Isaac Frantz (1849 - 1925)

Born 15 Jun 1849 in Miami, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elisabeth E. (Miller) Frantz — married 24 Jan 1872 in Montgomery, Ohio, United States

Husband of Emma Landes (Kulp) Frantz — married 25 Dec 1893 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 14 Dec 1925 at age 76 in Rochelle, Flagg Township, Ogle, Illinois, United States

Biography

Married three times per Family Search:

1st. 1872 Elisabeth E Miller (1850–1890), five children

2nd, 1893 Emma Landes Kulp (1858–1912), one daughter

3rd. 1917 Ida May Price (1860-1932), no children

"Isaac Frantz ... was the eldest son of a family of six, born into the home of Jacob and Phoebe Frantz (nee Studebaker). His birth occurred June 15, 1850 [sic] ... His education did not extend beyond the common school, though through his energy, he soon qualified to teach. When twenty-six years old, [Isaac joined the German Baptist Brethren] in the Hickory Grove [OH] congregation and some years later, moved near Pleasant Hill. Here he was elected to the ministry in March, 1882, and ordained July 31, 1909. He was associate elder over this church from 1910 to 1917, about which time he moved to Florida. He moved to Covington [OH] in April, 1919, becoming associated pastor and on June 26, was elected Presiding Elder. He was married to Elizabeth E. Miller, January 4, 1872. She died, and he married Emma K. Kulp, December 25, 1898. Death removed her, and October 5, 1917, he married his present wife, Ida May Price. Elder Frantz ... has devoted his life ... to the evangelistic field ... winning a place second to none." (Historical Committee 1921, p 454)

Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Miami County, Ohio, USA. Plot: 265-1.

Sources

• Grisso family genealogy.
• Rev. Isaac Frantz (1849–1925), profile provided by Family Search,
• "History of the Church of the brethren of the Southern district of Ohio," by the Historical Committee (1921; The Otterbein press, Dayton, O.)
• United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 14 June 2019), Isaac Frantz in entry for Jacob Frantz, 1870.
• Memrial for Isaac Frantz, buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Miami County, Ohio, USA.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Dee Al-Hasan for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Dee and others.