BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 506.

FRANK M. JUDKINS, the senior partner in the firm engaged in the publication 
of the Flushing News-Advertiser, is a son of J. P. and Elizabeth Judkins, 
was born September 4, 1848. He was married February 25, 1869, to Miss L. 
Ada Hollingsworth, daughter of Elihu and L. A. Hollingsworth. They have 
four children: Clyde H., the oldest, is the junior member of the Advertiser 
firm, and a member of the class of '91, in the classical department of Scio 
college. Anna Maude, the second child, is a member of the class of '90 in 
the Flushing high school. She is also an elocutionist of some merit. The 
other children, Wheeler E. and Rae D., boys of sixteen and fourteen years, 
are members of the high school, and during vacation, can "set" the 
newspaper with ease and dispatch. Their home is on Spring street. Mr. 
Judkins has succeeded in making his journal one of the best local papers in 
the county, wielding a strong influence for morality and the material 
prosperity of the community.