Date: June 30, 2003
From: Charles Frakes, Scotts Valley, CA
Subject: Photograph of Frakes Reunion Prairie Creek 1952
I need YOUR help identifying the Prairie Creek people in this photograph! They are, for the most part, descendants of Philip and Phoebe (Case) Frakes, who settled in Prairie Creek, Vigo County, IN about 1818.
This photograph came from a photo album owned by my grandmother Ethel (Vickery) Frakes, daughter of Edwin Vickery and Anna (Harris) Vickery. Ethel was born 1889 in Parke County, IN, and later lived in both Fairbanks, Sullivan and Terre Haute, Vigo Counties. In 1915 she married her cousin Walter Frakes, born in 1885 and son of Peter and Mary Ellen “Ella” (Biggs) Frakes of Fairbanks township, Sullivan County, IN. Walter and Ethel lived their married years in Terre Haute, IN.
Ethel’s note accompanying the photograph says it was taken on August 10, 1952 at a reunion held at the home of Roscoe Frakes in Prairie Creek, Vigo County, IN. Although it is a Prairie Creek reunion, the persons identified in the photograph so far are from both southern Vigo and northern Sullivan counties.
According to Nina Frakes book, The Descendants of Philip and Phoebe (Case) Frakes, 1984 ed., Roscoe Frakes’ line of descent is as follows: Philip and Phoebe (Case) Frakes è Conrad and Sarah (Case) Frakes è John and Mary (Leach) Frakes è Robert and Anna (Romine) Frakes è Roscoe and Mimi (Lee) Frakes è and their son was Roscoe Lee Frakes. Roscoe’s wife Mimi and son Roscoe Lee were deceased by the date of this photograph. Roscoe and a few of his brothers, sisters, and children are identified in the photograph.
Of the approximately 83 persons in this photograph, so far only a couple of dozen (28) persons have been positively identified. Some were identified in notes left behind by Ethel Frakes. A few were identified by a Frakes cousin, Lowell Hall. Besides Frakes’, a number of DeBaun’s, Johnson’s and Stanley’s are present. So far we’ve also identified a Turner and a Harvey. I suspect a number of Hamilton’s, Harvey’s and Holmes’ may also be present, probably descendants of Fred Hamilton and Laura Ellen (Frakes) Hamilton, simply because many of their uncles and cousins are known to be in the picture.
Here is a detailed list of the persons identified to date:
Row 1 Sitting or kneeling on ground in front:
1. Boy with hat…
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8. Man with a mandolin…Everett Stanley. (At this time I have no line of descent for Everett Stanley, but he is the father of Rod and Richard Stanley.)
9. Mike Stanley. (Son of Richard and Earlene (Frakes) Stanley, grandson of Everett Stanley.)
10. Rod Stanley holding a guitar. (Son of Everett Stanley.)
11. Donna Stanley. (Daughter of Richard and Earlene (Frakes) Stanley, granddaughter of Everett Stanley.)
12. Richard Stanley holding a guitar. (Son of Everett Stanley. Brother of Rod Stanley. Husband of Earlene (Frakes) Stanley.)
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17. Don Frakes. (Roscoe Frakes’ brother. Earlene Frakes’ father. Philip and Phoebe (Case) Frakes è Conrad and Sarah (Case) Frakes è John and Mary (Leach) Frakes è Robert and Anna (Romine) Frakes è Don Frakes m. Nellie Pinkston.).
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Row 2 Sitting in chairs:
1. Ab Johnson. (Brother of Levada (Johnson) Frakes. Albert Johnson, b. 1876, and Lavada were children of Bethuel Johnson and Elvira Thompson. è Bethuel was a son of Daniel F. Johnson and Elizabeth Ann Frakes. è We “think” Elizabeth was the daughter of John McVey Frakes and Chloe Turner. John McVey Frakes was the son of Daniel Frakes and Nancy McVey è We “think” Daniel Frakes was the brother of the Philip Frakes who married Phoebe Case. But….There was another Elizabeth Frakes, b. 1823, probably in Vigo Co., daughter of Conrad and Sarah (Case) Frakes, who “could” be that Elizabeth. è Conrad Frakes was the son of Philip and Phoebe (Case) Frakes.)
2. Ora Johnson. Wife of Ab Johnson. Albert Johnson, b. 1876, and Lavada were children of Bethuel Johnson and Elvira Thompson. Bethuel was a son of Daniel F. Johnson and Elizabeth Ann Frakes. è We “think” Elizabeth was the daughter of John McVey Frakes and Chloe Turner. John McVey Frakes was the son of Daniel Frakes and Nancy McVey è We “think” Daniel Frakes was the brother of the Philip Frakes who married Phoebe Case. But….There was another Elizabeth Frakes, b. 1823, probably in Vigo Co., daughter of Conrad and Sarah (Case) Frakes, who “could” be that Elizabeth. è Conrad Frakes was the son of Philip and Phoebe (Case) Frakes.
