Born in Highland, Ohio, on August 9, 1822 to Anthony Franklin and Mary Nelson. He passed away on February 17, 1885 in Osceola, Missouri. Cyrus married Maria Ferneau on November 18, 1847 in Highland, Ohio. Cyrus Franklin of Agency, Wapello County, Iowa moved to the county in 1848. He was the local adviser in the pioneer town and was one of Ottumwa's first marshals. He was a former Iowa state legislator and attorney. During the Civil War Dubuque, so far as the rest of Iowa was concerned, was the primary source of disloyal poison in the state. Only two 1861 legislators from Iowa to join the Confederate Army did not come from Dubuque. That was James Williams. The other was Cyrus Franklin from Wapello. Cyrus Franklin became a Colonel for the 2nd N.E. Missouri Cavalry for the Southern Confederacy. He had served in the Mexican War. After the Civil War he was an attorney in Memphis, Tennessee and Springfield, Missouri.

Born in Highland, Ohio, on August 9, 1822 to Anthony Franklin and Mary Nelson. He passed away on February 17, 1885 in Osceola, Missouri. Cyrus married Maria Ferneau on November 18, 1847 in Highland, Ohio. Cyrus Franklin of Agency, Wapello County, Iowa moved to the county in 1848. He was the local adviser in the pioneer town and was one of Ottumwa's first marshals. He was a former Iowa state legislator and attorney. During the Civil War Dubuque, so far as the rest of Iowa was concerned, was the primary source of disloyal poison in the state. Only two 1861 legislators from Iowa to join the Confederate Army did not come from Dubuque. That was James Williams. The other was Cyrus Franklin from Wapello. Cyrus Franklin became a Colonel for the 2nd N.E. Missouri Cavalry for the Southern Confederacy. He had served in the Mexican War. After the Civil War he was an attorney in Memphis, Tennessee and Springfield, Missouri.