Madison County AlArchives Biographies.....Frankle, A. 1835 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

  A. FRANKLE. Merchant, Huntsville, was born in Russian Poland in 1835, and came
to the United States in 1860. He located first at Mobile, and subsequently
joined the Twenty-second Louisiana Regiment, while it was encamped at Mobile. He
served with this regiment until the surrender of Vicksburg, after which he was
in heavy artillery. From Mobile he moved to New Orleans, and from there to
Shelbyville, Tenn., where he engaged in the dry goods and clothing business. In
November, 1886, he came to Huntsville, where he carries on one of the largest
dry goods establishments in Northern Alabama. He was married in Shelbyville,
Tenn., to Miss Lizzie Yancey, of that place. Miss Yancey was the daughter of
James Yancey, and was distinguished for her beauty. The Yanceys are among the
oldest and wealthiest families of Tennessee.

  Mr. Frankle is a member of the Masonic fraternity. K. of P., K. and R. A. C.
In addition to his Huntsville business, he still carries on his establishment at
Shelbyville. He began life in America penniless, but has succeeded in amassing a
fortune.


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Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART IV.
MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA,
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE.


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