Cheribum - Angels sent to guard the way of the tree of life is often seen on monuments for children.
Location: Franklin Cemetery Section E Lot 12 - Sibley Lot
Inscription: Baby Heathcote
Obituary: Oil City Semi-Weekly Derrick
September 29, 1903 p. 4 col. 5
Waldo Heathcote, 4 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Heathcote
died this morning at home in Franklin from acute indigestion.
Note: William F. Heathcote married Josephine Sibley, the daughter of Senator Joseph C. Sibley.
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Bedstead - The small bedstead monument for these young children may indicate a denial of death
the child is not dead, but at rest.
The broken stem of the rose usually indicates that a young & innocent life was cut short.
Location: Franklin Cemetery Section B
Inscription:
front of head of bed: Nettie Jane
Back of head of bed: Katie Love, Amelia, Asenath
Possibly a name on foot of bed illegible
This is a monument for the children of Dr. Albert G. & Eliza Phipps Egbert
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Bedstead
Location: Franklin Cemetery Section E
Inscription: Illegible except for foot end of bedstead which reads Bettie
Franklin Cemetery records indicate that this is the gravesite of Bettie Hardcastle,
1 year and 11 months old who died Sept. 9, 1886.
Nearby in an unmarked grave is that of Mrs. John Hardcastle who died May 4, 1898.
The Franklin News Herald on Jan. 29, 1931, carried an article which mentioned the remembrances of John Hardcastle. Mr. Hardcastle had lived in the Franklin area for many years and relocated in Los Angeles about 1910. John Hardcastle remembered that when just a 15 year old newsboy in Washington, D.C., he was present at the Ford Theatre the night that President Lincoln was assassinated.
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Lamb
Location: Millcreek Cemetery, Frenchcreek Township
Inscription:
Harvy
Son of
J. & M.J. Haylett
Died Dec. 30, 1873
Aged 4 yr & 2da
James and Mary Jane Russum Haylett were pioneers in this area
and lived near the Venango / Mercer County line on the Georgetown Road.
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Tree with Dead Dove
The severed branches of this tree stump indicate the end of life.
The dead dove at the base of the stump represents a prematurely shortened life.
Location: Franklin Cemetery Section B, Lot 1
Inscription:
CARL
SON OF
E.G. & M.B. CRAWFORD
DIED Nov. 26, 1874
8 mos & 18 das
Obituary:
Venango Spectator December 3, 1874
Carl B. Crawford died in Franklin, Pa., on Thursday, November 26, 1874,
son of E.G. and Maria Crawford. Aged 8 months and 18 days.
Note: Maria (Baum) Crawford died September 9, 1876, aged 27 years
and Eben G. Crawford, son of Robert J. & Margaret Crawford, died in June of 1897. E.G. Crawford married Julia McLaughlin in 1882 and they had 3 sons: Eben G., Lloyd and Clan. Julia Crawford died December 1933 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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