Seventh Generation

454. Franklin Pierce "Frank" RUTHERFORD¹³⁷ was born on 16 May 1853 in Anderson Co., TN.¹³⁷ He died on 29 September 1942 in Springfield, Greene Co., MO.^55,137 He was buried in October 1942 in Houston, Texas Co., MO.¹³⁷ Franklin settled in Texas Co., MO in 1871. He established a furniture and hardware store in Houston, MO and with the assistance to two sons, he operated the store for sixty-seven years. He was a member of the Methodist Church.

Franklin Pierce "Frank" RUTHERFORD and Alice Margaret KELLEY were married on 29 September 1879.¹³⁷ They¹³⁷ appeared in the census in 1880 in Houston, Texas Co., MO.⁵⁶ Frank RUTHERFORD Self M M W 27 TN Occ: Cabinet Maker Fa: TN Mo: TN
Allice RUTHERFORD Wife F M W 19 MO Occ: Kps Hse Fa: TN Mo: TN
Alice Margaret KELLEY was born about 1861 in MO.⁵⁶

Franklin Pierce "Frank" RUTHERFORD and Alice Margaret KELLEY had the following children:

916	i.	Earnest Guy RUTHERFORD was born in 1883 in Texas Co., MO.137 He died in 1916 in Texas Co., MO.137
+917	ii.	James Arthur RUTHERFORD.
918	iii.	Edith RUTHERFORD was born in Texas Co., MO.137