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Henry FRANKS had no contact with the British during the Revolution, "the nature of our service being the protection of the frontier settlers from the barbarities of the Indians." He said in his Declaration for Pension that he "entered the service of the United States . . . in the spring of 1775." Obviously, as there was no United States at that time, he must have meant that he joined the army to serve his country which later became the United States. This first tour saw Henry FRANKS march to Stradler's (or Statler's) Fort on Dunkard...
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Henry FRANKS had no contact with the British during the Revolution, "the nature of our service being the protection of the frontier settlers from the barbarities of the Indians." He said in his Declaration for Pension that he "entered the service of the United States . . . in the spring of 1775." Obviously, as there was no United States at that time, he must have meant that he joined the army to serve his country which later became the United States. This first tour saw Henry FRANKS march to Stradler's (or Statler's) Fort on Dunkard Creek where he served in the garrison and as a scout. He served under Captain John MINER and left the army after his three month enlistment was over. The second military enlistment for Henry FRANKS was another of three months duration, beginning in June 1776. His commanding officer was Captain Jesse PIGMAN. This tour began at Fort Pitt. Later he went down the Ohio River to a point about six miles south of Wheeling. His job there was to bury those massacred by Indians. He completed this tour in Wheeling.
On 1 May 1777 Henry FRANKS volunteered for another three month tour. He was under the command of Captain John WHETSEL (WETZEL). He still resided at Big Whitely and he went from there to the head of Ten Mile Creek. He ranged along the frontiers of Pennsylvania and Western Virginia to protect the inhabitants from Indian attack. According to Henry FRANKS' pension declaration, his fourth tour was in the fall of 1777 under Captain Thomas SWANN. He served this three months in garrison, again at Stradler's Fort on Dunkard Creek.
The fifth and last tour for Henry FRANKS began in June 1778 under Captain William CROSS. He served under him through General McINTOSH's campaign. He was stationed part of this at Fort McIntosh at the mouth of the Beaver on the Ohio River. During the rest of this six months tour they ranged through what is now the state of Ohio and helped to erect a fort on the Muskingum River. He returned home in December 1778.
There is a discrepancy between the dates given by Henry FRANKS in his pension declaration and those in published rosters. See appendix A, item 5. A map approximating the places mentioned in Henry FRANKS' five tours is in appendix A, item 6. The remainder of his army records are items 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.
In the Interrogatories Propounded by the Court, mentioned before, Henry FRANKS
told of his many places of residence. With the help of the 1810 federal census of Hampshire County, Virginia (appendix A, item 13) and Early Records, Hampshire County, Virginia, now West Virginia (appendix A, item 14). The following localities and years of residence have been estimated:
Piscataway – from 1751
Big Whitely, now in Greene County, Pennsylvania – until 1778
Cline's Fort (or Fort Cline) on the Mononghela, now located on Route 21 about five miles east of Waynesburg, Green County, Pennsylvania – 1778 to 1784
Maryland, 25 miles from Cumberland, which would have been in Washington County in 1785. It became Allegany County in 1789 – 1785 to 1791 (See appendix A, item 31)
Hampshire County (West) Virginia, probably in the Patterson Creek area – 1792 to 1813
Ohio County, Virginia, probably what is now Tyler County, West Virginia. There is a deed recorded in the Tyler County Court House in Middlebourne, West Virginia of a sale of land to Henry FRANKS from Aaron ANKROM on 7 April 1815 (appendix A, item 15) – 1814 to 1815
Grandview township, Washington County, Ohio – 1815 (or possibly as late as 1816) until he died in 1842
Apparently in 1817 Henry FRANKS visited his wife's brother, Abraham VAN BUSKIRK, and en route home while passing through Winchester, Virginia took in tax money for him. The area where Abraham VAN BUSKIRK lived was then in Frederick County, Virginia (after 1836 this became Clarke County) on the border between Loudoun and Frederick counties. From Deed Book 40, page 130, Frederick County, Virginia:
Rec'd of Abraham V. BUSKIRK by the hands of Henry FRANKS one dollar & seventy-seven cents being full Amt. Of tax & damages due upon 204 acres ret'd delinq. In name of Abraham V. BUSKIRK (per) tax due thereon for the year 1812 including also the fee for recording the receipt, Witness, 9th day of October 1817. Thomas Allen TIDBALL, D. C. (per) J. A. KEITH , C. F. C.
