Franklin Harrison Wood Midgett, son of Ezekiel Midgett & Anna W. (Payne) Midgett, was born in Rodanthe, Hyde Co., NC on Feb. 5, 1862 and died in Kitty Hawk on Nov. 24, 1929.  He married Mary Holland Etheridge, d/o Truxton Sykes Etheridge & Emeline Guard, on June 20, 1886.  Mary Holland was born in Currituck Co. on Dec. 13, 1869 and died in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co., NC on May 16, 1969, just 5 months shy of her 100^th birthday.  To this union were born 10 children:

1. Truxton Etheridge Midgett - b. Aug. 17,1887  d. May 31, 1978; Married: Bernice Lizette Midgett in 1910 and Arvilla Gertrude Perry in 1923.

2. William Franklin Midgett - b. Jan. 24, 1889  d. Feb. 20, 1976 in Sanford, Lee Co., NC; Married: Margaret Susan Wright in 1910.

3. Harriet Ann Midgett - b. Mar. 29, 1891  d. May 19, 1943; had children by Joseph Dempsey Perry and Frank Hayman.

4. David Oliver Midgett - b. Feb. 19, 1893  d. Oct. 23, 1893; buried in Austin Cemetery in Kitty Hawk.

5. Bertha May Midgett - b. Sept. 15, 1894  d. Sept. 23, 1943; Married: Jesse Etheridge Baum, Jr. in 1913.

6. Spencer Lee Midgett - b. Feb. 11, 1897  d. Nov. 20, 1977 in New York City (Manhattan Island), NY.  Married: Annie Blanche Beacham in 1922.

7. Sadie Ray Midgett - b. Sept. 22, 1899  d. Oct. 1, 1918 of Spanish influenza; Married Shelton Burrus Beacham in 1917

8. Mary Ellen "Wid" Midgett - b. Jan. 30, 1902  d. Nov. 27, 1993; Married: Carlos Crespo Dowdy in 1919.

9. Iola Dell "Bummie" Midgett - b. Dec. 1, 1905  d. Jan. 29, 1990 in Tucumcari, New Mexico; Married: Crowder Castellan Davis in 1926.

10. Ernest Leland Midgett - b. Jan. 29, 1910  d. Dec. 1988 in Germany while visiting his daughter; Married: Mary Bullion.