Person:Hiram Frakes (3)

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Rev Hiram Milo Frakes
b.31 Mar 1888 Perry County, Indiana
d.15 Dec 1975 Perry County, Indiana
m. 13 Sep 1885
  1. Anna M. Frakes1886 - 1887
  2. Rev Hiram Milo Frakes1888 - 1975
  3. Jesse Grayson Frakes1890 - 1965
  4. Elwood Boyd Frakes1893 - 1974
  • HRev Hiram Milo Frakes1888 - 1975
  • WLeota Walker1885 - 1943
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Name[1] Rev Hiram Milo Frakes
Gender Male
Birth[1] 31 Mar 1888 Perry County, Indiana
Marriage to Leota Walker
Death[1] 15 Dec 1975 Perry County, Indiana
Burial[1] Walker Cemetery, Branchville, Perry County, Indiana

Evansville Courier & Press, 16 Dec 1975, p. 15


This is "Pastor Frakes," also known as "the sky pilot of the Cumberland." He founded the Henderson Settlement in Bell County, in what is now Frakes, Kentucky. For details, see Lee Fisher's Fire in the Hills.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Grave marker, Walker Cemetery, Branchville, Perry, Indiana, United States.
  2.   United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988)
    5 Jun 1917.

    Name: Frakes, Hiram Milo
    Born: 31 Mar 1888 (29 yrs) Branchville, Ind.
    Residence: Orleans, Ind.
    Occupation: Telegraph Operator
    Employer: C.I. and L. R.R. Co. (Orleans, Orange Co., Ind.)
    Responsible for support of: "Wife"
    No military service
    Medium height & build, blue eyes, auburn hair, no disabilities.