Among the family legends concerning Henry FRANKS is one that he "fled" to Ohio (or Ohio County) from Hampshire County on horseback. Another story is that he freed his slaves when he left East Virginia for West Virginia. It seems unlikely, however, that he was a slave owner.
The early census records for Henry FRANKS are sparse. He is not listed in the 1790 census for Maryland. The Henry FRANKS who is mentioned in the 1790 census of German township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania was the Revolutionary soldier Henry FRANKS, who married Christina MASON. The 1790 and 1800 censuses for Virginia were destroyed. The 1790 census was replaced by tax lists and such for the year 1783. This Henry FRANKS was not included among those named. A Henry FRANKS was on the tax lists for 1781 in Washington County, Pennsylvania in both Bethlehem and Green townships. He was in the 1810 census for Hampshire County, Virginia (appendix A, item 13). Henry FRANKS was in Grandview township, Washington County, Ohio for the federal censuses of 1820 and 1830 (appendix A, items 17 and 18). Surely Henry FRANKS was the male aged 90 to 100 in the William McGee ELLIS household in the 1840 Grandview township federal enumeration. See appendix A, item 19. In the Grandview township census records for odd years Henry FRANKS was listed as a white male over 21 in the following years: 1827, 1831, 1835 and 1839.
Henry FRANKS applied for a pension for his Revolutionary service on 25 June 1834. The pension was granted under the Act of 7 July 1832. His pension commenced on 4 March 1831; the payments were made retroactive were paid semiannually in March and September. His pension amounted to $40.00 per year. The government file number is S. 8522. He is included on the Roster of Pensioners of 1835 (appendix A, item 2) and is on the List of Pensioners of 1840, residing with husband of his granddaughter, William McGee ELLIS, on 1 June 1840. Appendix A, item 3.
Henry FRANKS died 14 January 1842 according to a statement by his widow in order to obtain pension monies due him after his death. See appendix A, item 20. In a letter to Miss Muriel F. LINK of Grand Rapids, Michigan, dated 3 July 1955, William Galbraith SMITH, a professional genealogist, reported finding the following:
Paid – Cincinnati Agency – paid 3rd Quarter, 1842 – Robert K. EWART swears that Henry FRANKS, late of Grandview Township. Washington County, Ohio, died at his residence, January 14, 1842 – that he left a widow, Margaret, who stated that they had resided in Washington County 26 years and that previously they resided in Hampshire County, Virginia – Sworn before Daniel FLINT, J. P., 1842 – appointed Thomas J. HENDERSON her attorney – witnesses: Clarissa ELLIS and R. K. EWART.
Henry FRANKS was buried at a small Beavertown, Washington County, Ohio cemetery along the Ohio River. This area may once have been park of the FRANKS' farm. The cemetery is near the United States Government property at Lock 16. In 1978 his gravestone was shaled off and broken in two and fallen. Later the DAR placed a marker on his grave which reads:
HENRY FRANKS
COL EVANS PA REGT
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
1751 1842
Pictures of the cemetery are in appendix A, item 21. Henry FRANKS died with few possessions. His sale bill and appraisement are included in appendix A, item 22,
FromRecords of Marriages and Burials in Monocracy Lutheran Church in Frederick County, Maryland, and in the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in the City of Frederick, Maryland, 1743-1811, translated [from the German] and edited by Sheely WEISE, National Genealogical Society, 1972, page 24, number 39, we learn that Henry Taylor FRANKS was married to Margreth BUSKIRK by license on 14 September 1779. The witnesses were Thomas and Janes [sic] STUMP, William MACAY, Thomas KNOX, Margareth MACAY and Betsy PRICE. Donald J. SUBLETTE, of Detroit, Michigan, reports another transcription which reads: "9/14/1779. Henry Taylor FRANKS-Margreth BUSKIRK. Witn. John. GROSSNICKE (Sr.?)." It is interesting that this is the only source we have of the middle name of Henry Taylor FRANKS. According to the microfiche card file index developed by the Church of Jesus Christ and latter Day Saints (Mormons) this marriage took place in the Apples (St. John's) Lutheran and Reformed Church in Thurmont, Maryland. A reproduction of this license is in appendix A, item 23.
