Frank Delbert is the oldest son of nine children born to Thomas Jefferson Partridge and Lydia Ann Hisey. He had eight brothers and sisters: Cora Rosetta (McKeown), Laura Evelyn (Finney), Nellie Florence, Amy Wilmetta (Finney), Leona Leota (Sullivan), Mabel Pearl (Sullivan), Everett Earl and Lela Marvel.

He married Lydia Elmira Somsel, 1 May 1898, in Michigantown, Clinton Co., IN. They had five children: Lillian Ruth (Kalmbacher), Ruby Lucille (White), Daisy Esther (Hawk), Paul Eugene and Harold Everett.
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Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Monday, May 14, 1951

Last rites for Frank PARTRIDGE, 76, who died Saturday night (May 12, 1951) at the home of a son, Harold, route two, will be at the Zimmerman Bros. funeral home, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. H. Gordon HYDE will officiate and burial will be made in the Reichter cemetery. The body will remain at the funeral home. Mr. Partridge, a resident of Newcastle township, had been bedfast nine months. He was born in Newcastle township and spent nearly all his life there with the exception of a short while in Clinton county. His parents were Thomas J. and Lydia (HISEY) PARTRIDGE. He was married to Lydia Elmira SOMSEL, May 1, 1898 in Michigantown, who passed away Dec. 29, 1950. The deceased was a farmer and a member of the Talma Christian church. Surviving are two sons, Paul and Harold [PARTRIDGE], both of Rochester; three daughters, Mrs. Ruth KLAMBACHER, Kokomo; Mrs. Clyde WHITE, South Bend and Mrs. Roy HAWK, Argos; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Earl [PARTRIDGE], of Rochester; three sisters, Mrs. Cora McKEOWN, Kankakee, Ill; Mrs. Leona SULLIVAN and Mrs. Mabel SULLIVAN, both of Argos.

SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1951 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh