The Franklins of Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Ancestors of John Franklin (1790-1869)
The Descendants of John Franklin & Catharine Longsdorff
1 John Franklin b: June 19, 1790 d: March 05, 1869
. +Catharine Longsdorf b: June 19, 1790 m: June 1813 d: September 11, 1871
. 2 John Franklin b: October 28, 1813 d: January 01, 1910
.... +Catharine Franklin b: 1823 d: November 26, 1893
.... 3 William H. Franklin b: December 08, 1844 d: June 29, 1923
....... +Catherine Coleman m: January 08, 1870
....... 4 Charles Ezram Franklin b: September 30, 1870 d: 1951
.......... +Verda M. Pilgram
.......... 5 William Roy Franklin
....... 4 John R. Franklin b: June 09, 1872 d: 1946
.......... +Alma H. Franklin b: June 06, 1880 d: April 15, 1951
.......... 5 Oscar W. Franklin b: April 11, 1905 d: June 11, 1985
............. +Mary C. (Franklin) b: 1907 d: 1956
.......... 5 Ralph B. Franklin b: 1914 d: 1978
............. +Bertha Esther Shuman b: July 29, 1913
.......... 5 Ruth Franklin
............. +Byers
.......... 5 Grace Franklin
............. +Brindle
....... 4 Rhetta A Franklin b: February 13, 1875
.......... +John Hensel
....... 4 Ella A. Franklin b: May 19, 1877
.......... +Frank Mitchell
....... 4 Ida C. Franklin b: May 11, 1879
.......... +Bryce Minnich
....... 4 Murray B. Franklin b: April 24, 1881 d: 1949
.......... +Sarah Bowers b: 1884 d: 1967
.......... 5 Mabel Franklin
............. +Wingert
.... 3 John Franklin
.... 3 Lydia Ann Franklin
....... +? Miller
.... 3 Benjamin Franklin b: Abt April 17, 1853 d: December 24, 1918
....... +Malinda Myers b: 1850 d: 1918
....... 4 John H. Franklin b: November 1881 d: April 06, 1886
....... 4 Robert M. Franklin b: 1885 d: 1904
....... 4 Willis Franklin
....... 4 Mrs. John Kauffman Franklin
....... 4 Mrs Harry Wagner Franklin
.... 3 Ellen Franklin b: 1856 d: 1928
....... +Abram G. Swanger b: September 06, 1848 d: February 17, 1935
....... 4 Norman O. Swanger b: Abt 1894
.......... +Martha Cullis
....... 4 Frank Swanger b: 1898 d: November 20, 1939
.......... +Sadie (Swanger) b: June 06, 1901
.......... 5 Ruth Eugenia Swanger b: February 17, 1914 d: 1987
............. +Leo Anthony LeBeau b: February 19, 1900 d: 1966
.......... 5 Bertha Irene Swanger b: February 25, 1929
............. +Charles Edward Pugh b: April 02, 1916 d: January 31, 1984
.......... 5 Gerald Oscar Swanger b: March 27, 1934 d: December 29, 1969
............. +Helen Fisher
. 2 George Franklin b: March 13, 1815 d: Unknown
. 2 Henry Franklin b: May 11, 1816 d: Unknown
.... +Anna Franklin b: Abt 1820 d: Unknown
.... 3 Elizabeth Franklin b: Abt 1843 d: Unknown
....... +Lynch?
