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Mary Dolan ~ Franklin Somes
Mary Dolan was born in 1835 in Nova Scotia, Canada. She died in 1917 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Amelia Richards and John Dolan.
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Franklin Somes was born in 1838 in Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine. He died on 9 November 1903 and was buried on 12 November 1903 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts. His parents were Ann and John Somes.
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Mary and Franklin were married 7 December 1865 in Salem.
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Their two children:
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1. William F. was born 2 May 1868 in Salem, Massachusetts
2. Arthur W. was born in 1876 in Massachusetts. He died on 29 June 1902 in the Boston City Hospital Relief Station in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He did not marry and had no children.
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