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John Read and Francis F Franklin

In December of 2005 to honor Franklin's 300th birthday a new brick path was added around the Franklin family grave site. In the construction of the new path a preserved gravestone for the Usher family was discovered beneath in the pathway. A plaque containing the inscription for Robert Usher and family was placed next to the new path. A marble surround was also added around the Franklin family grave site, containing the original inscriptions for John Read (Franklin's father in-law), Francis Franklin, and Emma Mary Bache.

www.christchurchphila.org/Historic_Christ_Church/Burial_G...

Nearby is a tiny marker for Francis Franklin who died of small pox at age four. After "Frankie's" death, his grieving father urged Philadelphians to inoculate their children against this dread disease.

www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_christb.htm

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