Ohio Genealogical Society
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Montgomery County Chapter Ohio Genealogical Society |
Personal Sketch
Adam Frank, German [Township]Mr. Frank was born July 2, 1831, and is the son of Matthew and Barbara Frank, of Germantown. His advantages for education were good; he attended the common school first, and concluded his studies in the Germantown Academy. When seventeen years of age, he was apprenticed to learn the shoemaking business. He has been Justice of the Peace for the last nine years. Mr. Frank was Mayor of the town for a long time, also Township Clerk for several years. In the year 1870, he was admitted to the bar of Montgomery County, and has practiced since that time. In politics he was formerly a Whig, but since the Rebellion has been an active member of the Republican party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and I.O.O.F. He was Secretary in an Odd Fellow's Lodge seventeen years. He was united in marriage, March, 1873, to Miss Nancy Lucas, of Germantown; result of this marriage, one child. Mr. Frank, as a man of business tact and sound judgment, is highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens; he has, withal, a warm heart, and is sincere in his attachments. The town can boast of possessing a gentleman who is capable of looking after its interests, and who would be greatly missed if taken away. Our subject has been Master in the Masonic Lodge; President of the Fire Company; Clerk of the Board of Education; Member of the Board of Trustees of the Germantown Institute. The fact of Mr. Frank's having been intrusted with these different offices shows that he is a gentleman of no ordinary ability, and that his fellow-men have unbounded confidence in his integrity.
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