About Franklin Cemetery
Franklin Cemetery is a cemetery near Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.0 mi south of Franklin. The grounds sit at about 1,165 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Calvin Willard Gilfillan, Joseph C. Sibley and Samuel Hays. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1198769. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Zion Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Timothy E Hartle Funeral Home in Franklin, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Venango County, and 25 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Franklin. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Franklin Cemetery
Among them: 8 US representatives, 1 business leader, 1 journalist.
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan1832-1901American politician
- Joseph C. Sibley1850-1926American politician
- Samuel Hays1783-1868American politician
- Albert Gallatin Egbert1828-1896Union Army soldier, politician
- Arnold Plumer1801-1869American politician
- Charles Vernon Culver1830-1909American politician
- James H. Osmer1832-1912American politician
- Orrin Dubbs Bleakley1854-1927American politician
- Alfred Brunson McCalmont1825-1874American lawyer and soldier
- John J. McLaurin1841-1923American journalist and newspaper editor
- Samuel F. Dale1816-1876American industrialist
- George C. McClelland1818-1888American military officer
Show all 15 notable burials
- John S. McCalmont1822-1906American lawyer and military officer
- William Erskine Cleland1891-1959Ph.D. Princeton University 1923
- William Walter Dale1854-1925American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Franklin Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
41.41227, -79.82838
What Franklin Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Mount Zion CemeteryFranklin, PACemetery0.3 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryFranklin, PACemetery0.5 mi
- Pioneer CemeteryFranklin, PACemetery0.9 mi
- Congress Hill CemeteryFranklin, PACemetery3.5 mi
- Graham CemeteryFranklin, PACemetery4.2 mi
- Forest Chapel CemeterySugarcreek, PAChurch cemetery4.2 mi
- Morrison Family CemeteryFranklin, PAFamily cemetery4.8 mi
- Old Sandy CemeterySugarcreek, PACemetery5.0 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryWoodland Heights, PACemetery5.9 mi
- Sunset Hill Memorial ParkSeneca, PAMemorial park6.3 mi
Funeral homes near Franklin Cemetery
- Franklin Granite Works, LLC & Heath Memorials0.3 miMonument dealer · Franklin · (814) 677-4030
- Timothy E Hartle Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Franklin · (814) 437-9800
- Huff Chapel1.0 miFuneral home · Franklin
- Huff - Guthrie Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc.1.0 miFuneral home · Franklin · (814) 432-3111
- Gardinier-Warren Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.1.2 miFuneral home · Franklin · (814) 437-3048
- Morrison Funeral Home, Inc.6.1 miFuneral home · Oil City · (814) 677-4000
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