DARKE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: FRANK, JOHN (The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887)
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887  - Page 380

        JOHN FRANK, engaged in farming and stock-raising on section 33,
Blue Creek Township, was born in Darke County, Ohio, February 11, 1840, a
son of Joseph and Nancy Frank, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and of
German descent. They were the parents of five children, four of whom grew
to maturity, and at the present writing only two are living. John Frank
grew to manhood in Adams County, Indiana, his youth being spent in
assisting his father with the work of the farm and in attending the
district schools, where he obtained but a limited education. He was married
in Van Wert County, Ohio, November 3, 1867, to Mrs. Sarah Robison, who was
born in Licking County, Ohio, January 2, 1837, a daughter of Samuel and
Charlotta Chilcoate. Four of the five children born to this union are
living -Samuel L., James C., Laura C. and David M. Jesse W. is deceased. By
her marriage with Robert Robison Mrs. Frank had two children, named
Charlotta and Millard, both of whom are deceased. Mr. Frank has lived in
Adams County since two years of age. He began life for himself in limited
circumstances, but through a persevering energy combined with good
management he has met with success in his agricultural pursuits, and is now
the owner of eighty-four acres of choice land on section 33, Blue Creek
Township, under a high state of cultivation. In politics Mr. Frank is a
Democrat. Mrs. Frank is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Both
are respected citizens of the community in which they reside. Their
post office is Berne, Indiana.


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