Clay Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties-Olof Frank
Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1890
OLOF FRANK, Treasurer of Hayes Township.
Clay County, is now serving his third
term in that office. He has also served as
School Treasurer of district No. 38 for eleven
years, and both he and his wife are active members
of society, and widely respected for their
many virtues and sterling qualities.
Mr. Frank is the second eldest son in a family
horn to Olof and Christina Frank, of Sweden,
where his mother is still living, his father having
been gathered to his fathers some years since. He
served in the Swedish Army for thirty years as an
officer. The natal day of our subject was Jan. 15,
1848, and he grew to manhood on a farm in
Sweden, receiving a good education in his native
Tongue, and since coming to America has acquired
a sufficient knowledge of English, to enable him to
transact his business affairs with English
speaking citizens and to keep himself well informed
regarding the affairs of his adopted country. Soon
after becoming of age. Mr. Frank took passage at
Stockholm for Copenhagen, thence embarking on a
steamer for America, and twenty days after leaving
the first named city, arrived in the American
metropolis.
This was in the spring of 1869, and going at
once to Henry County, Ill, he labored as a farm hand
for two months, and then came to this county,
where, with the exception of two years spent in
Colorado, he has since resided. He homesteaded a
quarter of section 7, Hayes Township, when deer
and antelope were plenty in the vicinity, and the
land has been reclaimed from its primitive condition
to one of excellent cultivation and improvement.
As early pioneers of the township, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank have borne their share in the scenes of
its development, and since their marriage she has
ever assisted him with her counsel and in her own
department of the labors of life.
The wife of Mr. Frank bore the maiden name of
Carrie Danielson, and was born in Knox County,
Ill., Dec. 10, 1856. She had scarcely more than
entered her teens when her parents removed to
this State, and her education was completed principally
at Clay Center, after which, for a time, she
engaged in school teaching. She is a daughter of
Daniel and Martha Danielson, who emigrated to
America from Sweden in 1845, making their first
settlement in Illinois, whence in 1870 they removed
to this county. Here they resided until
1881, when they changed their residence to Republic
County, where they are now living. Both are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are
well-known as pioneers in this section of Kansas
and as worthy members of society. The marriage
rites were celebrated between Mr. and Mrs. Frank,
April 19, 1874, and two children have been born
of their union. Frederick E. was born Dec. 30,
1874, and Centennial, May 19, 1876.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank belong to the Methodist
Episcopal Church and bear a prominent part in the
Good works of society. Intelligent and public-spirited,
As well as enterprising in the accumulation
And management of their property, and possessing
the cordial spirit and hospitality of their ancestral
race, they are justly
deserving the reputation they bear.