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Katherine Roberts Frakes

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Oct 1891 (aged 99–100)
Colchester, McDonough County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Schuyler County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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birth year estimate from obit - census records would have birth year closer to 1805. Family records have DOD as Sep 28 1891, news clipping has it as Oct. 5 1891, used here.

m: Robert Frakes Jr., bet 1820-1823

ch inc:
-David 1824-
-John Wesley 1826-1880
-Nancy Ann 1828-1891 m: Frakes
-unknown 1829-
-Jacob 1833-
-Catherine Melissa 1838-1883 m: Owen
-Henry J. 1844-
-Mary Elizabeth 1847-1850
-Margaret J. 1848-1935 m: Stoneking

1850 Schuyler IL: FEAKES Robert/45, Katharine/45/1805-PA, David/26, John/22, Jacob/14, Katharine/12, Henry/6, Margaret J/3.

Obituary
Colchester, Ill., Oct 6 - Mrs. Catherine Frakes of Bethel Township died yesterday at the age of 100 years. She lived for many years in Schuyler County and resided at McDonough for the past ten years. Mother Bordner of Lewiston, aged 102, is the only woman older than she in this part of the state.
St. Louis-Dispatch, MO, 6 Oct 1891, Tues, Page 2.

birth year estimate from obit - census records would have birth year closer to 1805. Family records have DOD as Sep 28 1891, news clipping has it as Oct. 5 1891, used here.

m: Robert Frakes Jr., bet 1820-1823

ch inc:
-David 1824-
-John Wesley 1826-1880
-Nancy Ann 1828-1891 m: Frakes
-unknown 1829-
-Jacob 1833-
-Catherine Melissa 1838-1883 m: Owen
-Henry J. 1844-
-Mary Elizabeth 1847-1850
-Margaret J. 1848-1935 m: Stoneking

1850 Schuyler IL: FEAKES Robert/45, Katharine/45/1805-PA, David/26, John/22, Jacob/14, Katharine/12, Henry/6, Margaret J/3.

Obituary
Colchester, Ill., Oct 6 - Mrs. Catherine Frakes of Bethel Township died yesterday at the age of 100 years. She lived for many years in Schuyler County and resided at McDonough for the past ten years. Mother Bordner of Lewiston, aged 102, is the only woman older than she in this part of the state.
St. Louis-Dispatch, MO, 6 Oct 1891, Tues, Page 2.

Gravesite Details

obit courtesy of C. Lightfoot, with thanks.



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