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TO GRANT CO., [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] #2 FRANKS FAMILY [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE] ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 15:05:05, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199907221905.PAA05608@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: JOHN A. JONES - N.C. TO GRANT CO., IND. Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA 1812-1912 The Lewis Publishing Company, 1914 Page 1226,1227,1228 JOHN A. JONES. The cultivation of the soil has been the life long vocation of John A. Jones, who has a good farmstead in section seventeen of Fairmount township, and gets his daily mail over the rural route number sixteen from Jonesboro. It is now more than eighty years since the Jones family found their home in the wilderness of Grant county, their settlement having occurred only about a year after the organization of the county. The family has thus been well known through three generations, is well distributed in different sections of the county, and most of its members have been adherents of the Quaker faith. The great-grandfather of John A. Jones was Louis Jones. Grandfather Jonathan Jones was born in Randolph county, North Carolina, about 1806. The fathers for several generations have been Quakers. He grew up on a farm and married Doreas, a daughter of Hazel Hush, also of Randolph county. Jonathan Jones and wife continued to live in North Carolina, until most of their children were born. Then in the year 1832, as a family they all moved north to Indiana. Teams and wagons brought their little party across the mountains and over the intervening distance separating the ridge of the Alleganies, from the great central states of the middle west. Arriving in Grant county, Jonathan Jones took up government land in Liberty township. With his ax he chopped down trees, cleared a small place for his log cabin and a garden, and later extended his area of cultivated ground, until he had a nice little farm. He continued to live there until his death a few years before the Civil war. He was then fifty-two years of age. One brother, Joseph Jones, also came north to Grant county, and died in Fairmount township before the war, leaving a widow but no children. Doreas Jones, after the death of her husband, married Mr. Asa Peacock, who died on the old Jones homestead. His widow later went to Kansas, where she died about 1877, at the age of ninety years. Jonathan Jones was the father of five sons and three daughters. Milford, Van Buren and Jonathan, were brave soldiers of the Civil war in an Indian regiment. Two of them died on the battlefield, giving up their lives for the flag, and one was sacrificed while a prisoner at Andersonville, the other children were: Thomas, mentioned below; Lewis, who married Mary Kirk, and died on his farm in Liberty township, where his widow still lives with her only son Milford; Louisa married Elijah Stanfield, and died in Missouri, leaving one son, also now deceased; Elinor, married Lindley Arnett, lived and died in Liberty township, and left eight sons and one daughter. Nancy married Henry Baldwin, who died in Oklahoma two years ago, and she yet lives there, in advanced age, and was the mother of one son and three daughters. Thomas Jones, the father of J.A. Jones was born in North Carolina, November 19, 1830, and died in Liberty township of Grant county, December 29, 1875. He was just two years old when the family accomplished its migration north to Grant County. In Liberty township he spent his childhood days. In 1862 he enlisted in the forty-second regiment of Indiana volunteers, but not many months later was taken ill as a result of exposure during the campaign, in which he participated, and was finally furloughed home and later discharged. He was never afterwards a strong man physically, and died about ten years after the war. He married Maria Miller. She was born in Clinton county, Ohio, January 19, 1830, and is now past eighty-three years of age, one of Grant county's octogenarians. She came to Liberty township in Grant county with her parents, William and Margaret (Chapson) Miller. Elizabeth Chapson, mother of Margaret Chapson died in Liberty township at the remarkable age of one hundred and ten years, eleven months and ten days, and is buried in Oak Ridge cemetery. William Miller and wife settled on a farm in Liberty township, and spent the rest of their lives there. His death occurred when he was about seventy-six years of age, and she lived to be four-score. They were members of the Wesleyan Methodist faith. Mrs. Jones at the venerable age, is now feeble, but retained her interest in life, and is devoted to the Oak Ridge church of which both she and her husband were members. Her children are mentioned as follows: Sarah F., the oldest, died when seven years old, from accidental burning; Della, died in infancy; the next is Mr. J.A. Jones; George lives on his father's farm in Liberty township, and married Jane Elliott, a daughter of William Elliott, and has two children, Blanche and Thomas. Mr. John A. Jones was born on the old homestead in Liberty township, March 9, 1863. There he grew up to manhood, had such education as the local schools afforded, and started out as a farmer, and has made a success of that vocation. He was married in Liberty township to Miss Frances K. Faust, who was born in Liberty township, July 15, 1867, and reared and educated there. Her parents, Frank and Laura (Felton) Faust, were natives of Pennsylvania and North Carolina respectively, but were married in Liberty township of Grant county, and were substantial farmers there. Her father died when eighty years of age, and her mother at the age of seventy-six. Both were members of the Christian church. