Hancock-Wayne County OhArchives Biographies.....Franks, John 1786 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   JOHN FRANKS, farmer, P. O. North Baltimore, was born April 20, 1786. in
Fayette County, Penn., son of John and Rachel (Huffman) Franks, natives of
Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in a very early day, being among the pioneers of
Wayne County, Ohio. Our subject is the only survivor of his father's family, and
was himself a soldier in the war of 1812; he was in Hull's army at the time of
that General's surrender, and made his escape from the British in company with
some others of that command. He now owns a piece of land on which Hull's army
encamped. Our subject helped raise Gen. Bell's house at Wooster, and also
assisted in building Fort Ball. He was a poor man when he married his first
wife, Sarah Musgrove. They came to this county in 1832 and had to cut their way
from Tiffin to the farm on which they settled. Mr. Franks did most of the
hauling from Sandusky to this county in an early day with an ox team, wading
through swampy lands to reach the mill. The children by his first wife are
Elizabeth, Peter, Jasper, Nancy, Catherine, Rachel, Sarah and Henry; all married
and living near their father. His second wife, nee Elizabeth Fast, had five
children: George, Isabella, Andrew J., John F. and Mary P. Mr. Franks came to
this county an uneducated and a poor man, but wonderful perseverance and
endurance have given him success in life, and he now owns about 2,600 acres of
land on which he has located his children.



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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Cass Township




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