklin House in White Pine, Tennessee, United States. Built circa 1837, this house is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 73001796
context_page_description: Lawson D. Franklin was an American planter, slave trader and businessman in the antebellum South. He was the first millionaire in Tennessee.
context_section_description: Franklin married Elizabeth Rogers (1809-1846). They had three sons, Isaac W. Rodgers (1827-1866), Robert O. Franklin and Lawson D. Franklin (1841-1847), and three daughters, Elizabeth Caroline (1831-1909), Jane June and Louisa. He married a second time to Catherine Smith.
  Franklin resided at the Lawson D. Franklin House in White Pine, Tennessee. He built Fairfax in White Pine for his son Isaac, and Bleak House in Knoxville, Tennessee for his daughter Louisa.
caption: The Lawson D. Franklin House.
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