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the parents of three children: Bertha R., who had a public school education; Cora Alice, a graduate of the Fairmount Academy in 1910, and still at home; Edna May, who is a member of the Fairmount Academy Class of 1914. Mr. Jones and wife are both Quakers, and he was born in that church. His politics is Republican. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 15:05:31, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <199907221905.PAA12370@mime3.prodigy.com> Subject: FRANKS FAMILY Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Ohio The cross road of our nation Records & Pioneer Families January-March 1962 Vol. III No. I Published by Esther Weygandt Powell - NO COPYRIGHT THE FRANKS FAMILY Contributed by Harley Franks, Lansing, MI Henry Franks Sr. was one of the soldiers under Col. Crawford, in his campaign against the Indians in 1782. In May they started from near the Ohio River with a force of 500 men for the Indian Territory, in the wilderness of Ohio (Central), and in June were attacked and defeated by 1,150 savages near Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County. During the disorderly retreat that followed Col. Crawford was captured by the Indians and a few days later was burnt to death at the stake. Capt. Pipe, a prominent Delaware Chief and Simon Girty, a notorious renegade, were the principal actors. Henry Franks was captured at the same time and witnessed the cruel torture of his unfortunate commander whom the Indians burnt, they said, "for the massacre of their people at the Moravian towns on the Muskingum." Franks was made to run the "Gauntlet" in a nude state, between two lines of savages, who from both sides mercilessly beat him with fists and clubs, hoping to disable him. Through these opposing ranks by energy and endurance he successfully fought his way in the race for life; near the end of the line seizing a stalwart savage by the throat and was strangling the life out of him when he was pulled off by the other Indians who patted him on the back saying "you make good injun", and from that time on his life was spared. Later he made his escape and lived and died in Doylestown, Wayne County, Ohio. Henry Franks applied for Pension before the Court at Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 1832, Pension #20182, as a resident of township of Chippewa, Wayne Co., Ohio; aged sixty-nine years. Stated that he was drafter in German Twp., Fayette Co., Pa., June 29, 1781, under Capt. Catt and Lt. Malikia Baker --that Col. Loughry was killed and Capt. Thomas Stokeley and Malekia Baker were taken prisoners at the same time. Henry Franks was adopted by the TUTON KAU SAW (The Bone of a Bear) Indians. Later he was taken into the possession of the British Troops at Detroit in company with Jacob Lawrence and George Mason. He arrived at his home in Fayette Co., Pa., the Spring of 1783, after being released. Henry Franks died May 5th, 1836 and his widow applied for a Widows Pension. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fayette County, Pa. was the home of the Franks family. In the early part of the 1800's, Jonathan Franks moved to Hopewell Twp., Perry County, Ohio. In 1825 Rezin Franks came west and settled in Thorn Twp., Perry Co., Ohio. Another brother, Peter Franks, settled in Wayne Co., Ohio and Solomon Franks remained on the old farm in Penna. The Franks intermarried with the Orrs, Cooperiders, Bakers, and Fosters. The Welsers and relatives the Wells, Shellys, Currys, Lynns, Helsers and Trouts. These families of Perry and southern Licking Counties, Ohio. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AN EARLY FRANKS OBITUARY MRS. BARBARA BRANDBERY FRANKS Died at her home in German Twp., Fayette Co., Pa. on Sabbath morning, the 12th day of October, 1839, Mrs. Barbara Franks in the 98th year of her age. The deceased was born in Germany, A.D. 1741, and came to America in 1754 in company with her father, Conrad Brandbery and family, who were in indigent circumstances. She was sold as a servant to pay the passage, to a Mr. Miller of Maryland, who treated his servants as he did his slaves, with a great deal of severity. At length the days of her jubilee arrived and she married Jacob Franks. Then they emigrated to Western Pa. and settled on the waters of Browns Run in Fayette Co., Pa. In the forest with no other covering save the arch blue sky, adorned in the evening with the twinkling stars, such place by care and industry afterwards became their asylum. Few women ever crossed the Allegheny Mountains with more firm constitution until her death, there never was a emetic entered her lips nor a lancet her veins. She was the mother of four sons and three daughters. These obeyed the first commandment and married wives and husbands and their children will follow the example of their parents. Up to the time of her death there were 93 of the fourth generation, making in all a posterity of 491. She was enrolled a member of the German Presbyterian Church and continued such upwards of 60 years. She was an affectionate mother, a good neighbor, kind an benevolent to all, until nature gradually gave way and we trust she quietly reposes in rest. --------------------------- While Rezin Franks was on a trip East with a drove of stock in 1839, he stopped at the old homestead in Fayette Co., Pa. for a few days, and while there Mrs. Barbara Franks, his grandmother