Benjamin Franklin Fortner ,b 1872,KS
My grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Fortner, came to Arkansas from Kansas.He was born March 15, 1872, in or around Wichita (so my mother believes).He died in Arkansas December 10, 1960.He never mentioned any family.He only told me that he came to Arkansas from Kansas in a covered wagon.He told this story to me many times when I was a child.