Solomon Frankhouser Biography


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SOLOMON FRANKHOUSER, one of the leading farmers of Potter county, whose 
pleasant home is located on section 27, township 117, range 75, was 
born in Sandusky county, Ohio, May 31, 1843, and grew to manhood on the 
farm in Seneca county of that state. 

Our subject's parents were Nicholas and Catherine (Oswald) Frankhouser, 
both natives of Alsace, Germany. Nicholas Frankhouser came to America 
when he was twenty-one years of age, and Catherine Oswald, whose 
mother's maiden name was Cooley, came to the United States at the age 
of thirteen years. They were married in New York. 

Solomon Frankhouser was the youngest of a family of five children, and 
received such training as usually falls to the lot of farmer boys. At 
the age of twenty-four years he was married to Miss Elizabeth Brown, a 
native of Pennsylvania and daughter of Thomas Brown. Mrs. Frankhouser's 
parents moved to Ohio when she was a child' and in that state she grew 
to womanhood and married our subject. To this union two children have 
been born as follows: Arthur A. and Rella A. 

After his marriage Mr. Frankhouser rented land in Seneca county and 
continued to farm there for twenty-one years, engaged in grain raising 
and dairying, and found it difficult to more than provide for the needs 
of his family, and extremely difficult to lay aside any money. At last 
he determined to try his fortunes in the west, and in 1886 located in 
Potter county, Dakota. He purchased the relinquishment of the northwest 
quarter of section 27, township 117, range 75, and with one thousand 
dollars he had brought with him, proceeded to erect a house and a sod 
barn. He has developed the resources of his lands and has added to his 
holdings until he now owns eight hundred and eighty acres, four hundred 
of which he has subjected to the plow, and the balance furnishes 
excellent pasture for his stock. He is engaged in grain and stock 
raising and dairying, devoting his attention largely to the cattle and 
sheep industry. He is the owner of twenty to thirty head of cattle, 
about twenty head of horses, and nearly one thousand head of sheep. His 
receipts from his farm for 1897 aggregated more than four thousand 
dollars. His farm is well improved, and equipped with conveniences for 
the successful prosecution of agriculture. 

In 1864 Mr. Frankhouser enlisted in Company A, Sixty-fourth Ohio 
Volunteer Infantry. He served one year, principally in Virginia, 
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. He was wounded in a battle at Spring 
Hill, Tennessee, and was compelled to remain in hospital during the 
remainder of his term of enlistment. He is a member of the Grand Army 
of the Republic and takes great interest in the welfare of the 
organization. In political sentiment he is a Republican, and takes an 
active interest in public affairs of his county and state. He was the 
nominee of his party for the state legislature in 1898. He is a man of 
sterling integrity, broad minded and generous, and is respected and 
held in high regard by all who know him.