Margaret VAN BUSKIRK, daughter of John and Elizabeth (probably SHOVER) VAN BUSKIRK, is thought to have been born about 1760. She was a strong-willed, red haired woman, a notable midwife who attended her own daughters. Margaret's father, John VAN BUSKIRK, was a well traveled man. Among other places, he lived in Loudoun County, Virginia, Frederick County, Maryland, Hunterdon County, New Jersey and Greene County, Pennsylvania. Margaret (VAB BUSKIRK) FRANKS' birthplace is not known. The VAN BUSKIRKs were Methodists. Margaret's granddaughter "Kitty," Catherine Virginia (WICK) (DONALDSON) (DAVIS) SOUTHLAND said that Margaret's mother wore black satin and spoke only Dutch (could this be "Deutsch"?). Parts of this and other family letters now in the possession of Marjorie (WELCOME) SANDER are reproduced in appendix A, items 24, 25 and 26.
Margaret (VAN BUSKIRK) FRANKS outlived her husband and applied for his final pension payment on 29 June 1842, She signed her mark "+" and stated that she was Henry FRANKS' widow and that he had died 14 January 1842. At the bottom of the application a John BOOTH wrote:
I forward to you the claim of an aged widow in dependant circumstances for the pittance due her husband to the time of his death. Will you have the goodness to receive the amount due and place it to my credit in the Bank where payment is made and advise me as to the amount and where the deposit is made.
This and other pension requests are in appendix A, item 20.
It is said thatMargaret (VAN BUSKIRK) FRANKS lived to a very old age and did not know her children near the end. She was also buried in the Beavertown Cemetery. Her inscription (weathered and no longer legible) once read:
Margaret
Consort of
Henry Franks
died April 26, 18[4]4
aged [8]4 years
There has been a good deal of confusion regarding the FRANKS children. Mentions of as many as seventeen children appear in various family records. An often repeated family story is that there were seven sons and seven daughters, however, there may have been a total of as few as
seven children. It seems reasonable to believe that there may have been older children of whom we have little record who married and left home before the family moved to Ohio. Perhaps Wesley and Ann are in this category. It has been said that Henry and Margaret (VAN BUSKIRK) FRANKS raised not only their own children but six orphaned grandchildren. Perhaps the "orphaned" grandchildren were the children of their daughter Margaret (FRANKS) ANKROM, who died at the age of 36 in 1833. Her widower, Lindsey ANKROM, and the children also lived in Grandview township in Washington County, Ohio. At least one of the children said to have been the son of Henry FRANKS was Thomas FRANKS. Instead he appears to have been the son of Henry and Margaret (VAN BUSKIRK) FRANKS' son Henry FRANKS. There has been a Rebecca FRANKS attributed to this family for whom I can find no substantiation. Perhaps she was confused with Rebecca Josephine FRANKS, daughter of Owen and Catherine (PARR) FRANKS. The records of Walter Lorenzo FRANKS, dated 9 September 1969, name a male FRANKS who died in infancy. It could be that he was provided to make the seventh son of the family tradition as Walter Lorenzo FRANKS only listed six other male children. The following is a listing of the children attributed to Henry and Margaret (VAN BUSKIRK) FRANKS. These children are not necessarily in order. Children:
i. Henry FRANKS. Katherine Parr NYE said that he was born circa 1781. There was a Henry FRANKS in the 1820 census of Tyler County, (West) Virginia, aged 26 to 45, therefore born from 1785 to 1794. His wife was born 1794 to 1804. They were the parents of two boys and a girl born 1810 to 1820. He was a farmer. Katherine Parr NYE said that he eventually went to Missouri. This henry FRANKS was probably the son of Henry and Margaret (VAN BUSKIRK) FRANKS. Children (not necessarily in order) as in the 1820 census:
1. Male FRANKS, born 1810 to 1820. Possibly Thomas FRANKS, who was born 14 March 1811. He married first on 26 June 1833 Elizabeth Ann BROOKS, daughter of James and Harriet (WAIT) BROOKS (born 25 June 1815, died 5 June 1862). He married secondly Selena CALDWELL. He died 13 March 1869. 2. Female FRANKS, born 1810 to 1820.
