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Philip Platz

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Philip Platz
b. 3 November 1822, Pennsylvania
d. 8 August 1897, Clinton, Douglas County, Kansas

m.
Catherine [–?–]
b. 27 January 1827, Ohio
d. 13 April 1915, Bloomington, Kansas

Children with Catherine [–?–]:

  • Samuel P. (1848-1943)
  • Menelius (b. 1857)
  • Lucinda (1860-1871)
  • Nancy married William Walker
  • Emma (b. 1867)
  • Ella (b. 1867)
  • Frank (b. 1869) married Jennie Ice

Philip came to Indiana from Holmes County, Ohio, in 1850 and moved to Douglas County, Kansas, in 1868.

Submitted by:
Lisa A. Frank
Omaha NE

John Frank

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John Frank
b. 27 February 1834–1835, Germany, to Frederick and [–?–] Frank
d. 14 January 1901, Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas

m. 26 March 1856, Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana
Sophia Tegtmier
b. 1 February 1836, Hesse, Germany
d. 8 November 1905, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas

Children with Sophia Tegtmier:

  • Caroline (1857–1940) married Albert Brunner
  • May/Mary (1858–1859)
  • Henry (1860–1863)
  • William (1864–1939) married (1) Minnie Kohn, (2) Olive Lavina Wheeland
  • Emma (1867–1897) married Willard W. Scritchfield
  • Charles (1868–1953) married Emma Jane Platz
  • Albert John (1877–1948) married Pauline Nothacker/Nadocker

John Frank immigrated to the United States from Germany with his parents about 1840. Sophia moved to Spencer County, Indiana, in 1854. John and Sophia emigrated from Indiana in 1860 to Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. John served during the Civil War in Company G, 11th Kansas Cavalry. In the 1870’s he operated an inn in Manhattan, Kansas. He moved to Pottawatomie County, Kansas, about 1876.

Submitted by:
Lisa A. Frank
Omaha NE