Benjamin Franklin Junkin (1822-1908)

Benjamin Franklin Junkin

D3 Benjamin Franklin Junkin born November 2, 1822, died October 9, 1908; married (1) Ann McGowan, two children; married (2) Laura McClurkin, no children.

Benjamin Franklin Junkin became a member of the U.S. Congress; was the 5th judge to sit upon the bench in Perry Co, the 2nd to be elected and the first citizen of the county to fill the position; and was District Attorney of Perry Co. in 1850.

Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971.
The Continental Congress (September 5, 1774 to October 21, 1788) and the Congress of the United Chapter 4: page 59 States
(from the first through the ninety- first Congress March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1971, inclusive).
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971.
URL: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000281

JUNKIN, Benjamin Franklin, (1822 - 1908) a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., November 12, 1822; attended private schools and was graduated from Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in New Bloomfield, Pa.; district attorney for Perry County 1850-1853; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in New Bloomfield; president judge of the ninth judicial district 1871-1881; solicitor of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. from 1886 until his death in New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pa., October 9, 1908; interment in New Bloomfield Cemetery.

History Of That Part Of The Susquehanna And Juniata Valleys, Embraced In The Counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder,
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, In Two Volumes, Vol II.
Philadelphia: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886. Page 910

A practice of over thirty years at the bar and ten years on the bench has made Judge Junkin one of the best known lawyers and judges of this section of the state. Aside from his profession, Judge Junkin is actively engaged in business as a member of the banking firm of Sponsler & Junkin, of New Bloomfield. His taste for agriculture also leads him to give much attention to the three productive farms owned by him in Perry County. His religious associations are with the Presbyterian Church, of which he is a member.

Children of Benjamin Franklin Junkin and Ann McGowan:

E1 Mary Junkin, born 1850, died 1927.

E2 John Junkin, born 1852, died 1896.