....... 4 Kate Lynch? b: Abt 1867
.... 3 George Franklin b: Abt 1845 d: Unknown
....... +Margaret Franklin b: Abt 1849 d: Unknown
....... 4 Charles Franklin b: Abt 1871
....... 4 ?? Franklin b: Abt 1873
....... 4 Katie? Franklin b: Abt 1875
....... 4 Ella Franklin b: Abt 1878
.... 3 Catherine A. Franklin b: Abt 1848 d: Unknown
. 2 Jonathan Franklin b: June 11, 1818 d: Unknown
. 2 Mary Ann Franklin b: June 11, 1818 d: November 18, 1884
.... +Philip Lawyer b: October 08, 1803 d: August 23, 1870
.... 3 Henry Lawyer b: March 30, 1819 d: September 10, 1880
....... +Sophia Lawyer d: Unknown
.... 3 Adam Lawyer b: May 08, 1825 d: June 23, 1888
.... 3 Sarah Jane Lawyer d: Unknown
.... 3 John Moses Lawyer b: February 14, 1850 d: October 1940
....... +Mary Myers/Mowers d: Unknown
.... *2nd Wife of John Moses Lawyer:
....... +Mary Strobaugh
.... 3 Catharine Lawyer d: Unknown
....... +Alexander Wise d: Unknown
.... 3 Susanna Lawyer d: Unknown
....... +John Laughlin d: Unknown
.... 3 Gates Shoemaker Lawyer b: January 23, 1859 d: October 22, 1944
....... +Mary Christina Wise b: May 21, 1859 m: March 16, 1881 d: December 23, 1943
....... 4 Sarah Ann Lawyer b: August 17, 1882 d: August 28, 1951
....... 4 Adam Franklin Lawyer b: February 09, 1884 d: January 31, 1979
.......... 5 Mary Lawyer
.......... 5 Max Lawyer
.......... 5 Curtis Lawyer
............. +Triva Shatzer
.......... 5 Infant Lawyer
.......... 5 Donald Lawyer
....... 4 John Mowers Lawyer b: August 27, 1887 d: Unknown
....... 4 Nannie Caroline Lawyer b: May 20, 1898
....... 4 Charles W. Lawyer b: June 26, 1901
. 2 Moses Franklin b: June 01, 1820 d: Unknown
. 2 Lewis Franklin b: March 10, 1822 d: August 17, 1823
. 2 Richard Franklin b: January 26, 1824 d: Unknown
.... +Leah Franklin b: Abt 1827 d: Unknown
.... 3 Sarah C. Franklin b: Abt 1847 d: Unknown
.... 3 Margaret Franklin b: Abt 1850 d: Unknown
. 2 Adam Franklin b: June 16, 1826 d: February 14, 1920
.... +Sarah Palmer b: November 22, 1824 m: September 14, 1848 d: January 22, 1898
.... 3 George Franklin b: June 29, 1849 d: Unknown
.... 3 Levi Franklin b: January 09, 1851 d: Unknown
....... +Margaret E. Franklin b: Abt 1850 d: Unknown
....... 4 Solomon G. Franklin b: Abt 1873
....... 4 Sarah J. Franklin b: Abt 1876
....... 4 Margaret A. Franklin b: Abt 1879
.... 3 Jonathan F. Franklin b: May 07, 1853 d: Unknown
.... 3 David Taylor Franklin b: April 17, 1856 d: April 17, 1925
....... +Mary Sophia Heller b: November 29, 1856 d: July 15, 1955
....... 4 Frederick A. Franklin b: 1883 d: May 23, 1902
....... 4 Salome Caterine Franklin b: February 07, 1886 d: February 17, 1961
.......... +John Irvin Freet d: November 09, 1947
.......... 5 Myra Freet b: October 16 d: 1990
....... 4 David Heller Franklin b: July 25, 1888 d: January 30, 1989
.......... +Serah Ruth West b: November 02, 1892 d: June 25, 1925
.......... 5 William David Franklin b: February 10, 1917 d: August 21, 1977
............. +Lauretta May Pugh b: May 22, 1920 m: July 31, 1941
.......... 5 John Richard (Dick) Franklin b: October 17, 1921
............. +Sarah Margaret (Peggy) Carbaugh b: April 18, 1925 d: June 04, 1987
....... *2nd Wife of David Heller Franklin:
.......... +Fannie Barnes b: November 12, 1897 m: December 11, 1930 d: November 12, 1994
....... 4 William Lloyd Franklin b: 1881 d: 1944
.......... +Lulu G. Baughy b: 1875 d: 1921
....... *2nd Wife of William Lloyd Franklin:
.......... +Lydia V. Pollock b: June 18, 1881 d: October 16, 1971
.... 3 William S. Franklin b: August 05, 1859 d: Unknown
....... +Sarah C. Forbes d: August 13
....... 4 Charles L. Franklin d: Unknown
....... 4 Leslie Franklin
.... 3 Emma E. Franklin b: May 29, 1863 d: June 07, 1943
....... +James Henderson Paxton b: August 27, 1857 d: March 01, 1924
....... 4 John A. Paxton
....... 4 Eber J. Paxton
....... 4 Mrs Frank Hamburg Paxton
.... 3 Samuel Swansea Franklin b: February 14, 1868 d: October 21, 1921
------+Elizabeth Montgomery
------4 Paul Franklin (died in infancy)
------4 Edward Samuel Franklin b: June 14, 1910
---------+Rosemary Kenny
-----------5 Edward Samuel Franklin Jr.