3. Male FRANKS, born 1810 to 1820. Possibly the Isaac FRANKS in the 1840 census for Washington township, Muskingum County, Ohio, born after 1810. An Isaac FRANKS administered the estate of Thomas FRANKS on 13 April 1869, a suggestion that he may have been a brother to Thomas, and presumably a son of Henry FRANKS, the son of Henry Taylor FRANKS.
iv. Mary Ann (Molly or Polly) FRANKS, born about 1781. Some of the following information comes from West Virginia Encyclopedia, edited by Jim COMSTOCK
and some from the Internet database authored by Betty (DOTSON) RENICK at . Mary Ann FRANKS married William DOBSON, (the son of Richard and Mary (_____) DOBSON. He was a farmer born in June 1776, died 8 January 1865 and settled in Doddridge County, (West) Virginia 1800 to1804). Mary Ann (FRANKS) DOBSON died of consumption 8 August 1850. [There has been some confusion concerning this Mary. It has been said that Mary FRANKS, called "Polly,"was born in Hampshire County, Virginia on 30 December 1793, and that she was a teacher and in March 1815 married Robert Kells EWART (son of Francis and Elizabeth (EWART) EWART, who was born 17 November 1790 and died 14 October 1852 or 1853). This, however, was not Mary FRANKS, but a Mary COCHRAN, who married Robert Kells EWART. Mary (COCHRAN) EWART died in 1870]. The children of William and Mary Ann (FRANKS) DOBSON were:
1. Emanuel D. (Manuel) DOBSON, born 1 March 1798, probably in Hampshire County, Virginia. He married Hannah SAYRE and died 12 February 1880 in Clay District, Richie County, West Virginia and is buried in the Toll Gate Baptist Cemetery.
2. John B. DOBSON, born 5 February 1800 in Wood County, Virginia. He married 1st Susannah SAYRE and 2nd Mahala MYERS. He died 25 February 1880 in Richie County, West Virginia and was buried in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in Harrisville, Richie County.
3. Elizabeth DOBSON, born 27 May 1807, married Lloyd RULEY
(born 5 October 1811, the son of John and Margaret (SELBY) RULEY). She died 7 July 1877 in Selina, Saline County, Kansas. They had nine children.
4. Henry F. DOBSON, born 1810, married Rachel L. TUCKER 16 November 1833.
5. Charlotte DOBSON, born 1811, married John M. WILSON, and died in 1895 of dropsy in the home of her daughter Henrietta BOND in Indiana.
6. Margaret (Peg) DOBSON born about 1813. She was married.
7. William Buskirk DOBSON, born 27 September 1815 in Greenwood, Doddridge County, Virginia. He married his first cousin Louisa Ann ANKROM, daughter of Lindsey and Margaret (FRANKS) ANKROM, on 16 April 1840 in Washington County, Ohio. They had nine children of their own and took in a tenth child to raise. He died 5 July 1906 in Greenwood.
