Franklin Cemetery, Bensalem
Located in:
Bensalem
Street address:
Richlieu Rd. near Galloway, Bensalem, PA 19020
GPS location:
Latitude: 40.131575
Longitude: -74.945984
Longitude: -74.945984
Ownership
abandoned
Burial summary
Number of burials: 8000
First burial: 1840
Last burial: UnknownYear closed: 1946
First burial: 1840
Last burial: UnknownYear closed: 1946
Contact information:
Web address:
Unknown
Original burial records:
Location unknown
Other references:
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania has burial transcriptions for this cemetery.
Entries in our database were taken from "A Compilation of Bensalem Cemeteries" by Sally VanSant Sondesky, donated to BCGS by the author. Click here to view the entire document.
Click here to view or download a map showing the location of all of the Bensalem cemeteries.
Entries in our database were taken from "A Compilation of Bensalem Cemeteries" by Sally VanSant Sondesky, donated to BCGS by the author. Click here to view the entire document.
Click here to view or download a map showing the location of all of the Bensalem cemeteries.
Comments
The original cemetery (Elkhart & Helen Sts. in the Kensington section of Phila., PA) was condemned for a playground. Three-thousand remains were moved to a lot adjacent to Rosedale Cemetery and placed in trenches. There are no markers and it is completely overgrown. No one seems to know what happened to the other 5,000 remains. Please see Evergreen Cemetery for further information.
Thanks to volunteer Peg Felter for gathering information on this cemetery
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