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Joseph Ezra Frum

Birth	:	7 Jan 1849 Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
Death	:	31 Jan 1934 Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Shelby Cemetery, Shelby, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.5083313, -95.4511108
Description	:	Joseph E. and John N. Frum, twins celebrated their seventy-seventh birthday Thursday at Joseph's home, 3040 Cottage Grove Avenue. They never have missed spending a birthday together. in fact, they never have been really separated In all their lives, and never intend to be. They expect to celebrate twenty-one more birthdays together, having announced years ago that they would live to be 108. Thirty persons attended. the birthday party Thursday. There are Mr. and Mrs. John and their six children, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and there have been times, even, the twins related, when their own wives made mistakes in... Read More	Joseph E. and John N. Frum, twins celebrated their seventy-seventh birthday Thursday at Joseph's home, 3040 Cottage Grove Avenue. They never have missed spending a birthday together. in fact, they never have been really separated In all their lives, and never intend to be. They expect to celebrate twenty-one more birthdays together, having announced years ago that they would live to be 108. Thirty persons attended. the birthday party Thursday. There are Mr. and Mrs. John and their six children, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and there have been times, even, the twins related, when their own wives made mistakes in identity. Born in Morgantown, W. Va., the twins spent their early boyhood there helping their father and two other brothers operate a sawmill. When young men they went with the family to Pittsburgh, Pa., and in 1869 the family moved to Brooklyn, Ia. They began farming near Shelby three years later when their father bought 12 hundred acres of land. During their more than fifty years near and in Shelby, they were usually to be seen together. In 1879, Joseph married Flora E. Cooper of Pottawattamie county, and a year later John married Emma Nippert. After their marriage the twins for the first time lived in separate their two children, and the grandchildren. John came to Omaha last March to live here permanently while Joseph came a month ago to spend the winter. Joseph is living at the Colonial hotel. They came from Shelby, Ia., where they had lived since 1872. Near Shelby the twins owned adjoining farms, and never were more than a few miles or a few days apart. Although they have changed a little in the last few years, there are still many of their friends in Shelby who cannot tell them apart unless they are together. "This has been pretty handy," said John, "because either of us could do almost anything he liked and blame it on the other." houses. In 1870 the twins were initiated into the same lodge of Masons at Victor, Ia. Two years later they joined a Masonic lodge in Shelby, of which they are the only surviving charter members. The children of Joseph attending the birthday celebration today are Miss Alice Frum of Omaha and Mrs. M. E. Clapp of Shelby. John's children are William E. and J. M. of Shelby; George of Council Bluffs, J. C. of Avoca, and Mrs. Roy Snackel. Contributor: Dee Dee Egan-Strombeck (47086358) •

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Joseph Ezra Frum's memorial is located at: Shelby Cemetery, Shelby, Shelby County, USA.
When did Joseph Ezra Frum death?
Joseph Ezra Frum death on 31 Jan 1934 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.5083313
Longitude: -95.4511108

Family Members:

Parent

Josephus “Joseph” Frum

(1819 - 1888)

Mary Ann Boyd Frum

(1819 - 1907)

Spouse

Flora Edna Cooper Frum

(1864 - 1954)

Siblings

Samuel Boyd Frum

(1844 - 1909)

Catherine A Frum Brown

(1846 - 1930)

John Nelson Frum

(1849 - 1936)

Christopher Creed Frum

(1853 - 1919)

Children

Ada May Frum Clapp

(1884 - 1979)

Mary Alice Frum

(1886 - 1962)

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