( I have listed here a Naomi DOBSON was born 16 January 1816 [sic]. She was married to John WILLIAMS and died 18 March 1882. There were two children. It would be impossible to have three children within these time periods. I shall leave her here until her true place is found)
8. Solomon L. DOBSON, born July 1816 in Virginia.
9. Eliza Margaret DOBSON, born 1820 and died 12 August 1902.
10. Cynthia (or Jacintha) DOBSON, born 15 June 1822 in Doddridge County. She was married on 19 August 1851 to Thomas SCOTT, son of James R. and Nancy (DOBSON) SCOTT. They had five children.
11. Mary Ann DOBSON, born 1824.
12. Squire DOBSON, BORN 1825.
13. Mary Jane DOBSON, born 23 February 1827, died 24 July 1903 in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
iii. Ann (or Anna) FRANKS, possibly born circa 1783. The DAR records of Katherine Parr NYE, National #162122, say that she was married to (Judge) _____ FLANNIGAN. This is corroborated in the family records of Marjorie (WELCOME) SANDER. No other information.
iv. Isaac FRANKS was born 12 March 1785 in Hampshire County, Virginia. He married Sarah HARRIS and died circa 1880 in DeKalb County, Indiana. See Ford's History of North East Indiana, volume 12, page 383. They had twelve children, the following are those who are known:
1. Elizabeth FRANKS, born circa 1811 in Hardy County, (West) Virginia, married 13 August 1839 [date uncertain] in Richland County, Ohio William SHAW.
2. Hannah FRANKS, born 16 April 1816 in Hardy County, Virginia, married Uriah JOHNSON 27 November 1834 in Richland County, Ohio. She died 28 December 1900 in Lagrange County, Indiana.
3. David S. FRANKS, born circa 1818, married Elizabeth HUNTSMAN.
4. Sarah FRANKS, BORN 9 October 1821 in Hardy County, Virginia and died 12 May 1906 in Lagrange County, Indiana. She married Silas LATTA 11 October 1842 in Lagrange County.
5. Isaac R. FRANKS, born 13 February 1826. He married in Lagrange County, Indiana on 25 May 1851 Albzina MERRIFIELD.
6. William W. FRANKS, born circa 1833.
v. John FRANKS. There was a John FRANKS in Hampshire County, Virginia, with his own family in the 1810 census, He was born between 1784 and 1794. In his household there was one male under 10; two females under 10; one female between 10 and 16; and one female between 26 and 45. It is assumed this is the same John FRANKS, son of Henry and Margaret (VAN BUSKIRK) FRANKS, who was born within ten years either way of 1795.
vi. Wesley FRANKS, possibly born circa 1787. Katherine Parr NYE said that he was born in Virginia. No other information.
vii. Clarissa (or Clara) FRANKS married _____ WAITE. She was possibly born circa 1789. One source says that she was born in 1825, surely too young for this generation. She has been confused by some with the granddaughter Clarissa (ANKROM) ELLIS, with whom Henry FRANKS lived.
viii. Elizabeth (Betsy) FRANKS, possibly born circa 1791. She married first ______ JITT, secondly _____ KILPATRICK, and thirdly _____ DUPRE. This information comes from the family records of Marjorie (WELCOME) SANDER.
+ix. Margaret E. FRANKS, born about 1797, was surely the "Peggy" in some family records. On 22 August 1816 in Washington County, Ohio Margaret FRANKS married Lindsey ANKROM (born circa 1792 and died 23 July 1851). He was the son of Aaron and Mary (MARLEY) ANKROM. Margaret (FRANKS) ANKROM died at the age of 36 in January 1833. Children:
1. Female ANKROM, born 1817 to 1820.
2. John ANKROM was born about 1817 to 1820 in Washington County, Ohio. On 2 August 1839 he married Rachel JOLLY, probable daughter of Kinsey and Betsy (DICKERSON) JOLLY. He was listed in the 1840 census in Grandview in Washington County, Ohio. At that time he had a daughter under the age of five. He was a river navigator.