-----------5 Catherine Anne Franklin
-----------5 William Kenny Franklin
-----------5 Peter David Franklin
------4 Richard Adam Franklin
---------5 (4 Daughters)
------4 Sarah B. Franklin b: 1915
---------5 (3 Daughters)
.... 3 James Franklin d: Unknown
. 2 Sarah Franklin b: June 28, 1828 d: May 11, 1859
.... +Joseph Bowen b: January 02, 1825 d: November 15, 1902
.... 3 Matilda (Tillie) Bowen b: March 15, 1848 d: April 26, 1936
....... +Samuel Patterson b: May 28, 1852 d: November 19, 1908
.... 3 Esrom Franklin Bowen b: July 05, 1850 d: March 02, 1895
....... +Emma Foltz b: September 05, 1859 d: October 29, 1928
.... 3 John Benjamin Bowen b: November 20, 1852 d: May 26, 1929
....... +Emma Elizabeth Gipe b: March 31, 1860 m: September 13, 1877 d: May 22, 1933
....... 4 Maria Elizabeth Bowen b: April 25, 1878 d: September 07, 1940
.......... +Edgar M Mowers b: 1869 m: April 15, 1909 d: March 22, 1938
....... 4 Joseph Bowen b: October 27, 1880 d: November 12, 1880
....... 4 Sarah Irene Bowen b: October 24, 1882 d: August 08, 1966
.......... +Jacob Baer b: 1889 m: January 20, 1909 d: December 24, 1918
.......... 5 Paul J Baer b: August 23, 1909 d: January 17, 1970
............. +Harriet Ellen Susan Tosten b: March 07, 1911
....... 4 John William Bowen b: November 24, 1884 d: August 08, 1963
.......... +Bertha Cummings b: May 22, 1887 m: August 15, 1907 d: April 25, 1912
.......... 5 Zelda Viola Bowen b: January 12, 1908 d: February 24, 1980
............. +Clarence Edgar Sanders, Jr. b: October 10, 1910 m: August 20, 1928 d: April 22, 1988
.......... 5 Ruth Ellen Bowen b: February 05, 1911
............. +Ralph Ogle McClure b: September 11, 1909 d: October 18, 1978
....... *2nd Wife of John William Bowen:
.......... +Anna Poorman Howser b: January 31, 1900 m: March 02, 1929 d: March 12, 1977
....... 4 Roy Ellsworth Bowen b: October 26, 1887 d: May 25, 1971
.......... +Blanche Viola Lowans b: February 15, 1893 m: February 15, 1913 d: March 27, 1973
.......... 5 Kathryn Emma Bowen b: August 23, 1913
............. +Ellis Franklin Rosenberry b: August 18, 1911 m: August 12, 1933 d: November 25, 1956
.......... *2nd Husband of Kathryn Emma Bowen:
............. +Frank Reed m: June 12, 1959
.......... 5 John Ellsworth Bowen b: November 19, 1916 d: March 21, 1993
............. +Virginia Margaret Cline b: June 17, 1920 m: June 24, 1939
....... 4 Floyd Montgomery Bowen b: December 21, 1889 d: March 21, 1955
.......... +Irene Martin Kauffman b: September 05, 1874 m: December 15, 1928 d: January 05, 1958
....... 4 Moses Andrew Bowen b: April 24, 1892 d: March 11, 1955
.......... +Mabel Howser b: December 02, 1895 m: May 15, 1924 d: February 26, 1992
.......... 5 Harold Winfield Bowen b: February 19, 1925
............. +Betty May Evans b: April 28, 1926 m: October 18, 1947 d: July 18, 1987
.......... *2nd Wife of Harold Winfield Bowen:
............. +Diane Potts m: June 15, 1996
.......... 5 Frances Joan Bowen b: October 15, 1931
.......... 5 Richard Eugene Bowen b: November 13, 1935
............. +Arlene Bowen
....... 4 Thomas Charles Bowen b: October 08, 1894 d: October 15, 1965
.......... +Beulah Viola Ankerbrand b: November 22, 1903 m: July 13, 1929
