Husband Orrin Dubbs Bleakley 1 2 3
Born: 15 May 1854 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1 2 4
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Buried: 6 Dec 1927 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 5
Father: Col. James Bleakley (1820-1883) 1 2 3 6 7
Mother: Elizabeth Dubbs (1822-Aft 1890) 1 4 8
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• Business: Franklin Trust Company: Franklin, Venango Co, PA.
Wife Harriet Elizabeth "Hattie" Richardson 1 9
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Buried: 17 May 1938 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 5
Father: Richard Richardson ( - ) 9
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1 M Rollin Richardson Bleakley 9 10
Born: 6 Jul 1886 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 9 10
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Spouse: Sarah Ruth Acheson ( - ) 9
Marr: 6 Oct 1909 9
2 M Wayne Whiting Bleakley 9 11 12
Born: 31 Oct 1891 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 9 11
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Spouse: Margaret C. Amberson ( - ) 9 11 12
Marr: 29 Oct 1913 - ? Venango Co, PA 11
General Notes: Husband - Orrin Dubbs Bleakley
He received his early education at Franklin, Pennsylvania, attending the old academy. He pursued his higher studies at the University of Bonn, in Germany. When he entered business it was in his father's employ in the old International Bank, where he continued until his oil interests had attained such proportions that he felt they needed all his attention. This was in 1876, and for the next seven years he devoted himself to production, participating profitably in the Edenburg and Bradford booms. When he returned to Franklin in 1883 he bought his father's interest in the International Bank, he and his brothers continuing it until 1901, when he organized the Franklin Trust Company, of which he has since been president. The Franklin Trust Company has the heaviest capitalization of any banking institution in Franklin. Mr. Bleakley has also been interested in the First National Bank of Franklin, of which he has been vice president. He has been a stockholder in a number of important business and manufacturing concerns in Franklin and in Venango County, his excellent judgment as to the permanent value of any enterprise drawing support to any undertaking in which he has shown faith. Like his father he has gone into public life as an ardent Republican, and he was a delegate at large to the national convention which nominated Theodore Roosevelt for the presidency. Local institutions of all kinds have had the benefit of his hearty cooperation, and he serves as a trustee for the Institution for the Feeble Minded at Polk, this county. His religious connection is with the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Bleakley was an enthusiastic follower of the development of the science of aviation, and deserves to be classed with the pioneers among the non-professionals who adopted that method of travel. In December, 1916, he won considerable attention by a trip from Philadelphia to Washington, D. C., made in his own machine, operated by Sergeant William Ocker of the United States Army Aviation Corps. While in Washington he took a number of his friends up for short flights. [HVC 1919, 529]