James Villard Frampton and Lavinia Bess Magee

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Husband James Villard Frampton ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 24 Jul 1883 - Strattanville, Clarion Twp, Clarion Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: Byron Hayes Frampton (1857-1918) 3 4
         Mother: Nellie M. Mohney (1862-1938) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 19 Oct 1910 2 3

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Wife Lavinia Bess Magee ^{2 3}

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           Born:  - Clarion Co, PA
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         Father: John A. Magee (1852-1900) 2
         Mother: Ann E. Sloan (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M William Frampton III ³

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           Born: Feb 1917 3
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         Spouse: Ellen Louise George (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - James Villard Frampton

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When two years of age his parents moved to Clarion, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public school and prepared for college at Clarion Classical School. He then entered Bucknell University, whence he was graduated Ph. B. with the class of 1903. He then entered upon the study of law under the preceptorship of F. J. Maffett, of Clarion. He began study in 1904, and in 1907 was admitted to the Clarion County bar. In 1908 he was admitted to the superior and supreme courts, and became well established in Clarion as a capable young lawyer.
He was a Democrat in politics, and both he and his wife were members of the Baptist church. His college fraternity was Sigma Chi, Kappa Chapter (Bucknell). He was a member of the Tsuga Club, of Clarion, and was for a number of years a director of that organization.

He received his preliminary education in public and private schools at Clarion, Pennsylvania, and subsequently entered Bucknell University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1903. He read law in the office of F. J. Maffett, a Clarion attorney, and after completing his preparations for the bar, was admitted to practice in 1907. Until 1918 he remained in Clarion, devoting himself to various professional responsibilities. When he came to Oil City in the latter year, he was an experienced attorney and rapidly established his professional reputation at the Venango County bar. With Peter M. Speer and James H. Courtney, he organized the firm of Speer, Frampton and Courtney, whose practice became one of the largest and most important in the city. It was continued by Mr. Frampton and Mr. Courtney under the firm name of Frampton and Courtney, after the withdrawal of Peter M. Speer to become counsel for the Standard Oil Company in New York.
Mr. Frampton appeared successfully in all courts and represented many leading interests, having been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Circuit and District courts and the Supreme and Superior Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was president of the Venango County Bar Association, a distinction reflecting his professional standing, and was a member of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association, the American Judicature Society, and the Lawyers' Club of Oil City. In addition to his professional connections, he was a director of the Oil City National Bank and member of its Trust Investment Committee; and vice-president and director of the Charles N. Hough Manufacturing Company, of Franklin. With several associates he was interested in oil and gas production on the Hyde and Egbert farm leases in Petroleum Center.
Mr. Frampton also gave generously of his time and effort to many civic and benevolent enterprises. He was chairman of the board of directors of the Venango Association for the Blind; a vice-president of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind; president of the board of trustees of Polk State School; and first vice-president of the board of directors of Grandview Institute.
Mr. Frampton was affiliated fraternally with the Masonic Order, in which he was a member of the higher bodies, including the Commandery and the thirty-second degree of the Consistory, and a member of Zem Zem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was also a member and past first president of the Oil City Lions Club; member of Fort Venango Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution; member of the Sigma Chi fraternity; a social member of Francis B. Prichard Post, No. 464, Veterans of Foreign Wars; and a member of the Pennsylvania Society of New York, the National Travel Club of New York and the Wanango Country Club. During the first World War he was a "four-minute man," speaking for the Red Cross and Liberty Loan drives in Clarion County. Mr. Frampton's diversion was the out-of-doors and he had a farm which was his recreation and hobby. [HNWP, 39]

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1382.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 693.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 39.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1381.