Person:Francis Levi (3)

Grocer in Ohio before moving to FL; realtor who lost everything in "land bust' in FL. Blonde, blue eyes. Have his business card in file. M. 2 Emma Townsley. Curtis Directory 1870 lists Frank Levi as Cabinet maker, works NWC. May not be same person.

Photograph of Frank Levi in files; also group photo of Hicks family which includes Frank & Emma Levi (abt 1910)

Marriage:: IGI Levi, Frank M. married Lucy A. Hicks 1 April 1877, Clermont Co, OH. #7534302 -25.

Confusion here... Wife may have been Mary Ann Hite or Lucy may have been 2nd wife and Emma Townsley 3rd. Have all names listed. Death certificate of Mollie Dell Levi Stalder lists her mother as Mary Hite (info given by oldest son Curtis; children say their grandmother was Mary Hite, but she had d. before they were born. Possible answer - 2nd wife Mary Emma Townsley might have been married before & maiden name Hite. Family Bible of Mollie Dell Levi states that her children are grandchildren of Frank M. Levi and Lucy Hicks.

Bible Records:

  Family Bible in possession of Betty Jo Stock, 2000 lists children, grandchildren, marriages.

Census:

  1870 Franklin Township, Clermont Co.  p. 45  Willis Levi 48 (farm labor, b. KY); Huldy 48 (keep house b. OH); Amanda 22 (helps mother b. OH John 19 (common labor); Francis 16 (common Labor); Sarah Day 52 (lives with son) b. IN - cannot read or write); Mary Levi 2 (b. OH)
  1880:  Brown Co., Ohio  (ED 5, sheet 3, line 38; #995)  Green Twship, Francis M Levi 26, w. Lucy A. (Hicks) 26, dau Erma 1  b-n-law  Frank E. Hicks, 24.  All b. OH, parents b. OH.
  1900:  Columbia, Norwood, Hamilton Co., Ohio  (v 71, ED 284, sheet 6, line 52)  Sherman St.  Francis Marion Levi 46 3/54; W. Mary E., 49 8/50; children: Irma C 21 8/78, Harvey C. 19 4/81, Mollie D 15 9/84. 
  1910 Millcreek, Norwood, Hamilton Co, OH.  (022, 0053, 0242) Francis M. Levi, 57; wife Mary E., Age 59, m. 22 yr no children; dau - Mollie D 25.  All b. OH.

Death:

  Certificate # 15910. (in file)  Orange County, FL.  [see sources]
  Letter from Molly Levi to folks in OH telling of death of "Dad Levi" 2 Oct 1932.
  Tombstone (Felicity Inc. Cem.) states: 1854-19__)   Not buried there - had moved to FL.  Lucy Ann (Hicks) Levi buried there.

Burial: Listed in Greenwood Cemetery Office Records as buried next to Odd Fellows monument in Greenwood. No stone visible, 1997, but listed in card file in cemetery office. Records show he bought six lots in Old Fellows section.

Land Records:

  1889 (687/45? Hamilton Co, OH) Frank M. Levi & Mary E, his wife, sell land in Section 3, Millcreek Twp, Hamilton Co.
  1/24/1904 [152/525] Willis, resident of Felicity, deeds real estate in Felicity to John J. Levi, reserves use for life.
  1/24/1904 [152/52?] Willis deeds real estate near Felicity to John J. Levi of Clermont & Frank M. Levi of Hamilton Co, reserves use for life.
   5/26/1915 [177/45 or 115] John J. Levi sells 1/2 interest in property in Felicity, which came from Willis Levi, to Frank M. Levi of Hamilton Co, OH

2DO OH: Marriage records for Frank/Lucy; Frank/Emma. Check census for 1920 (Ohio or FL); get city direcory information from OPL; check Odd Fellow records for burial/purchase of cemetery lots.

1. ↑ Levi Family Bible
   "Births" page.

   Frank M. Levi born March 26, 1854

2. ↑ Levi, Francis M. - Death Certificate
   State file #15910, 2 Oct 1933.

   Frank M. Levi; res. Peel Ave; male, white, married (wife Emma Levi); born 26 Mar 1854; age 79 years, 6 mo, 6 days. Occupation: real estate. Born Clermont Co, OH. Father -?- Levi b. KY; mother "don't know". Informant: Mrs. B. Stalder, Rt 1, Box 8, Orlando. Burial: Greenwood, 3 Oct 1933. Undertaker: Carey Hand, Orlando. Cause of death: Obstructions of bowells 9/28/1933. Dr: S. Miles Robinson, Orlando.

3. ↑ Levi Family Bible
   "Deaths" page.

   Frank M. Levi died Oct 2, 1933, Orlando, FL

4.   Levi Family Bible.