MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: FRANK, Adam (pub. 1882)
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"The History of Montgomery County, Ohio." by W. H. Beers & Co., pub. 1882
page 284-285    

German Township

    ADAM FRANK, attorney at law and Mayor of Germantown, was born in 
Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio, July 2, 1831, and is a son of Matthew 
and Barbara (Loy) Frank.  His father was a native of New York, who, in his 
boyhood days, learned the shoemaking trade, subsequently emigrating to Ohio 
and settling at Germantown in an early day, where he continued working at his 
trade.  A few years after coming to Ohio, he was married to Miss Barbara Loy, 
who bore him six children, four of whom are now living.  Matthew died in 
1867, and his wife in 1877, both dying, as they had lived, faithful members 
of the U. B. Church, and respected by all who knew them.  Our subject 
received a good education, and graduated from the Germantown Academy.  He 
learned the trade of a boot and shoemaker, and by industry and careful saving 
accumulated sufficient means to purchase a property which constitutes a 
comfortable home.  He was married March 7, 1853, to Miss Nancy A. Lucas, a 
native of this county, born in 1830, of which union one daughter, Mary C., 
was the issue.  Mrs. Frank, after a few brief years of married life, was 
borne to the grave.  Mr. Frank was again married, in 1874, to Mrs. Vanda L. 
Stirewalt, widow of the Rev. Julius L. Stirewalt, who is a sincere member of 
the Lutheran Church, and who endeavors to set a good example to all with whom 
she comes in contact.  Politically, Mr. Frank is a Republican, and, in 1865, 
was elected as a Justice of the Peace for German Township, having been 
elected in 1864 Mayor of Germantown, which position he now occupies.  
Subsequently, was chosen Township Clerk, and a member of the Board of 
Education, in all of which he was noted for efficiency and integrity.  About 
this time, his duties as a public servant and his ambition to understand more 
thoroughly the laws of the land induced him to abandon his trade and turn his 
whole attention to reading law; was finally admitted to the bar in 1870, and 
has since practiced his profession.  Mr. Frank has long been a member of the 
Masonic Fraternity, and has been Permanent Secretary of the I. O. O. F. in 
Germantown for twenty-four years.  He is a man of shrewd business tact and 
sound judgment, and the fact of his being intrusted with so many official 
positions demonstrates that his community have confidence in his ability and 
integrity.