3. Louisa Ann ANKROM was born in 1820 in Washington County, Ohio. She married her first cousin William Buskirk DOTSON on 16 April 1840 in Washington County. He was born 27 September 1815 in Greenwood, Doddridge County, (West Virginia). They had nine children of their own and raised a tenth child. They lived in Doddridge County.
+4. Clarissa ANKROM was born 5 October 1822 in Washington County, Ohio. She was married 13 August 1840 to William McGee ELLIS (born 18 April 1819 and died 7 December 1891), son of Silas and Eleanor (DICKERSON) ELLIS. She died 26 August 1893 and is buried in the old section of the Matamoras Cemetery. They were parents of three sons and four daughters.
5. Female ANKROM, born 1820 to 1825.
6. Female ANKROM, born 1820 to 1825.
7. Female ANKROM, born 1825 to 1830.
8. Cascindra ANKROM was born 20 May 1827 in Washington County, Ohio. She was married on 24 October 1843, at the age of sixteen, to Nathan PARR (born 1823 in Grandview and died 5 June 1906), son of Samuel and Grace (HOLDREN) PARR. She died 13 June 1885 in Washington County. There were fourteen children born to this marriage–six boys and eight girls.
9. Owen Franks ANKROM was born 18 April 1827 in Washington County, Ohio, He was married 13 November 1850 to Gabriella BURRIS (born 23 July 1831), daughter of Stinson and Diana (ELLIS) BURRIS. He was a steam boatman. They were parents of eight children, three boys and five girls.
10. Proctor ANKROM was born between 1830 and 1833. He was in the William McGee ELLIS household in the 1840 census. He became a merchant in New Orleans.
x. James Van Buskirk (or Van Buren) FRANKS, a farmer, was born about 1799 (1850 Iowa census) in Hampshire County, Virginia. "Jim" was married first to Edith Irene MARSH (born about 1803 or 1805 in Virginia) on 17 June 1824 in Hardy County, (West) Virginia. He lived in or near Marion, Marion County, Ohio. Later, with his brother-in-law Samuel Tate WICK (see below, xi.), he traveled overland to Iowa peddling a wagon of tinware. Their wives and children followed the next year. They lived in Le Claire, Scott County, Iowa. He was divorced from his first wife after 1850 and married secondly the widow Mary (_____) GENUNG. He died about 1886 at the home of his niece, Mary Louisa (WICK) (DAVIDSON) FOLLETT and was buried in the Le Claire Cemetery. Children by the first wife:
1. Layfayette [sic] FRANKS, born 1837 in Illinois.
2. Ben Franklin FRANKS, born 1837 in Iowa.
3. Margaret E. FRANKS, born 1838 in Iowa.
4. Edith Josephine FRANKS, born 1839 in Iowa.
5. James M. FRANKS, born 1841 in Iowa.
6. George Sherman FRANKS, born 16 October 1843 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. He married Mary W. LEE (born 11 April 1847 in Buffalo, New York, died 30 September 1891 in Branch County, Michigan, daughter of George W. LEE). He died 27 June 1921.
7. Erastus H[ayden] FRANKS, born 1845 in Iowa.
xi. Maria (pronounced Mariah) Louisa FRANKS was born 4 July 1805 (sometimes the year recorded is 1800, 1802 or 1804) in Hampshire County, (West) Virginia. She married first about 1828 John Newton WICK (born 1802 or 1809 in Ohio, died 1835, son of William Walter and Elizabeth (McFARLAND) WICK). Secondly she married his brother Samuel Tate WICK. They lived in Marion, Marion County, Ohio. Samuel Tate WICK went with her brother, James Van Buskirk FRANKS, to Iowa (see x., above). Maria Louisa (FRANKS) (WICK) WICK followed him later via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Le Claire, Scott County, Iowa. Sometime before 1853 Samuel Tate WICK left home and never returned. She was devoted to her grandchildren and died while visiting one of her sons in Platteville, Boulder County, Colorado about 1894, or 1890 according to the DAR Lineage Book, Volume 78, page 333. She is buried in the Le Claire Cemetery next to her brother James Van Buskirk FRANKS. Additional family information appears in appendix A, item 30. Children by the first husband:
1. Adrian WICK, born 23 May 1829, married Catherine WELSH.
2. John Edward WICK, born 20 August 1830, died 10 February 1905, married Emma HUBBARD.
3. Maria Louisa WICK, born 10 March 1833 in Marion, Ohio. She married first in 1849 John Edgar DAVIDSON (born 1823, died 1855). She married secondly William D. FOLLETT.
