OBIT: Franklin Marshall ROONEY, 1891, Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA

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A Victim of Consumption

Death of Franklin Marshall Rooney - The First Child Born on College Campus

   The many friends of Mr. Franklin Marshall Rooney will regret to learn of 
his death, which occurred on Thursday evening at nine o'clock at the residence 
of his father, No. 24 North Charlotte street.  The cause of death was 
consumption, from which he had been a sufferer for a long time.  Deceased was 
in the twenty-fifth year of his age.  His occupation was that of die-making.  
He learned his trade at the Keystone Watch Factory, this city.  He became a 
workman of extraordinary skill, and it is said that there were few who were 
his equals in that particular branch of watch-making.  When the factory here 
shut down Mr. Rooney went to Trenton, N.J., and was employed in the watch 
factory at that place until July last, when he was compelled to quit work on 
account of fast-failing health.  He returned to Lancaster and resided with his 
father up to the time of his death.
   When Franklin Marshall Rooney was born, his father was janitor at Franklin 
and Marshall College.  He was the first infant born at the college campus, and 
at the suggestion of one of the college professors, the babe was named 
Franklin Marshall, in honor of the college.  When the day of the christening 
of the child arrived, the infant was presented with beautiful baptismal robes, 
made by the ladies in the households of the Faculty.  The late Dr. John 
Williamson Nevin, President of the College, baptized the child.
   Deceased was a member of the German Reformed church.  He was an exemplary 
young man with a host of friends.  His wife, Elizabeth Himmelsbach, and one 
child survive.
   The funeral will take place on Monday afternoon at two o'clock; interment 
in Lancaster Cemetery.

The New Era, Lancaster, Saturday. Nov. 21, 1891