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 Please see [[william_franklin|William Franklin Seymour]]
+Family lore says that this man's name was "Willard Franklin Seymour".
+In 1906 (4 years after his death), his grandson was named "Willard
+Franklin" (presumably in his honor).
+However, recent research has revealed that his true full name was (and
+always had been) "//William// Franklin Seymour".  It would seem that the
+family got it wrong - and the new name stuck.
+Here is a list of documents that show his name and how it was spelled.
+Note that there are seven documents created while he was alive that list
+his name as "William" - and //**none**// that list is as "Willard".
+The final clue against the "Willard" name is that he has a younger brother
+named "Willard".  This man was born when William was 12 years old.  He
+later moved to Minnesota and was living near his older brother in the
+census -- but then he died in 1871 at the age of 23.
+^ Date ^ Name on document ^ Description of document ^
+| 1850 | **Wm**               | (census)    |
+| 1857 | Frank                | (Minnesota state census) |
+| 1858 | **William Franklin** | (marriage) |
+| 1860 | Frank                | (census) |
+| 1863 | W F                  | (Civil War registration) |
+| 1865 | W F                  | (Minnesota state census) |
+| 1870 | W F                  | (census) |
+| 1873 | **William F**        | (Mabel's birth registration) |
+| 1875 | **Wm F**             | (Minnesota state census) |
+| 1878 | W F                  | (Land ownership map) |
+| 1880 | **William**          | (census) |
+| 1885 | **William**          | (Minnesota state census) |
+| 1896 | W F                  | (Land ownership map) |
+| 1900 | Franklin W           | (census) |
+| 1902 | W. Franklin          | {headstone) |
+| 1902 | **Wm. Franklin**     | (obituary) |
+| 1903 | W. Franklin          | (probate) |
+^ These documents were all created after he died ^^^
+| 1939 | Willard Franklin     | "A History of the Seymour Family" p.211 |
+| 1951 | Willard Franklin     | (Leon Potterton's birth registry -- reported by sister, Velona France) |
+| 1958 | Willard              | (Mabel's obituary) |
+| ??? | Willard Franklin      | "Our Eyota Neighbors of Pioneer Days, 1850s-60s" by Edith Price Wright |