Coral’s family history · Chapter 9

The Frame Children

Margaret

Margaret married John McQueen, another early settler, in 1808 and had four children. They were Mary Polly, Sarah, John and Robert. Margaret died on the 5th of February 1864 and John died on the 1st of May 1836. They are both buried in the Hartstown Cemetery.

Edward

Edward married Margaret Unknown and they had four children. They were Thomas, Zephania, Allie and John. Allie married Andrew McKelvey and moved to Jasper Missouri about 1821.

James

James served in the war of 1812 with Perry in the famous Battle of Lake Erie. He also served on the brig “Niagara” and the schooner “Porcupine”. He was one of the command detailed to shoot his best friend Bird, for deserting his sweetheart. He returned to the grave many years later and found the waters of Lake Erie encroaching on the grave. He exhumed the body and removed it to Erie or Northeast where it was reburied. He must have received a pension for his military service, as after he died, his wife received it. He married Elizabeth Van Sickle on Feb 28, 1816. They had three children, Hiram Thomas, Abner J. and Edward.

Hiram Thomas was engaged for many years in the manufacture of wagons and in the smithing business. At the time of the gold fever in 1849, he amassed considerable wealth in building wagons for and fitting out those bound for the gold fields of California. He made several voyages around the horn to California where he had mining interests. Later he moved to New Orleans and at the outbreak of the civil war he was forced to leave the city owing to threats against his life as his sympathies were entirely with the north. He moved to Kentucky where he died before the end of the war.

Another of James’s sons, Edward, supposedly threw himself off of a railroad bridge but some thought that he was practically a tramp and possibly drunk and fell off.

When purchasing a still and vessels in 1821, James gave his 1/10th interest in his father’s estate to James J ohnston, the adm. of the estate of Jesse Lindsay. He moved to Mercer County, bought land and became an influential farmer there. He died about 1868 in Jamestown, Pa. and Elizabeth died after 1870.

Mary Ann

Mary Ann’s name was Morgan but everyone called her Mary Ann. She married Samuel McDowell in 1820. They had seven children, Samuel Washington, Harriet Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Matthew A., Thomas, Turner, and Anderson.

Samuel died on Mar. 3rd 1853 and Mary Ann died on May 30, 1868. They are both buried in the Frame Cemetery.

Martha

Martha married Matthew P. Ralston. He also served in the war of 1812. They were to become my 3rd great grandparents. They had thirteen children, James, who is my gna great grandfather, Thomas, John, Robert, Nancy T., David, Matthew Anderson, Abner, Esther, William Alexander, Jeremiah, Martha and Ellie.

Matthew P. died on the 6th of April 1870 and Martha died on the 24th of Aug. 1877. They are both buried in the Frame Cemetery along with their son Thomas who never married.

Sarah

Sarah married James Angelo Jr. about 1817. Nothing further is known about her.

Thomas Jr.

Thomas Jr. died before 1821. If he is in the Frame Cemetery, he is in an unmarked grave.

Abner

Abner married Susanna (Susan) Turner on the 13th of Oct., 1831 and settled on 110 acres of Frame land. This was on the tract formerly owned by Richard Dick. The house that they built is still standing in 2007. They had ten children, all girls except for one and he died the day he was born. They were Emily M, Mary A., Hannah M., Emily A., Abby E., Susan J., Lavilla A. and Lavinna A. who were twins, Babe and Zilpha Calista. Only five lived to adulthood and Hannah M. died at 22 years of age. Emily A. lived to be 86 and the twins, Lavinna lived to be 52, Lavilla 79 and Mary Ann lived to be 84. She married Joseph Andrews Calvin on the 17th of Jan. 1854. They had four children, Abner C. Calvin, who became a doctor, Joseph E., William, James and Susan Amelia. Joseph Andrews Calvin had two children from a previous marriage. They were Hugh and John H.

The twins were both married on the 1st of Jan 1877. Lavinna was married to William H. Vickers. Lavilla was married to Perry Shonz. They are all buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in Conneaut Lake.

Poor Susanna had to put up with her small children dying and a crazy husband besides. Some thought it was whiskey. Others said he had a steel plate in his head. It was told that he sometimes jumped in bed with his hat and boots on. At the murder trial of Abner’s great, grand nephew, one of the witnesses said of Abner that he was the most consummate devil he ever met.

Abner and Susanna were buried in the Frame Cemetery along with their small children, Susan J, Zilpha C., Abby E., Infant son and Emily M. Abner died on Nov. 14th 1883 and Susanna died on the 13th of Sept. 1895.

Mary Ann Frame Calvin Joseph Andrews Calvin

Elizabeth

Elizabeth married David E. Hover about 1839 in Mercer County. Apparently Elizabeth and Ally followed their brother James when he moved to Mercer County.

John

John was Thomas and Mary’s youngest son. He became an apprentice to a tailor in Meadville and learned the tailor’s trade, serving six years. In 1833 he immigrated to Coolville, Athens County Ohio, where he followed his trade until 1840. In 1840 he opened a mercantile engaging in general merchandising and also dealt in wool, grain and produce.

He married Mary Nesmith and they had ten children, nine boys and one girl. They named nine of them with names starting with A. The tenth had a middle name starting with A. They were Augustus, Aurelius, Adolphus, Adeline, Alphonso, Addison, Alfred, Austin, Adelmar and John Adrian. A family joke was that there were nine brothers and each one had a sister.

Four of John and Mary’s sons became physicians. They were Adolphus “Dolly”, a civil war officer, John Adrian, Alfred Nesmith and Austin Morrell.

John Frame died on the 27th of Aug. 1873 and Mary died in 1892. They are buried in the Frame Cemetery in Athens Co. Ohio.

Ally

Ally died in West Salem, Mercer, Pa. on the 21st of April, 1871. Her husband also died in 1871 and they are buried in Rock Ridge Cemetery. Ally was sometimes described as being a little peculiar.

This is Jacob Shonz McMichael, the owner of the house in 1909 Near the Apple Orchard Jacob was the grandson of another founder of Crawford Co., John McMichael