Person:Frank Braught (1)

Obit says that Frank died 9 months before father Lorenzo (d.1915). A family Bible states that "uncle Frank and grandpa [Lorenzo] are buried side by side in Mineral Springs Grave Yard about 4 mi. east of Cassville, MO." That Bible also says that "grandma (Sophia) was visiting daughter Loda in Pittsburg, KS when she died (Nov. 3, 1925) and was buried there". A note from comments by Esther Lucretia interview by her daughter Bea mentioned that Franklin Charles died of fever in Des Moines, IA. There was apparently some confusion here.

Frank R. should have WWI Draft Registration data. Personal interview with Bea Romine at her Wichita, KS home 19 Jul 1997: Bea asserted that Frank's wife (Lula Vaughn) was a poor girl who married him to escape from her Ozark home and that she later gave Frank syphilis which caused him pneumonia and eventually death. One photo provided by Bea Romine shows Frank with another boy that she thought was Albert Ray Braught (maybe a cousin, or even a brother). Another post card photo from Bea showed 4 boys; Frank and brother Grant with cigars (Frank probably about 19 yrs.) with younger brother Grant; Claud Huddelson, and Jonnny Willson (names on back -- see original photo given by Bea Romine). See photos given 1997 by Connie McGruder of Frank R. Braught gravestone at Mineral Springs, MO., which probably solves the death location conflict.

1. ↑ Mineral Springs Cem, Cassville, Barry, MO