died. ------------------------- ANOTHER FRANKS FAMILY OBITUARY Mrs. Barbara Hostetler died at her home in German Twp., Pa. on Thursday morning January 28, she 81 years, 1 month and 26 days. This excellent old lady was the mother of Daniel F. Hostetler who is her only surviving son. The whole community attended her funeral on Friday the Last at Jacobs Lutheran Church, of which she has bee a true and faithful member from the days of youth. The occasion was one of far more than ordinary interest to the people here as Mrs. Hostetler was a lineal descendant of one of the first families that settled in this neighborhood. We have in our possession an obituary of Mrs. Barbara Franks (Brandebery)-----she married Jacob Franks. In one year after their marriage they started with four families, in hope of finding a home in this western wilderness. They forded the Potomic River at Cumberland, Mrs. Franks held her little child up at arms length as she waded through the cold stream, and brought it over to safety. At last, after a long and tiresome journey through the intervening forest they selected a site for their little colony near Jacobs Lutheran Church (where it now stands), and at once erected a blockhouse for their comfort and the depredations of the Indians. This was the first white settlement that was formed in German Twp. Jacob Franks, Michael Franks, a Mr. Riffle and two others, five families in all. The first death in the colony was a little girl, one year old, of Mr. Riffles. Its coffin was made of clapboard, the little corpse was carried by Barbara Franks, who was followed by the armed procession to a spot selected by them for the grave, which is not in the enclosure of this beautiful cemetery and this was the first interment. Year after year other generations of families settled here and they erected a log house for a church and school about 1768-------etc. -------------------------- FRANKS FAMILY TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS Apple Creek Cemetery, East Union Township, Ohio John W. Franks 1880-1943 wife Ella L. 1883-195- Jesse E. Franks 1821-1900 wife Mary Ann M. 1826-1913 Sylvester L. Franks 1864-1945 wife Lillie J. 1866-1904 Iva (Kirkbride) Franks 1906-1933 Ellis B. Franks 1826-1907 wife Elizabeth 1827-1904 Sarah Ann Franks 1819-1893 Abigail Franks 1829-1895 (3 above Franks poss. of Margaret Franks family.) Zakariah Franks 1845-1912 Hester J. Franks 1853-1931 James A. Franks 1846-1912 wife Maggie 1846-1931 Jesse Franks 1842-1906 wife Mary A. 1846-1923 Ira A. Franks 1876-1955 wife Bertha 1875-1942 Daisy E. Franks 1900-1900 Hazel B. Franks 1905-1926 Irving R. Franks 1921-1926 John Franks 1856-1943 wife Elizabeth 1859-1938 Caroline Franks 1859-1913 --------------------------------------- DOYLESTOWN CEMETERY Chippewa Township, Wayne Co., Ohio Abraham Franks 1806-1890 wife Amanda F. 1829-1887 John Franks 1855 age 69 wife Frances (Huffman) 1856 age 54 Henry W. Franks 1863 age 31 Catherine A. Franks 1859 age 31 Albert Franks 1912 age 60 wife Harriet age 39 died Edgly North? Henry D. Franks 1836 age 72 wife Christeny 1765? 1842 Catherine Franks 1885 age 80 Phoebe Franks 1887 age 79 (above 4 on one stone - in 1850 census in Henry Collins family) Riley J. Franks 1833-1910 wife Susannah 1836-1909 Mary (Franks) Elliott 1826-1915 husband Frank N. 1833-1910 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRANKS FAMILY BIBLE RECORDS Family record of Henry Franks & Christiania Mason BIRTHS HENRY FRANKS was born the 29th day of June in the year 1764. Near Frederick Town, County of Washington, State of Maryland. CHILDREN: JOHN FRANKS was born the 14th day of January in the year 1787. MICHAEL FRANKS was born on the 4th day of September, 1788. ELIZABETH FRANKS was born the 12th day of October, 1791. SARAH FRANKS was born the 9th day of January, 1794. HENRY FRANKS JR. was born the 19th day of April, 1796. ABRAHAM FRANKS was born the 9th day of February in the year 1798. URIAH FRANKS was born the 21st day of October in the year 1799. ABIGAIL FRANKS was born the 14th day of February, 1802. Died 1841. CHRISTIANIA FRANKS was born the 17th day of August in the year 1806. PHOEBE FRANKS was born the 1st day of June in the year 1809. MARRIAGES: HENRY FRANKS & CHRISTIANIA MASON married in April in the year 1786. MICHAEL FRANKS & MARTHA THOMPSON married the 14th day of January, 1813. ELIZABETH FRANKS & SAMUEL WIGGINS (or HIGGINS) married first Tuesday of December, 1810. JOHN FRANKS & POLLY (MARY) KECKLER married on the 9th day of February, 1814 SARAH FRANKS & JOHN RALZON married the 28th day of February in the year of our Lord 1816. URIAH FRANKS & ELIZABETH WALTZ married January 30, 1823. ABRAHAM FRANKS & LYDIA BLOCKER married the 19th day of May in the year of our Lord 1825. HENRY FRANKS Jr. married SUSANNA ROUSTON CHRISTIANIA FRANKS married MR. COLLINS. ---------------------------- THE FRANKS FAMILY The genealogy of the family can be traced back to the year 400 in France and 750 in Germany. The first representative in America was Michael Franks, who came from Germany about 1737 and settled in Pennsylvania at Uniontown, Fayette County. His descendants are the Franks of Wayne Co., Ohio and other counties of Ohio, and other States. --------------------------- Dr. Lyman Adair, Wooster, Ohio, well known Wayne County physician, is a direct descendant of Henry Franks Sr., who was captured by the Indians. Christiania Franks, widow of Henry Sr., was the last of the Revolutionary War pensioners living in Wayne County, Ohio. Dr. Adair's great grandfather was Abraham Franks. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #526 *******************************************