BIO: FRANCIS MENTZER, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 404-405
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    FRANCIS MENTZER, one of the representative men of Frankford township,
  Cumberland county, was born Feb. 4, 1840, in Frankford township, a son of
  Frederick and Martha (Bowman) Mentzer. In 1860 he married Mary Drawbaugh,
  daughter of William and Polly (Musser) Drawbaugh. Mrs. Mentzer met her death
  Nov. 11, 1881, at the age of fort-one years, by the explosion of a coal oil
  lamp about eight o'clock in the evening. This estimable lady was the mother
  of the following children: Abner married Jane Zeigler, who died in Carlisle,
  and he subsequently married a Miss Gleim; they live at Boiling Springs. Fred
  married a Miss McCaleb, and is located at Carlisle, where he is serving as
  deputy sheriff of Cumberland county. Mattie married T. A. Derrick and lives
  at Newville. Harvey married a Miss Musser and is located in Philadelphia,
  where he is a prominent pharmacist. Francis married Emma Wolf and is located
    
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  in Frankford township. Minnie C. married J. S. Derr, and they live at
  Plainfield.
    
    On Dec. 21, 1882, Mr. Mentzer married Catherine Mentzer, daughter of John
  and Eva (Householder) Mentzer, of Frankford township, and children have been
  born to them as follows: Mamie, May 19, 1884, died May 4, 1885; Herman Clay,
  July 7, 1886; Bessie Annette, Nov. 9, 1888; John E., Oct. 7, 1893. In 1902
  Mr. Mentzer retired to the old homestead in Frankford township, near
  Entlerville, which consists of a tract of 192 acres, of which seventy are in
  timber. In politics he is a Democrat, and has served his township as
  supervisor and registrar. From 1900 to 1902 he served as steward of the
  County Home, and in every relation of life he has proved himself an
  honorable, upright man, and is deeply esteemed by all who know him.
    
    On July 15, 1870, Mr. Mentzer sustained the loss by death of his brother,
  William H. Mentzer. In March, 1883, another brother, John Mentzer, met his
  death by drowning, while attempting to ford the Conedoguinet creek at Ahls
  Mill, near Newville.