Franklin J. Newhard, was born July 24, 1837, and died Feb. 20, 1891. He was a farmer and owned a farm near Heilfrich's Springs, now owned by Wilson Butz. He was a Democrat and served as justice of the peace of Whitehall Township for may years; was clerk of Quarter Sessons of Lehigh County, secretary of the Lehigh Mutual Fire Insurance Company and was actively and prominently identified with a number of organizations. He was married to Christianna Schaadt a daughter of Henry and Magdalena (Knauss) Schaadt.