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Born 1839, Butler county
From A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902), History of Crawford County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1912)
C. P. FRANK.
Among the representatives of railroad interests residing in Crestline is Mr. Frank, who occupies the position of foreman of the copper shops for the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company. He was born in Butler county, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1839. His father. John G. Frank, was a native of Muelhausen. Germany, was there reared and learned the tanner's trade. In 1835 he came to America, locating in Butler county, Pennsylvania, at the little town of Saxonburg, where he carried on tanning and farming. There he died in 1870, at the age of seventy years, his birth having occurred in 1800. He was a member of the German Lutheran church and a man of the highest respectability. He wedded Mary Schneider, also a native of the fatherland. She had previously been married and was the widow of Carl Haulm. By her first husband she had five children, and by the second marriage she became the mother of five children.
C. P. Frank, the eldest son and the second number of the family, was reared in his native county until seventeen years of age and acquired his education in the common schools, which he attended for about three months each year. When a youth of seventeen he began learning the coppersmith's trade at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, serving an apprenticeship of four years, after which he entered the employ of the firm of Prior, Harbeck & Company, of Cleveland, Ohio,.where he continued for nine months. On the expiration of that period he went to Galion, becoming an employe of the old Bee Line Company, with which he continued for four years. The year 1863 witnessed his arrival in Crestline, where he has since made his home. Here he engaged with the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, working at his trade as a journeyman. The business at that time was small but has continually increased in volume and importance, and he has remained steadily with the company in the position which he now occupies with the exception of one year when he was granted a leave of absence. Pie has been foreman of the company for thirty-six years and is one of its oldest and most reliable employes, carefully superintending the department of which he has charge, the workmanship being of a high grade.
On the 4th of February, 1862, Mr. Frank was united in marriage to Miss Fllen A. Keen, a native of Germany, but when three years of age was brought to America by her parents, the family locating in Crawford county where they were early settlers There her girlhood days were passed and the common schools afforded her educational privileges. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Frank have been born six children: John E., who resides at Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson county. Ohio, is agent for the Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company; Mary M. is the wife of Dr. I. ". Larkworthy, of Ottawa, Ohio; Willard A. is a machinist employed by the Erie Company at Galion; and Frederick G. is with, his father, working at the trade of coppersmith. Nellie C. and Alice J., two daughters of the family, died in early childhood. In his political views Mr. Frank is an earnest Republican, giving an unfaltering support to the principles of his party. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic Order and for a number of years has affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- 4i2 CENTENNIAL lows. He and his family belong to the Presbyterian church, in which he has long been a trustee. Faithful to duty and the trusts reposed in him in business life, he is also recognized as a public spirited citizen and a man of true worth of character.
As printed in A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
C. P. FRANK, for many years connected with the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Raihvay Company as foreman of the copper shops, at Crestline, now retired from railroad life but still active in business affairs, is president of the Crestline Building and Loan Association, one of the city’s important commercial enterprises. Mr. Frank was born in Butler county, Pa., Jan. 21, 1839, and is a son of John G. and Mary (Schneider) Frank.
John G. Frank was born and reared in Germany and came to the United States in 1835, locating at Saxonburg, in Butler county, Pa., where he engaged in farming and also conducted a tannery. He died there in 1870, in his seventieth year and was a member of the German Lutheran church during the greater part of his life. He married the widow of Carl Hahn and a daughter. of Christian Schneider. She also was a native of Germany and was the mother of ten children, five born to her first and five to her second union.
C. P. Frank was the eldest son and second child of his parents and in boyhood attended the district schools for about three months during the year, in the meanwhile making himself useful to his father. When 1 7 years old he went to Pittsburg and there entered a foundry to learn the trade of coppersmith and served an apprenticeship of four years, after which he entered the employ of Prior, Garbed-: & Co., a Cleveland linn. 1 le continued work at his trade there for nine months and then came first to Gabon, where lie was engaged with the old Bee line railroad company lor four years, and from there, in 18O3, came to Crestline and this city has continued his home ever since. For 45 years Mr. Frank was foreman of the coppersmith department in the shops of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company, now the Pennsylvania Lines w'est of Pittsburg, a fact which speaks for itself in proving his capacity in his trade. He had. a long and successful business career with this corporation and reliance was placed on his skill and experience while personal esteem was felt for him by his employers. Since retiring from railroad work, Mr. Frank has continued his active interest in the operations of the Crestline Building and Loan Association, has displayed excellent judgment, a thorough knowledge of realty values and an energy that might be envied by a much younger man.
On Feb. 4, 1862, Mr. Frank was married to Miss Elen A. Keen who was three years old w hen she was brought to America by her parents, who settled among other German pioneers in Crawford county and became well known and respected people of this section. Mr. and Mrs. Frank have four children living, namely: John E., who is assistant to the chief clerk in the general freight office of the Pere Marquette Railroad at Toledo, O.; Mary M., the widow of I. W. Tarkworthy, who lives in Cleveland, O.; Willard A., machinist, living at Gabon, O.; and Frederick G., who succeeded his father as foreman in the Pennsylvania Lines shops at Crestline. Two children died, Nelly C. and Alice J., aged two and six years respectively. Mr. Frank and family are members of the Presbyterian church. Politically he is a Republican and fraternally is identified with the Masons and Odd Fellow's.
As printed in History of Crawford County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name C. P. Frank: David L. Zink
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