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PARK AND CE/AETERY. 
Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Pa. 
Franklin Cem- 
etery, Franklin 
Pa. , is locat- 
ed aboLitamile 
from the Court 
House ofVen- 
ango County 
in Sugarcreek 
Township, and 
is reached by 
a good road 
and sidewalks making it of easy access to the 
community interested. As will be observed in 
the large illustration, it has a beautiful slope, 
falling towards the east and south, and nature has 
contributed largely towards making the site em- 
inently satisfactory for cemetery purposes, com- 
bining these with extensive views of the adjacent 
country, which is picturesque in its variety of land 
and water scenery. 
The Franklin Cemetery Company was incorpor- 
ated on April 29, 1869, and in the following year 
twenty acres of land were purchased, to which have 
since been added several small parcels of land, four 
acres of which were purchased this year, while the 
Board of Managers have in view a further adjoining 
ten acres which will suffice for the locality for many 
years to come. Franklin has some 6000 inhabitants. 
Dr. A. G. Egbert was the first president of the 
company, who by assiduous attention and sacrifice 
of time and means gave a standing to the cemetery. 
During the past six years only one change has 
taken place in the Board, 
due to the death of the pres- 
ident, Mr. Joseph Bell. 
The board of managers 
consists of five lot owners, 
elected each year, every lot 
owner having a vote. All 
receipts from sale of lots and 
digging of graves, goes into 
the fund for keeping th> 
grounds in order. 
At her death last 
year, Mrs. C. T. 
Eaton bequeathed 
five hundred dol- 
lars for a fund for 
jDerpetual care, and 
the Board now 
thinks of setting a- 
side one fifth of 
the receipts to swell 
the fund for that 
purpose. 
Last year 2>4 
lots were sold and 
180 prepared for 
sale, makinga total 
of 984 lots ready for disposal. During the year 
ending April i, 1896, there were 98 interments, 
which included 5 veterans of the late war. The 
soldiers monument illustrated, is erected on a lot 
given by the corporation to the W. B. May’s Post, 
and twelve men lie buried there. The monument 
FRANKLIN CEMELERY, FRANKLIN, PA. 
