Dantzler, Augusta Pauline

Class of 1908

Birth: 10 Jun 1888, Orangeburg County, South Carolina, USA
Death: 24 Jan 1975, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA

Parents:
Henry Irvin Dantzler (1856-1928)
Josephine Victoria Fogle Dantzler (1860-1939)

Siblings:
David Anthony Danztler (1881-1940)
Virginia Fogle Dantzler (1885-1964)
Viola Mae Dantzler Baker (1890-1963)

Spouse: Benjamin Giffin Franklin (1883-1963)
Marriage: 10 May 1917, Whitmire, Newberry County, South Carolina

Children:
Munson Buford Franklin (1918-2009)
David Benjamin Franklin, Sr. (1919-1995)
Luther Augustus Franklin (1920-1988)
Daniel Lee Franklin (1923-2008)
John Allen Franklin (1926-1998)
Robert Samuel Franklin (1930-2001)

Burial: Beth Eden Lutheran Church Cemetery, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA39518610
Source: www.findagrave.com, #39518610.

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The Newberry Weekly Herald, 15 May 1917, p. 8.

Miss Augusta P. Dantzler of Orangeburg and Mr. Benjamin Franklin of Newberry were married at Whitmire last Thursday by the Rev. T. A. Beckett.

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The Greenville News (Greenville, SC), 26 Jan 1975, p. 9-C.

Mrs. Ben Franklin

NEWBERRY—Mrs. Augusta (Gussie) Dantzler Franklin, 86, of Rt. 1, Newberry, widow of Ben G. Franklin, died Friday.

Born in Orangeburg County, daughter of the late Henry Irvin and Josaphine Victoria Fogel Dantzler, she was a member of Beth-Eden Lutheran Church.

Surviving are six sons, M. Buford Franklin of Columbia, David B. Franklin of Madisonville, Tenn., Luther A. Franklin of Clarkston, Ga., Daniel L. Franklin of Easley, John A. Franklin of Saluda, and Robert S. Franklin of Newberry; 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Beth-Eden Lutheran Church, with burial in the church cemetery.

The body is at Whitaker Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Sunday.