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Note: We are desirous of securing for the H istorical files of the Michigan Conference complete and detailed
information concerning all ministers who havo served and are now serving in the Conference. The above outline
is intended to assist in securing such information in more or less uniform outlines. We urge t he ad.dition on a
separate sheet, of such other important and interesting information as ca.!_lnot be conveniently placed on this blank.
In the case of men now living, the information can, of course, be only up to date. Photographs of living and
decrased ministers, diaries, letters and documents of historical interest are earnestly solicited. Your co-operation
in behalf of the Conference Historical work will be greatly appreciated. Kindly return the blank to the Conference Historian, W. H. WatsoQ, Kalamazoo, Michigan .
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J ACOB FRANKHAlJ3ER
h~esiding Elder--1879-1880.
J a cob Fr a.nkhaw'l er i s one of t he pr ::d di ng el ders of t he
Ui ~higan
Conference e.bout
whom v; e have but v er y licited j_nfo!'!""'..ntion. He was h :>rn in New York ~tnt e . The date
of hi s bi.rt.h is not avai l able . He cc>nc t() th e .Jicl·,i gan Gonfe r cnce by credeitt ials
f rom the Umo Confere;nc P. in 1876 . He served three one year pnstorat.<:o in the
.llicl'liec.n Conferenc e as f?l lo:m, -- Lbnr oe Circ uit , 1 ef76-77; Detroi t ~Ai ss ion, 1878-79;
Mars hall, l R81-82 .
I n 1379 he
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ele cted to the of' !'i ce of
1ng elder .:md s erved one ycsr , l.S79-80.
th e v~ c tim o f thB t hen co:n-,on s cour _;e ,
t 1b£J rculos i s , \':hich oeems t o have been of' thE:: lingering t ype . He passed awa y reorua ry 5, 1889 an.l V-'as ou!'i'-!<' in I.itchfieJ.tl, L!ichigan .
He rasi ~ne<t bec aus e of ~.ll he11th. He
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Pr lor 'w ccTting t o tilt? ;.dic luec!'). Confers nce:- he was licensed as a local pr cachet' in
t.he Ohio Confe.rence in 1860. He attendc::l the session of the Ohio Co nference ~ hel d
et Caz·e~r, Ohl,., i n 1861 E•nd was e.ppoi nted to the Ann ,;rbo'!' Circuit (Hic hig.lln) with
Ch:.rle o Dickey.
J c.cob r r ankh9.user s eems to have bol3n a very ~ abl e ma l'l , .:ith a p O ! siLle
t ouch of brillia nce. He ,.,as the father of sb children, t l1rc0 sons and tiu·ee
daU£htors . Tht:! sons all :tt tdned t o pos~tions of honor and influcnc.e s One of t he
s ons , the younges t, Dr . S ilas B. Frar~hauser, was a r e s i dent of Hi11Gda 1e) Uiohi gan .
Apparent l y a physici an, he also served t he city e.a Mayor and postmastero His son,
Willlara. Fra nkhauae r ( gr ands on of J a cob Frankhaueer ) served a s p rose cuting attorney
i n Br an ch cou!lty. Another son , Judge E. I. Franlthauser, ( s on of J a cob )served on
t he benc h i n Chicago. The othe r son, Wi lliam, served as a congressman f rom
Mi chiean. Not bad f or pr eac her ' s kid3. :C'Id dcntly the f amily •·1as a bri l l i a nt
and t a l ent ed f aL1ily . Unfortunately J a cob Frr nkha user 1 s minist ry was limited by
his a ffliction
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• H. \'Iatson,
Confer ence His tori an.
HILLSDALE, Mich., Sept. 2.- r.
Silas B . F'ri!Jlk.:•auser, 65 years old,
former mayor and postmaster of
Hillsdale, died Sunday. He leaves a
son, Prosecutor William Frankhauser, of Branch County, a brother,
Judge E. I. Frankhauser, of Chicago,
and two sister , Mrs. Guy M.
Chester and Mrs. Marie Snyder. of
Hillsdale.
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