John D. Frane Sr. (1810 - 1886)

Born 10 Feb 1810 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA

Husband of Mary A. (Kill) Frane — married [date unknown] in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Husband of Lydia Hannah (Neuhardt) Frane — married 1830 (to 8 Oct 1868) in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1886 at age 76 in Adair County, Iowa

Biography

FRANE JOHN D. Sec. 27; P. O. Paine's Point; born in Northampton Co., Pa., in 1810; married Lydia Newhart in Columbia Co., Pa., and she died Oct. 8, 1868; his present wife, Mary A. Kill, was born in Fort Plain, N. Y., in July 1814; has four children: Hannah, Sarah, Lucinda and John D., Jr.; have lost four: Betsy, Josiah, Hiram and one that died in infancy; Mr. F. came to this Co. in 1849 and rented a farm for two years, when he purchased his present estate; has 160 acres valued at $10,000; when he settled in this Co. Chicago was the nearest market; sold wheat for 30 cents per bushel and corn at 20 cents; it occupied about three years to build the house in which he still resides, such was the labor of his early pioneer life; also lost all his crops by fire in 1851; both members of M. E. Church.

John Frane, occupation farmer, was born in PA. He may have lived near the Lillys. He moved his family to Ogle County, Illinois. He married twice, Lydia ______ and Mrs. Mary Berner [November 24, 1868].

John Frane' s mother may be of American Indian descent. Hannah Frain, his daughter, is considered as 1/4 American Indian by our family.

He likely has a relative, Jacob Frain.

John Frane died in Iowa.

Sources

1. 1850 Illinois Census, DeFrain, John [Ogle County?]

2. 1850 Pennsylvania Census Frain, Jacob Col 200 Fishing

3. 1860 Illinois Census Frane, John Ogle Co Marion 954/898

4. 1860 Illinois Census Frans, Jacob Ogle Co Marion 925/870

5. Ogle County Marriages 1850-1860 and Ogle County marriages 1860-1870.

6. 1870 Census Frane, John D.

7. Copy of Marriage license, John Frane and Harriet L. Collier.

See also:

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• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 825.