Frank
was the first finance director of Akron, Ohio, under
its charter government system.
He was born Nov. 16, 1855, probably
in Youngstown, Ohio. By the 1860 census, his family
had moved to Burton, about 40 miles northwest, where
he and his brother Donald "Wick" ran a hardware store for many years.
In 1889, Frank was appointed postmaster of Burton.
The home he built in 1929 at 1331
Hilcrest Drive in Cuyahoga Falls still stands. At
right is his obituary.