Family: Ora Vernon Frank / Anna Belle Baker (F432)
m. 16 Nov 1901
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Ora Vernon Frank
Birth 22 Aug 1878 De Kalb, Indiana, USA 
Death 2 Jan 1920 Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Burial Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Marriage 16 Nov 1901 [1, 2, 3] De Kalb, Indiana, USA [1, 2, 3] Father Jacob O. Frank | F290 Group Sheet Mother Harriet L. Sanford | F290 Group Sheet
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Anna Belle Baker
Birth 15 Feb 1880 Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Death 29 Apr 1970 Tallmadge, Summit, Ohio, USA Burial Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Father Onesimus Jacob Baker | F336 Group Sheet Mother Sarah Jane Coburn | F336 Group Sheet
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Martha Elizabeth Frank
Birth 14 Jul 1916 Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Death 2 Dec 1994 Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA Burial Spouse Robert Eugene Meiser | F427 Marriage 28 Aug 1938 Indiana, USA
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Cleon Alphonso Frank
Birth 29 Jun 1913 Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Death 11 Apr 1967 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit, Ohio, USA Burial Spouse Norma Ellen Ferguson | F486 Marriage 12 Oct 1940 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit, Ohio, USA
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Robert Vernon Frank
Birth 11 Jul 1911 Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Death 7 Dec 1989 Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Burial Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Spouse Phyllis H. Hewitt | F487 Marriage 18 Sep 1948 Angola, Steuben, Indiana, USA
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Harriett Fern Frank
Birth 24 Feb 1909 Garrett, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Death 7 Dec 1997 Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, USA Burial Spouse Harold John Dockus | F375 Marriage 25 Apr 1931 Summit, Ohio, USA Spouse Charles Amos Wright | F378 Marriage 9 Feb 1989 Kerr, Texas, USA
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John Russell Frank
Birth 11 Sep 1907 Concord, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Death 23 Dec 1979 Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Burial Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Spouse Norma Mardell Roland | F489 Marriage 26 Jul 1932
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Deloss Loyd Frank
Birth 19 Jun 1905 Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Death 1 Jan 1997 Cuyahoga Falls, Summit, Ohio, USA Burial Spouse Florence Amelia Ruch | F490 Marriage 27 Apr 1929 Akron, Summit, Ohio, USA
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Mildred Elsie Frank
Birth 1 Aug 1903 Auburn, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Death 7 Mar 1985 Carrollton, Carroll, Ohio, USA Burial Carroll, Ohio, USA Spouse Amos Elbert Hinks | F529 Marriage 6 Nov 1926 Summit, Ohio, USA
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Sources - [S640] Newspapers.com - Garrett Clipper - 8 Jan 1920, (Name: Garrett Clipper; Location: Garrett, Indiana; Date: 08 Jan 1920, Thu;), 8 Jan 1920, Page 1.
O.V. FRANK, MAIL CARRIER, KILLED BY INTERURBAN CAR
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Apparently Failed to See Danger Until Too Late; Leaves Seven Children
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O. V. Frank, of Auburn, 41 years old, mail carrier, was instantly killed and his automobile in which he was riding, ground under the wheels of the north bound Fort Wayne & Northwestern interurban car which leaves Auburn at 6:56 a. m. in an accident at the Morning Star road crossing north of that city Friday morning. He had left his home just a short distance east on the road a few moments before, to start on his mail route.
It being an unusually cold morning he had bundled up well before leaving his home and had the side curtains on the car.
The automobile was square on the track when the interurban car hit it, so centered that the radiator of the car dropped on the west side of the track while the rear wheels remained on the east side of the crossing. The automobile was overturned, rolled and tumbled down the track north in front of the car a distance of between 250 and 350 feet before the car was stopped. Mr. Franks was killed instantly and his remains strewn along the right-of-way.
Gave Proper Alarm.
According to Motorman Joseph Summergill and Conductor Gaskill who were in charge of the car, the proper alarm was given as the car neared the crossing.
Mr. Gaskill, who is the oldest conductor on the road, reports this as his first accident, and stated that he had just walked to the front of the car. He said the enclosed Ford car was right in front of them on the track. There was a crash, the cow catcher and light of the interurban were snapped off and the car pushed the Ford machine down the track until stopped. The interurban car was going at a good speed when it struck the automobile, having just left the city limits of Auburn.
Chester Hodge, who lives near the crossing, was in his yard when he saw the interurban car approaching the crossing and also Mr. Franks coming west on the road from his home. As the two neared the crossing he wondered who would stop first and was dumbfounded to see the automobile on the track directly in the path of the oncoming interurban. There came the crash and he could see the car as it turned over and over again.
Body Badly Mangled.
The Dilgard hearse was called but it was impossible to get the remains in a hearse and a basket was brought to take him to the undertaking parlors, so badly was his body mangled. He was crushed about his head and right side, his legs cut off, and his body badly mangled in other ways. The Ford car was completely demolished.
Mr. Franks had been a mail carrier for about three years on R. F. D. No. 3. He was a school teacher for years and was a good workman as an interior decorator. He had recently sold his property in Auburn and moved to his five acre plat north of Auburn which he purchased from G. A. Bassett. He formerly taught school in Garrett.
O. V. Franks was born in DeKalb county in 1878. November 16th, 1901, he married to Miss Hannah Baker who as his widow, survives him with seven children, Mildred, 16, Delos, Russell, Harriett, Robert, Cleon, and Martha. He has four brothers, Ira O. of Dubuque Ia., C. C. Franks of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, C. A. Franks of Branch Michigan, and H. H. Franks of Auburn.
His relatives think that the brakes on his car refused to work and that this was reponsible for his death. Others are of the opinion, however, that he never saw the car or if he did, could not stop in time to avoid the accident.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21592823/garrett_clipper/?xid=637 - [S54] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Dekalb County, Indiana; Index to Marringe Record 1882 - 1920 Inclusive Let, W. P. A. Original Record Located County Clerk's Of; Book: 17; Page: 13.
- [S174] Don and Joan Hinks Collection, Certificate of Marriage for Vernon Frank and Anna Baker.
- [S640] Newspapers.com - Garrett Clipper - 8 Jan 1920, (Name: Garrett Clipper; Location: Garrett, Indiana; Date: 08 Jan 1920, Thu;), 8 Jan 1920, Page 1.