A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 43442
Library of Virginia
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Henry Franklin Minor was born in Richmond, Virginia on 1 May 1933. He was the son of Philip H. Minor (1900-1984) and Mary
Lynn Upshaw (b. 1900). Minor earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Richmond (1956) and the
degree of Juris Doctor from the T. C. Williams Law School (1959). He practiced law and was a real estate broker, and also
served on the board of directors of United Dominion Realty Trust. Minor was also a master tree farmer and avid naturalist.
He served on the board of directors of the Friends of the Virginia State Archives and the King and Queen County Historical
Society. Minor married Joyce Sisson on 16 March 1963. He died in Richmond on 22 December 2006, and is buried in Forest Lawn
Cemetery.
Papers, 1968-2004, of H. Franklin Minor (1933-2006) of Richmond, Virginia, including historical and genealogical research
on the Arnold, Baylor, Broaddus, Flood, Harrison, McCall, Minor, Temple, and Upshaw families of Caroline, Essex, King and
Queen, and King William Counties, Virginia. Much of the material was used in preparation for articles Minor wrote for the
Magazine of Virginia Genealogy and Tidewater Virginia Families . There are copies and transcriptions of deeds, land patents, plats, tax records, and published sources, as well as correspondence
and drafts of Minor's articles. There are also genealogical notes compiled by Mary Lynn (Upshaw) Minor (b. 1900).