Valley Girl Views: Congressman Franklin Bound, from Milton PA

Monday, December 28, 2020

Congressman Franklin Bound, from Milton PA

Congressman Franklin Bound 1829-1910

On November 14 1884, "the street between Broadway and Center Avenue opened and named in honor of Congressman Bound. The Miltonian Office was formerly located on this thoroughfare

U.S. Congressman, Franklin Bound attended Milton Academy Pennsylvania, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1853 and preceded practicing law in Milton, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the, Pennsylvania State Senate (1860-63) and served as a Private in the Union Army, for one of the emergency regiments called for the defense of the Pennsylvania State, during the Civil War. After the war, he practiced law and was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses, serving (1885-89). Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law until his death at age 81.

Franklin was the son of Joseph & Mary Ann (Housel) Bound. Joseph Bound, Born about 1790, Joseph was the Justice of the Peace in Milton for many years. "On this day in local history, December 28 1828, The Milton Library Association organized. Joseph Bound was the president."

After purchasing the Miltonian newspaper in 1867, Franklin Bound served as that publication's editor for two years.

Franklin resided at 139 South Front Street in Milton, Pennsylvania. He married Emma Brown around 1877, when he was nearly 48 years old. They had (at least) three daughters: Marian E. Born in 1880, Emma Born about 1886 married George Schroyer , And Nellie born about 1888.

A longtime member of the Free and Accepted Masons who had served as master of the Milton Lodge in 1855, Bound remained active with the F. & A.M. for nearly 60 years.