Child by the second husband:
1. Catherine Virginia WICK, born 1838. She married first _____ DONALDSON, secondly _____ DAVIS, and thirdly Judson D. SOUTHLAND.
xii. Owen FRANKS was born 20, 26 or 28 June 1806 in Hampshire County, "in the Shenandoah Valley." In 1833 in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio he married Catherine "Kitty" PARR (born 3 November 1814, near Cincinnati on the Kentucky side, died 1910, daughter of Nathan and Mary (DAUGHERTY) PARR). He built an iron foundry and machine shop in 1840 and became a wealthy man. Excerpts from the Tallow Light and Andrew's History of Washington County follow in appendix A, item 27. His census enumeration of 1850 and cemetery inscriptions in the PARR-FRANKS and Mound cemeteries are in appendix A, items 28 and 29. Owen FRANKS died 12 may 1881 in Marietta and is buried in the Mound Cemetery. Most of the following comes from The Parr Family, by Helen (PARR0 FLEMING, McClain Printing Co., Parsons, West Virginia, 1968. Children:
1. Maria Louise FRANKS was born 9 January 1836 in Marietta. She married Captain Henry J. BRINKER and died in1916 in New Orleans. She is buried in the Mound Cemetery. There were four sons and one daughter born to this marriage.
2. William Hayden FRANKS was born 12 April 1837 in Marietta. He died 26 November 1838 and is buried in a stone crypt in the PARR-FRANKS graveyard located next to the gravel pit just south of Beavertown.
3. Rebecca Josephine FRANKS died young on 21 April 1844 and is buried in the PARR-FRANKS graveyard.
4. Mary Catherine FRANKS was born 21 April 1842 near Marietta. She married James W. NYE (born 1839 and died in 1941) on 25 November 1863 and died in 1899. The marriage produced two daughters: Rebecca NYE and Katherine Parr NYE, whose research has been cited in this paper.
5. Vachel L. FRANKS was born about 1845. (See #10. Lafayette FRANKS).
6. Rose (or Roselle) T. FRANKS WAS BORN IN 1848. She married Henry VICKERS (died 1898) of Arkansas. She died in 1925 in Huntington, West Virginia. One son and two daughters were born to this marriage.
7. Laura W. FRANKS was born about 1850 in Marietta. She married F. A. WHEELER and died in Georgia in 1893. She is buried in the Mound Cemetery. There was at least one daughter, Constance WHEELER.
8. Charles Owen FRANKS was born 24 May 1852 in Marietta. He never married. He died 10 October 1891 in Mexico City and is buried in the Mound Cemetery.
9. Lucy W. FRANKS was born in 1854. On 13 October 1880 in Marietta she married J. S. STOWE, Jr. She died in 1929 and is buried in the Mound Cemetery. There was at least one son, Owen STOWE, with whom she lived for some years.
10. Lafayette FRANKS was a railroad man in California in 1902. He died there about 1930 or 1931. Was this the Lafayette FRANKS who enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 at he age of sixteen (born circa 1845) and was discharged 28 June 1865 in Marietta? See History of Washington County, Ohio, page 305. If this is the same man, his order in this listing is incorrect. (Perhaps #5 and #10 should be combined into one man, born Vachel Lafayette FRANKS.)
11. Lavinia FRANKS was born in Marietta and is buried in the PARR-FRANKS graveyard. She died before 1902. No additional information. |
