I found a James Franklin Champion, but it doesn't sound like he's your guy.
This James Franklin Champion was born 1850 and married Lucy Minnucia
Spaulding. (Children James Leslie, Alexander Jerome and Mamie Annis
Champion).
His parents were James Champion and Charity Whitson. James Champion was born
11 August 1814, Hamilton Co, Ohio, and died January 7 1876. He married
Charity Whitson in Brownstone, Indiana. Or perhaps she was FROM
Brownstone, Indiana. "James Champion & Charity Whitson moved from
Brownstone, Indiana, to the locality he named Champion, Indiana. The town
does not appear on current maps."
I could find several plain "James Champion" listings in the index, but none
seem to be the right dates either. No Dorworths in the index, alas.
Sorry.
As to the Pennsylvania angle, in skimming through the book, I find Champions
who moved to Philadelphia (not much of a move, I guess), Harrisburg,
Danville, Warrensville, Reading, Williamsport; also Lycoming Co. PA:
Page 91, which deals with the family of Joseph Champion 1788/89-1850/51 &
Elizabeth Adams, says:
"Joseph Champion, a stove moulder, was encouraged to move to PA at the
time he was preparing to 'go West' to join his three brothers, who had
settled
near Cincinnati, Ohio. Walker & Vicars of Phila. owned a furnace at
Tuckahoe and the company induced a number of its employees to move
to Pine Creek, Lycoming Co., PA. Good wages, 200 acres of land, etc.,
were promised.
"The Joseph Champion family made the trip from New Jersey to their new
home by driving one of the Walker & Vicar six-mule teams plus a coaling
wagon. Traveling through Reading and Williamsport, they stopped at
Reading to stay 3 months with Elizabeth's brother, Samuel Adams, because
three of the youngest children had become ill. The youngest child died
in
Reading.
"Joseph remained at the Walker furnace for years, but the company
failed after the Panic of 1837-40. Joseph moved his family to
McKinney's
forge, Loyalsock Twp., Lycoming Co., in 1840. The forge closed many
years later and the Champion brothers became blacksmiths.
"About 1845, the family moved to Danville, PA., and worked in the Grove
Bros. Rail Mill, where the first railroad rails in America were made."
Jan