Franklin Oberly was born September 28, 1871. He was educated at Keystone State Normal School, after which he taught school for two years, and later graduated from Lehigh University in a course of electrical engineering. He afterwards accepted a position with the General Electrical Company in their testing department at their works in Lynn, Massachusetts, from which place he was transferred to the testing department of their works at Schenectady, New York. The success which has thus far attended Mr. Oberly's career proves that he has made no mistake in his choice of a profession.