Franklin Bound (April 9, 1829 – August 8, 1910) was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, who served with the 28th Pennsylvania Militia, Emergency of 1863 during the American Civil War, and was elected to represent Pennsylvania's 14th District, post-war, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.Kestenbaum, Lawrence."Bound, Franklin." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, 2015."Bound, Franklin," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: United States Congress, retrieved online February 14, 2008.Gayley, Alice J. "Militia of 1863: 28th Regiment." Brookville, Pennsylvania: "Pennsylvania in the Civil War," retrieved online February 23, 2019.
Appointed as a delegate to the 1860 political convention at which Andrew Gregg Curtin was nominated to be his party's candidate for governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,"Former State Senator Dead" (Franklin Bound's death announcement). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg Telegraph, August 9, 1910, p. 2. Bound was also a delegate to the post-war Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois in 1868."Franklin Bound Dead in Milton: Former Congressman and State Senator Passes Away at Age of 81 Years: Helped to Nominate Curtin for Governor." Willamsport, Pennsylvania: Williamsport Sun-Gazette, August 9, 1910, p. 6.
Formative years Born in Milton, Pennsylvania on April 9, 1829,Kestenbaum, "Bound, Franklin," The Political Graveyard. Bound attended the common schools of Northumberland County, as well as the Milton Academy, which was located in his hometown."Bound, Franklin," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, United States Congress.
Bound also subsequently studied law, and graduated from the Easton Law School in Easton, Pennsylvania."Franklin Bound Died Yesterday." Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania: Mount Carmel Item, August 9, 1910, p. 4. Admitted to the bar in 1853, he then opened a private law practice in Milton."Bound, Franklin," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, United States Congress.
American Civil War As a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1860 to 1863, Bound represented District 13,Kestenbaum, "Bound, Franklin," The Political Graveyard."Bound, Franklin," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, United States Congress. and was chosen to serve as a delegate to the political convention which nominated Andrew Gregg Curtin to serve as Pennsylvania's Civil War-era governor."Franklin Bound Dead in Milton: Former Congressman and State Senator Passes Away at Age of 81 Years: Helped to Nominate Curtin for Governor," Williamsport Sun-Gazette, August 9, 1910, p. 6.
When troops from the Confederate States Army threatened Pennsylvania's safety during the third year of America's Civil War, Bound enlisted as a private with Company E of the 28th Pennsylvania Militia, Emergency of 1863. Mustering in for duty in June 1863, he was honorably discharged with his militia unit roughly a month later when state officials determined that the state of emergency had ended following the Gettysburg loss and subsequent retreat back across the state line by the army of General Robert E. Lee.Gayley, Alice J. "Militia of 1863: 28th Regiment." Brookville, Pennsylvania: "Pennsylvania in the Civil War," retrieved online February 23, 2019."Bound, Franklin," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, United States Congress.
Post-war life and political career Married to Emma E. Bound (1849–1917), he and his wife were the parents of Nellie (Bound) Davis (1886–1967)."Franklin Bound Died Yesterday," Mount Carmel Item, August 9, 2010, p. 4. They resided at 139 South Front Street in Milton, Pennsylvania."Home of Franklin Bound 139 S Front Street," in Milton History: A Pictorial History of Milton, PA. Milton, Pennsylvania: Milton Historical Society, retrieved online February 23, 2019.
After purchasing the Miltonian newspaper in 1867, Franklin Bound served as that publication's editor for two years."Franklin Bound Dead in Milton: Former Congressman and State Senator Passes Away at Age of 81 Years: Helped to Nominate Curtin for Governor," Williamsport Sun-Gazette, August 9, 1910, p. 6."Franklin Bound Died Yesterday," Mount Carmel Item, August 9, 2010, p. 4.
Elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth sessions of the United States Congress, Bound was also chosen to serve as a delegate to the 1868 Republican National Convention,Kestenbaum, "Bound, Franklin," The Political Graveyard. but was not a candidate for renomination in 1888, opting instead to resume his legal career, which he continued until his retirement at the turn of the century."Bound, Franklin," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, United States Congress."Franklin Bound Dead in Milton: Former Congressman and State Senator Passes Away at Age of 81 Years: Helped to Nominate Curtin for Governor," Williamsport Sun-Gazette, August 9, 1910, p. 6.
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 many years."Franklin Bound Died Yesterday," Mount Carmel Item, August 9, 2010, p. 4.
Illness, death and interment Ailing for roughly a decade during the opening years of the 20th century, Bound died"Former State Senator Dead" (Franklin Bound's death announcement), Harrisburg Telegraph, August 9, 1910, p. 2. at his home in Milton on the morning of August 8, 1910."Franklin Bound Died Yesterday," Mount Carmel Item, August 9, 2010, p. 4. Following funeral services, he was buried at the Milton Cemetery in Milton, Pennsylvania.Kestenbaum, "Bound, Franklin," The Political Graveyard."Bound, Franklin," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, United States Congress."Franklin Bound Dead in Milton: Former Congressman and State Senator Passes Away at Age of 81 Years: Helped to Nominate Curtin for Governor," Williamsport Sun-Gazette, August 9, 1910, p. 6.
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