Franklin Bound (April 9, 1829 – August 8, 1910) was a

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member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, who served with the 28th Pennsylvania Militia, Emergency of 1863 during the

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, and was elected to represent Pennsylvania's 14th District, post-war, as a member of the

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. 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

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, Bound was also a delegate to the post-war Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois in 1868.

Formative years

Born in

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on April 9, 1829, Bound attended the common schools of Northumberland County, as well as the Milton Academy, which was located in his hometown. Bound also subsequently studied law, and graduated from the Easton Law School in

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. Admitted to the bar in 1853, he then opened a private law practice in Milton.

American Civil War

As a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1860 to 1863, Bound represented District 13, 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. When troops from the

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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

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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). They resided at 139 South Front Street in Milton, Pennsylvania. After purchasing the ''Miltonian'' newspaper in 1867, Franklin Bound served as that publication's editor for two years. 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, 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. A longtime member of the

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who had served as master of the Milton Lodge in 1855, Bound remained active with the F. & A.M. for many years.

Illness, death and interment

Ailing for roughly a decade during the opening years of the 20th century, Bound died at his home in Milton on the morning of August 8, 1910. Following funeral services, he was buried at the Milton Cemetery in Milton, Pennsylvania."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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