.......... 5 Thomas Charles Bowen b: January 29
............. +Mary Helen Anderson
....... 4 Margaret Lou Bowen b: September 14, 1902 d: September 14, 1902
. 2 Susan Franklin b: November 11, 1831 d: October 23, 1919
.... +Esrom D. Weaver b: June 19, 1828 d: Unknown
.... 3 Albert Franklin Weaver b: Abt 1851 d: February 26, 1926
....... +Mary Catherine Shomaker b: Abt May 25, 1854 d: April 20, 1919
....... 4 Walter Weaver d: Unknown
....... 4 Frank Hollar Weaver b: 1891 d: 1944
.......... +Stella M. Baker b: January 19, 1891 d: June 01, 1975
.......... 5 Maude E. Weaver b: 1911
............. +Woody Dysert
.......... 5 Ruth Evelyn Weaver b: August 20, 1913 d: December 28, 1994
............. +Benjamin Edward Rhine b: May 26, 1912 d: June 26, 1987
.......... 5 Frank Lee (Bud) Weaver b: January 19, 1915 d: February 19, 1989
............. +Violet S. Caufman
.......... *2nd Wife of Frank Lee Weaver:
............. +Judy R. Hamme b: July 01, 1908 d: April 07, 1990
.......... 5 Janet M. Weaver
............. +Harold Heller
.......... 5 Betty C. Weaver
............. +Dick Fritz
.......... 5 Lee Weaver
....... 4 Herbert Weaver d: Unknown
....... 4 Charles Weaver d: Unknown
....... 4 Clara Weaver d: Unknown
.......... +Martin Wolf
....... 4 Mary Weaver d: Unknown
....... 4 Elizabeth Fogelsanger Weaver d: Unknown
....... 4 Frances Wingerd Weaver d: Unknown
....... 4 Nellie Weaver d: Unknown
.......... +William Weibley
....... 4 Helen Weaver d: Unknown
.......... +John Ulrich
....... 4 William Weaver
.... 3 Edgar Weaver b: Abt 1860 d: April 14, 1927
....... +Lydia Bell Thomas b: Abt 1861 d: January 04, 1924
....... 4 Lulu Weaver
.......... +? Miller
....... 4 Susan Weaver
.......... +? Jones
....... 4 Raymond Weaver
.... 3 Samuel Weaver b: Abt 1866
.... 3 Charles Weaver b: Abt 1868
.... 3 Mary Katherine Weaver
....... +David Neff
.... 3 Martha Weaver
.... 3 William H. Weaver b: November 21, 1864 d: June 08, 1943
....... 4 Oliver S. Weaver
....... 4 W. Bruce Weaver
....... 4 Jane Mowers Weaver
....... 4 Mrs Charles Crayton Weaver
....... 4 Mrs William Snavely Weaver
....... 4 I. P. Weaver
Credits
--Biggest thanks to my Aunt Ruth (Franklin) Weyman for the initial Franklin information as well as getting me started on my genealogy addiction. For info on the Lawyer branch, thanks to Triva (Shatzer) Lawyer at the Kitochinny Library at the Old Jail in Chambersburg, Pa., for access to her late husband's research. For info on the Bowen branch, thanks to F. Joan Bowen and her grand-niece Merideth for letting me see it. Thanks to William K. Franklin of Queens, NY for info. on the Samuel S. Franklin branch in New York. Thanks to the Coyle Free Library in Chambersburg and the Kittochinny Library for resource materials. Last, but not least, thanks to Mr. Benjamin A. Rhine (1977-1996) for his research on the Weaver line, and for just having been a great guy to be related to.
--If you have found any connection(s) to this descendant tree, let me know (via email at [email protected]). I'll be happy to include any additions.
Thanks for visiting...
James W. Franklin
10 December, 1997
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