Frank Gearhart
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Frank Gearhart (1862 - 1939)

Frank Gearhart
Born in Sumner, Gratiot, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 21 Jun 1891 in Evergreen Township, Montcalm, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Died at age 76 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan Territory, United Statesmap
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"Frank Gearhart, married Effie Ruth Carnes, daughter of Jonas Galusha Carnes, who owned a meat market and grocery store in Crystal and was quite well to do. Frank worked for him and he was far from thrilled when he married Effie as he didn't think he'd ever amount to much! My grandmother, Effie, was badly scared about her neck as when she was a child her dress caught fire from a grass fire and she ran until someone caught her and rolled her in a blanket. Later J. G. Carnes owned most of the Village of Perrington (Elevator, Bank, Grocery Store, etc.) He and Frank's father William Bud Gearhart both belonged to the Masonic Order.

When my father, Cecil (Frank and Effie's oldest child) was but a babe they left for the west by horse and wagon, going to Devil's Lake, N. Dakota where one of grandpa Frank's sisters [Florence] was already living. My Aunt Lena, their second child, was born there. But grandma didn't like it there and they returned to Michigan and lived in Lyons and later Ovid.

My grandfather, Frank, was a small jolly man who loved to do a soft shoe dance for us grand kids and always sang the song, "Ole Dan Tucker" to us. My grandmother, Effie, was quite religious and gave much of what she had to the church. They raised a family of 8 kids and seemed to belie J. G.'s predictions that it would never last. He lived to be 77 and she 82. They are buried in a small cemetery across from the Bristol Airport, Flint."[1]


Sources

  1. ↑ Lansing, Fay Esther Gearhart Hanson. 1981. Letter to Augusta Smith. February 7. Unpublished manuscript.
  • "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQXK-X9S : 20 February 2021), Frank Gearhart in entry for Bessie P. Gearhart, 05 Nov 1898; citing item 1 p 356 rn 749, Newark, Gratiot, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,322,864.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49901103/frank-gearhart: accessed February 26, 2024), memorial page for Frank Gearhart (15 Nov 1862–28 May 1939), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49901103, citing Bristol Cemetery, Flint Township, Genesee County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Judith A. Churchill (contributor 46955937).




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