Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Frankenfield, Jacob E.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Tinicum Township


   JACOB E. FRANKENFIELD farmer, P.O. Erwinna, is a grandson 
of Michael Frankenfield, whose parents were residents of 
Springfield township. He was a resident of Nockamixon 
township, but later returned to Springfield, where he died. 
His son, also named Michael, was born in Nockamixon 
township, February 25, 1809, and died January 9, 1859. He 
bought a farm, part of which Jacob now owns, and lived on it 
until his death. He was a straightforward, honest man, of 
strong convictions, and never feared to express his 
opinions. His wife was Rachel, daughter of Jacob Barron, of 
Springfield township, where she was born March 20, 1807. She 
died August 23, 1870. They had eight children:  Abraham, 
Ezra, Henry, Aaron, Michael, Elizabeth R., Clinton and Jacob 
E., who was the second son and was born January 27, 1835. 
After his father's death he and his brother Ezra bought the 
home farm, which they owned jointly for thirteen years, when 
they divided it. On December 8, 1860, Mr. Frankenfield 
married Mary Ellen, daughter of William and Rebecca 
(Hillpot) Heaney.  She was born November 24, 1835. Her 
father died on October 11, 1839, and her mother was again 
married to Samuel Yost, who died in 1873. She isnow 87 years 
old. Mr. Frankenfield and wife are members of the Lower 
Tinicum Lutheran church, of which he has been for several 
years an elder.