From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 595.

Dr. D. D. Franklin was the pioneer physician of the eastern part of the county, at or around Northwood. He had been a cabinet maker in his early days, but after he was married, ambition stirred his breast, and he studied the science of medicine and became quite a successful physician. He came to Worth county in 1857, and endeavored to work up a practice. He was postmaster at Northwood village for a short time, but finally, in 1861, he grew dissatisfied and returned to his former home at Fredonia, N. Y., and has been lost to the sight of his friends here.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, April 24, 2008