Person:Abisha Frakes (1)

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Abisha Frakes
b.3 Nov 1819 Perry County, Indiana
d.12 Apr 1865 St. Joseph, Missouri
Parents and Siblings
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m. 7 Feb 1808
  1. Grayson Frakes1809 - 1870
  2. John Dodson Frakes1811 - 1874
  3. Frederick Frakes1814 - 1882
  4. James L. Frakes1817 - 1818
  5. Abisha Frakes1819 - 1865
  6. Nancy Jane Frakes1822 - 1889
  7. Philip Frakes1825 - 1878
  8. Ewing Frakes1829 - 1849
  9. Thomas S. Frakes1834 - 1902
Spouse and Children
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m. 29 May 1840
  1. John R. Frakes1841 - 1873
  2. Grayson F. Frakes1843 - 1880
  3. Frederick Frakes1845 - 1864
  4. James Thomas Frakes1845 - 1884
  5. Eliza Jane Frakes1850 - 1901
Spouse and Children
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m. 2 Jun 1859
  1. Amanda Jane Frakes1860 - 1942
  2. Ulysses Grant Frakes1864 -
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Facts and Events
Name[7] Abisha Frakes
Gender Male
Birth[1] 3 Nov 1819 Perry County, Indiana
Marriage 29 May 1840 Perry County, Indiana(his 1st wife)
to Elizabeth H. Robinson
Census[2] 1850 Perry County, Indiana
Marriage 2 Jun 1859 Perry County, Indiana(his 2nd wife, her 2nd husband) - 1st husband was David Smith
to Delilah T. Snyder
Military[3] 25 Jul 1861 Council Bluffs, IowaEnlisted in Co. H, 4th Iowa Infantry
Military[3] 8 Mar 1862 Pea Ridge, ArkansasWounded in the foot by a musket ball at the Battle of Pea Ridge
Military[3][7] 16 Oct 1862 St. Louis, MissouriDischarged (possibly because of wounds)
Death[3][8] 12 Apr 1865 St. Joseph, Missouri(of lung & throat disease)
Burial[3] No one is sure where he was buried. Some family sources say beside his brother, John D. Frakes, in Locust Creek Cemetery, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri -- but John did not die until 1874. Note that the government recorded a headstone being shipped to Laclede, Missouri, which was the nearest railhead to Brookfield.

Perry County, Indiana, 1850 census:[2]

Frakes, Abisha 30 yrs Farmer (real estate=$150) b. Indiana
     Elizabeth 30 yrs b. Indiana (cannot read/write)
     John 9 yrs b. Indiana
     Grason 7 yrs b. Indiana
     James 5 yrs b. Indiana
     Frederick 3 yrs b. Indiana
     Eliza J. 1 yr b. Indiana
References
  1. ↑ Frakes Family Bible.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Perry, Indiana, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
    p. 412, house/family 956/971.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Correspondence with various other researchers.

    Mary Benning & Lynn Deen

  4.   United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records
    No. 38915, 30 Aug 1858.

    "Abisha Frakes of Perry County, Indiana."

    SW quarter of NE quarter & East half of NW quarter, Sect 36, Twp 4 South, Range 2 West -- 119 & 70/100 acres.

  5.   United States. Veterans Administration. Organization index to pension files of veterans who served between 1861 and 1900- [1917]. (Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives, 1949).

    Name: Abish Frakes
    Dependent: Ulysses Grant Frakes, et al, minors
    Service: 4th Iowa Infantry
    Filed as invalid: 10 Jul 1862
    Subsequent filing [by Ulysses?]: 5 Jan 1891 Indiana

  6.   United States. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. (Online database: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010)
    Indiana, 2nd Cong. Dist., p. 78, line 14, 1 Jul 1863.

    Name: Abisha Frakes
    Age: 44 yrs
    Occupation: Farmer
    Born: Indiana
    Notes: 4th Ind. Infantry

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 United States. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. (Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT, 2009).
  8. ↑ Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903.
  9.   U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872
    "Paid from Indianapolis," p. 151, 1862-1867.

    Name: Abisha Frakes
    Rank: Private
    Monthly Allowance: $6.00
    Commencement: June 1862 (paid 1862-1867 [last 2 years presumably to his widow], then "See new book")

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