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FRANKLIN WETHERBEE, one of the pioneers of Rome Township, this county, is a native of Washington County, N.Y., and there married Miss Melissa Bosworth, by whom he had the following children: David B., Martin. N., a soldier in the Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, who died April 17, 1870, from the effects of a wound received at the battle of Gettysburg; Levi O., a member of the same regiment, and killed in the battle before Petersburg, Va.; Paulina (deceased), wife of Mr. Chapman; Annettie R. (now Mrs. Cook); Delphina (now Mrs. Hardeson, of Newhall, Cal.); and Silvia A. (now Mrs. Post). Mr. Wetherbee came to this township in 1839, engaging actively in lumbering, and in partnership with his brother, Horace, now of Oregon, establishing a saw-mill on the east branch of Oil Creek. Mrs. Wetherbee departed this life May 8, 1882. He is now living with his son David, enjoying a peaceful old age. Mr. Wetherbee has for many years been a Deacon in the Baptist Church.
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