Tri-Counties Genealogy & History
Franklin Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
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This is One of Eighty Township
Pages in Three Counties on this Site
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Franklin Township
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Franklin Township Histories |
Franklin was named for Col. John
Franklin who served in the Revolution
and is buried in Athens.
Created 1819 from
Canton
and Towanda
Many pieces split off (see
Township Formation Page)
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Township Postcards & Photos
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Post Offices
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| Franklindale P.O. |
| West Franklin P.O |
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Franklin Township Census Records |
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Franklin Township Directories |
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Franklin Township Tax Records |
| 1812 Taxables
at County Formation (Partially Included in Towanda at that time) |
1812 Taxablesat
County Formation (Partially Included in Canton at that time) |
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Franklin Township Cemetery Records |
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If You can Provide GOOD Driving Directions or
GPS coordinates for any of our 700 cemeteries, please send to Joyce
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Franklin Township Schools |
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1869 School Districts
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| 1. West Franklin District |
| 2. Varney District |
| 3. Centre District |
| 4. Franklindale District |
| 6. Crayton Hill District |
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Franklin Township Business Histories & Photos |
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Franklin Township Organizations |
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Franklin Township Churches
Histories, Records, Photos |
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Township Family Bible Records |
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Franklin Township Families & Individuals,
Genealogies, Photos |
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Township Resident Photo Album
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Township Diaries & Letters |
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Township Wills, Deeds, Legal Documents |
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Township Military Records |
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Township Population Statisticss |
| 1887 Franklin Township = 702 |
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Franklin Township Page is dedicated to
Friend of Tri-Counties, Ralph Weller who died September
2004. He was one of our earliest guests when we started this back in
1996. He promptly made all his materials available to the site
including work he had done way back in the 1940s before most of us
were even born. Many of the pages that comprise this Franklin
township portion of the site came to us by way of Ralph. Although we
never met him, nor even saw a photo of him, we'll miss him and his
enduring and always kindly presence. If you want to send your
comments about Ralph to me, we can include them here.
Joyce M. Tice
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Ralph H. Weller, 78
By CQ News
CQ Services
Thu, 07 Oct 2004 2:09 PM
Ralph H. Weller, 78, formerly of Alcove, N.Y., died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2004,
at Albany Veterans Association Medical Center Hospital.
Born in Elmira, he was an administrator for Sperry & Hutchinson Promotions in
New York City for many years prior to moving to the capital region. Ralph was
also a veteran of World War II, having served in the Navy in Normandy.
Ralph was predeceased by his parents, Harry and Alice (Gidney) Weller. He is
survived by a sister, Jackie Beltone of Pa. and several nieces and nephews. All
services will be private at the convenience of the family. |
Hi, Joyce,
I saw your note on the Tri-Counties Genealogy page about my very good
friend, Ralph Weller.
I knew Ralph for 24 years, and visited him often in upstate New York. We
were real genealogy nuts, and I doubt I'll ever find as good a
friend to discuss family history! He is really missed! In the
obituary from the Albany Times-Union, they incorrectly gave the name
of his sister. She is Jackie PELTON, who still lives in your area.
You mentioned you never saw a picture of Ralph. I have several from
our many trips to historic sites around. If you'd like one to post
on your site, I'd be happy to send you one. Ralph often talked about
his on-going research and correspondence with people about records
from your area. With very best wishes. I am: Barry E. TRACY (Barry
sent in the above photo of Ralph for us. )
May 2005
Robert Hirst
roberthirst192@msn.com.
RE; RALPH H WELLER OBIT
I was a very close friend of Ralph
Weller for over 50 years, and I want to thank you for the write-up you gave him
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Ralph had many interests -
one of them being genealogy. He had an extensive work on the Weller family
which he had been researching for decades.
His scholarship was
detailed and accurate, and covered many of his interests. He was a student
of theology, and a devout member of the Episcopal Church. During his life
he served as a lay-reader, a vestryman, a Warden, a delegate to Church
conventions, and on boards of many Church related institutions.
He was also an
authority on the Shaker Communities of up State New York, and Massachusetts. He
was an horticulturist who kept the gardens of the Albany Shaker Community
stocked with authentic herbs from his beds.
Many who
know him from his excellent skill as a book binder and restorer of volumes in
poor condition. He served clients from all over the USA.
He was also an
authority on the music of Charles Ives. He was also a diarist, and
kept the most exact records of events in his world. I used him as a
resource whenever I needed difficult details that he might know. The most
extreme example was just a year ago when I needed to know the date of a
Bishop Cooper who preached at our Church in fall of 1953.... He came
up with it, and notes on the Bishop. He was the Bishop of Korea at the
time, and, aside from the historic connection, was most important in a piece I
was writing.
His position at S&H
included the production of the Green Stamps catalog for collectors stock
for the redemption centers throughout the states. When I wanted to acquire
a Wok - not in the catalog - I asked him to look into the matter and the next
edition of the S&H catalog included a Wok which I had enough green stamps to
redeem.
I hope you will
publish some of this - and I hope I haven't overlooked his remarkable
achievements.
SInceely,
Robert Hirst
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Published On Tri-Counties Site On 1996
By Joyce M. Tice
| Copyright 1996, 2004 by Joyce M. Tice |
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