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- The George
Adam Frank Family
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- George Adam Frank
was born in Baden, Germany on March 8, 1798. His future
- wife, Barbara Weidner
was born in Baden on March 8, 1802. Adam and Barbara
- were
married in Germany when Barbara
was about 20 years of age. Their only
- son, George
was born in Germany
June 30, 1824. Two daughters
followed,
- Elizabeth in about
1826, and Anna on September
15, 1833.
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- On April 30, 1838,
George Adam Frank was issued a passport from
- Grossherzogthum,
Baden (good for only 1 year),
and Adam and his family
- immigrated from
Darmstadt,Baden, Germany to the United States.
- Adam was then described
as: 39 years of age, oval face, brown
hair,
- brown beard, brown
eyes, large build, teeth in bad shape, and married.
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- The 1840 Ohio census
shows Adam Frank living in Sharon Twp., Richland
- County, close to
Joseph Medsker (Metzger) and George West, with 3 females
- and 2 males
living in the household. The
age groups confirm: Anna (5-10),
- Elizabeth (10-15),Barbara
(30-40), George (15-20), and Adam (40-50).
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- Soon after arriving
and choosing the location of Sharon Twp., Adam purchased
- 50 acres
of land (southern part of N.W.
quadrant of section 30) from Thomas Pope
- for the sum of
1 dollar. Adam constructed a log cabin for his family on the
- property. The property
lies on the N. W. corner of Hummel and Settlement
- East Roads in southern
Sharon Twp.
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- Adam
Frank Family Log Cabin
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- More than 150 years
after its' construction, and after providing shelter for many
- generations of
his descendants, Adam's log cabin was "uncovered" and
restored by
- one of those descendants.
In 1991, after purchasing the property in 1988, Clint
- and Audrey (Weaver)
Dotson began their restoration of Adam's original log cabin.
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- photo 1991
- House
as it appeared when purchased in 1988.
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- photo 1991
- Adam
Frank Log Cabin Restoration
- (Clint Dotson and
grandsons, Jake and Ben Dotson)
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- photo 1991
- Adam
Frank Log Cabin Restored
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- The Dotson Family
celebrated their 1991 Thanksgiving Holiday in the just
- finished Adam Frank
Cabin. 1
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- In November of
1840, Adam Frank filed his papers and declared his intent to
- become a citizen
of the United States. In 1842, a third daughter, Barbara,
- was born, to be
followed about 2 years later by a fourth daughter, Mary.
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- February 09, 1846
brought about the marriage of Adam and Barbara's oldest
- daughter Elizabeth,
to Jacob Beikel / Beckel in Shelby, Ohio. Jacob was a
- shoemaker in Shelby.
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- In April of 1846,
Adam Frank appeared in the Richland Co. Common Pleas court,
- along with two
witnesses to swear to his 5 years of residency in the United
States and his high moral character and obtained his citizenship
papers.
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- 1850
Ohio Census, Richland County, Sharon Twp.
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- Adam Frank 54,
farmer (Germany), Barbara Frank 49, (Germany), George 26,
- (Germany), Ann
16, (Germany), Barbara 9 (Ohio), Mary 6 (Ohio),
- Catherine ?
? ? 2, (Ohio). (The last person does not appear in the 1860
- census and is assumed
to have died in the interim or to have been a
- temporary addition
to the household.)
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- Jacob Bickel 30,
shoemaker (Germany), Elizabeth Beakle 21 (Germany),
- Mary 3 (Ohio),
Cristina 1 (Ohio)
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- On May 06, 1852,
Adam's son George 28, married Anna (Solwarder?) Swander
- born August 03,
1832 in Switzerland. George and Anna started their lives
- together in Sharon
Twp., where their first two children (Helen and George
- William) were born.
Sometime before the birth of their third child (John)
- in 1857, George
and Anna moved to Allegany County, Michigan.
- Another son, Charles
was born in Michigan in 1859.
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- Anna Frank, the
second daughter of Adam and Barbara, married Adam Stephan
- who was born May
03, 1833, on December 26, 1859 in Shelby, Ohio.
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- George Adam Frank
died in Sharon Twp. Richland County, Ohio on March 18,
- 1861. He was laid
to rest in the German Reformed Church Cemetery. The
- church burned long
ago and it is now known as the (Nazor
- Schwartz)
- Cemetery. It is
located on the S. E. corner of Hummel and Settlement East
- roads, diagonally
across this intersection from Adam Frank's original
- property and the
log cabin he had lived in for 23 years.
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- On September 19,
1861, Barbara, the third daughter of Adam and Babara Frank
- married Adam Huber
(born about 1840) in Shelby, Ohio. The new couple would
- lose their first
child (born June 18, 1862) on July 26, 1862. The infant is buried
- at the Nazor -
Schwartz Cemetery.
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- photo 2000
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- View
from Adam & Barbara's Gravestone
- (overlooking
their farm and log cabin in the distance)
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- At the time of
her death, Barbara's children were living in the following locations:
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- 1. George and Eliza
Frank were living across the road from the original Frank Home.
- 2. Elizabeth, wife
of Jacob Beckel, had died.
- 3. Adam and Anna
Frank Stephan, were living in Crestline, Ohio.
- 4. Adam and Barbara
Frank Huber were living in Crestline, Ohio.
- 5. Henry and Mary
Frank Wirtz were living down the road to the west of George Frank.
-
- (to be continued)
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- photo 2000
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- 164 years after
he constructed it, the Adam Frank Log Cabin is still a symbol
- of "home"
for many of his descendants. In the summer of 2001, over 140
- members of his
"family" congregated here for the most recent Frank
reunion.
- 2001
Frank Reunion
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-
- 1 The idea for this photo sequence was provided
by Maxine Thomas who previously used the same photos (provided
by Clint and Audrey Weaver / Dotson) to illustrate the same event.
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