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F. Fronville, farmer, Clifton, was born in Bonneff, Belgium, April 12, 1838. His parents were Joseph and Catherine (Thiry) Fronville. He came with his parents to this country in 1856, stopping three months in Chicago. He then came to Iroquois, residing there three years; thence to Kansas for six months. Returning again to this township he worked here and there, wherever he could obtain work. In 1861 he bought 40 acres, and has since erected a nice residence, and has devoted his energies to farming. He was married, March 3, 1862, to Miss Rosalie Ponton, who was born in Canada, September 29, 1842. They have eight children : Ross, Mary L., Mary A, Eugene, Melina L., Emile A., Amelia F. and Louis J.; and one deceased. Mr. Fronville father still resides with him, at the good old age of seventy-three years. Mr. Fronville has been school director two years. He had one brother (Louis) killed in the late war.

Source : Beckwith, H. W. : History of Iroquois County : together with Historic notes on the Northwest, gleaned from early authors, old maps and manuscripts, private and official correspondence, and other authentic, though, for the most part, out-of-the-way sources; Chicago: H.H. Hill and Co., 1880, c1879, 1219 pgs.
 

F. FRONVILLE

F. Fronville is a retired agriculturist living in the village of Clifton and a representative of one of the pioneer families of Iroquois county. His parents, Joseph and Catherine (Theiry) Fronville, were natives of Belgium and became residents of this county in t856 when the work of settlement and development hall scarcely begun here. Their son. the subject of this review, was born in Boneffe. Belgium, Aprl 12, 1838 and was therefore a youth of eighteen years at the time of the emigration of the family to the new world. He had acquired only a limited education in his native land and since 1856 he has resided continuously in this county, being actively associated for many years with its agricultural interests.
In 1862, at Clifton, he married Miss Rosalie Ponton and onto them ten children have been born: Rosalie, now the wife of .Alfred Cailtuex, a farmer of Clifton township; Louise, the wife of Joseph Detour, a resident farmer of Ashkum township; Mary, the wife of Louis Schultz, a farmer living near Watseka; Eugene, a mail carrier of Ashkum township; Malina, deceased: Emile, who operates his father's farm in Clifton township; Amillia, at home; Louis, who married Eugenie Petit and rents one of his father's farms in Chebanse township; Josephine, the wile of George Prault, a farmer of Ashkum township: and Eliza, the wife of Emile Matby, a farmer of Ashkum township. After losing his first wife Mr. Fronville was again married on the 21st of July, 1902, at L'Erable, Illinois, his second union being with Clementine Mazy, a daughter of Henry and Catherine Mazy, of Clifton.
My. Fronville is an independent democrat and has filled various local offices in creditable manner, serving as highway commissioner for six years, as school director for a similar period and as pathmaster for eleven years. He is a member of the Catholic church of Clifton and has made his home in the town since 1902. Throughout his active business life his time and energies were devoted to general agricultural pursuits and the years witnessed his acquirement of a comfortable competence, for he is now the owner of two hundred and thirty acres of land in Clifton township and one hundred and sixty-two acres near Elreno, Oklahoma. He likewise own his residence on Second avenue in Clifton, two houses in Third avenue in Clifton and one in Ashkum. His property interests are thus valuable and are as a monument to his life of thrift and enterprise.

Source : Kern, J. W. : Past and present of Iroquois County, Illinois; Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1907, 739 pgs.