Franklin LANGDON

1821 - 1888  (67 years)

• Name	Franklin LANGDON
  Born	16 Feb 1821	Lancaster Co., PA
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Jun 1888	Harrisville, Cecil Co., MD   [1]
  Person ID	I547340645	Primary
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2010

  
  

  Family	Rebecca E. MAXWELL,   b. 01 Aug 1823, Cecil Co., MD
  Children	1. Elizabeth V LANGDON,   b. 1847,   d. 13 Apr 1891  (Age 44 years)   2. Randolph LANGDON   3. Giles LANGDON
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2010
  Family ID	F518392073	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] Newspaper Clipping, 30 Jun 1888. Death of Mr. Franklin Langdon. Mr. Franklin Langdon, a prominent and estimable resident of the Sixth district died at his home at Harrisville on Thursday evening June 21st. He had been a sufferer for several months from an abscess at the small of the back, the result of a fall from a load of hay sixteen years ago. At a post-mortem examination it was found that parts of the vertebra had decayed. He was born sixty-seven years ago at Lancaster Pa., and came to Cecil county when a youth. He won the respect of his neighbors by his upright character. He was postmaster at Rising Sun about 1848. He also served as tax collector for the Sixth district in 1878 and 1879 and took the census of the same district in 1880. His funeral was held on Saturday afternoon last and was largely attended. Rev. Dr. S. A. Gayley, pastor, of West Nottingham Presbyterian church of which the deceased was for many years a member officiated. The pall bearers were Job Haines, Alexander Briscoe, Stephen Reynolds, H. H. Haines, Joseph Lincoln and Lawson Tosh. The interment was at West Nottingham cemetery. Mr. Langdon leaves a widow, two sons, Randolph and Giles, and one daughter, the wife of Mr. J. Granville Richards. Source: Cecil Whig