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4. Rice Turner. (Described in Ethel’s notes as a “distant cousin”. James Rice Turner, b. 1878, was a son of John Wesley Turner and Sarah Elizabeth Cuppy. è James Wesley Turner was a son of James B. Turner and Mary Ann Frakes. 1.è James B. Turner was a son of Matthew Turner and Elizabeth Frakes. This Elizabeth Frakes was a sister to the Philip Frakes that married Phoebe Case. 2.è Mary Ann Frakes was a daughter of Phillip Frakes, Jr. and Sallie Thatcher. è Phillip Frakes Jr. was a son of Philip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
5. Merrill Johnson. (Born 1877. His wife, Cora Emily Foster, was a descendant of Reverand Asa Frakes and Rebecca (Dickerson) Frakes, and Asa was a son of Philip and Phoebe (Case) Frakes. Merrill was a grandson of Daniel F. Johnson and Elizabeth Ann Frakes and a cousin of Ab and Levada Johnson è We “think” Elizabeth was the daughter of John McVey Frakes and Chloe Turner. è John McVey Frakes was the son of Daniel Frakes and Nancy McVey è We “think” Daniel Frakes was the brother of the Philip Frakes who married Phoebe Case. But….èThere was another Elizabeth Frakes, b. 1823, probably in Vigo Co., daughter of Conrad and Sarah (Case) Frakes, who “could” be that Elizabeth. è Conrad Frakes was the son of Philip and Phoebe (Case) Frakes.)
6. Roscoe Frakes, the “host” of the reunion. (He was brother of Don Frakes and son of Robert Frakes and Anna C. Romine. è Robert Frakes, son of John Frakes and Mary Leach. è John Frakes, son of Conrad Frakes and Sarah Case è Conrad son of Phillip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
7. Maurice DeBaun. (Son of Alva DeBaun and Emma (Frakes) DeBaun. è Emma Frakes daughter of Peter Frakes and Mary Ellen Biggs. è Peter Frakes son of Daniel Frakes and Agnes Harris è Daniel Frakes son of Philip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
8b. Standing over Chauncey Frakes’ right shoulder, his wife Levada (Johnson) Frakes. (Levada was daughter of Bethuel Johnson and Elvira Thompson. è Bethuel was a son of Daniel F. Johnson and Elizabeth Ann Frakes. è We “think” Elizabeth was the daughter of John McVey Frakes and Chloe Turner. John McVey Frakes was the son of Daniel Frakes and Nancy McVey è We “think” Daniel Frakes was the brother of the Philip Frakes who married Phoebe Case. But….There was another Elizabeth Frakes, b. 1823, probably in Vigo Co., daughter of Conrad and Sarah (Case) Frakes, who “could” be that Elizabeth. è Conrad Frakes was the son of Philip and Phoebe (Case) Frakes.)
8. Chauncey Loten Frakes. (Brother to Emma, Charlie and Walter Frakes, among others. Chauncey Frakes son of Peter Frakes and Mary Ellen Biggs. è Peter Frakes son of Daniel Frakes and Agnes Harris è Daniel Frakes son of Philip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
9. Charles Orlando Frakes. (Brother to Emma, Chauncey and Walter Frakes, among others. Charlie Frakes son of Peter Frakes and Mary Ellen Biggs è Peter Frakes son of Daniel Frakes and Agnes Harris è Daniel Frakes son of Philip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
10. Walter Alexander Frakes. (Brother to Emma, Chauncey and Charles Frakes, among others. Walter son of Peter Frakes and Mary Ellen (Biggs) Frakes of Fairbanks Township, Sullivan Co., IN. è Peter Frakes son of Daniel Frakes and Agnes Harris è Daniel Frakes son of Philip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
11. Daniel Johnson. (Levada (Johnson) Frakes’ uncle. Ethel’s notes say his mother was a Frakes. Daniel was a son of Daniel F. Johnson and Elizabeth Ann Frakes. è We “think” Elizabeth was the daughter of John McVey Frakes and Chloe Turner. John McVey Frakes was the son of Daniel Frakes and Nancy McVey è We “think” Daniel Frakes was the brother of the Philip Frakes who married Phoebe Case. But….There was another Elizabeth Frakes, b. 1823, probably in Vigo Co., daughter of Conrad and Sarah (Case) Frakes, who “could” be that Elizabeth. è Conrad Frakes was the son of Philip and Phoebe (Case) Frakes.
12. Alva DeBaun. (Son of Samuel and Angeline (Harris) DeBaun. Father of Maurice DeBaun. Brother-in-law to Chauncey, Charlie and Walter Frakes. His wife, deceased at this time, was Emma Frakes, daughter of Peter Frakes and Mary Ellen (Biggs) Frakes. è Peter Frakes son of Daniel Frakes and Agnes Harris è Daniel Frakes son of Philip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
13. Woman with glasses at end of row…
Row 3 Standing:
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4. Woman with baby in her arms…Earlene (Frakes) Stanley, wife of Richard Stanley. Born 1897, daughter of Donald Frakes and Nellie Pinkston. è Donald Frakes son of Robert Frakes and Anna C. Romine. è Robert Frakes, son of John Frakes and Mary Leach. è John Frakes, son of Conrad Frakes and Sarah Case è Conrad son of Philip Frakes and Phoebe Case.
5. Baby in woman’s arms…Timothy Stanley, son of Richard Stanley and Earlene (Frakes) Stanley.
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16. Roxie (Curry) DeBaun standing behind husband Maurice DeBaun. Maurice DeBaun son of Alva DeBaun and Emma Frakes. è Emma Frakes daughter to Peter Frakes and Mary Ellen Biggs. è Peter Frakes son of Daniel Frakes and Agnes Harris è Daniel Frakes son of Philip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
17. Emma (Frakes) Moore. (Wife of Melvin Moore and a sister of Roscoe Frakes, the host. This Emma Frakes daughter of Robert Frakes and Anna C. Romine. è Robert Frakes, son of John Frakes and Mary Leach. è John Frakes, son of Conrad Frakes and Sarah Case è Conrad son of Philip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
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20. Ethel (Vickery) Frakes, standing behind husband Walter Frakes. (Philip and Phoebe (Case) Frakes è Daniel and Agnes (Harris) Frakes è James Harvey and Rhoda (Frakes) Harris è Edwin Vickery and Anna (Harris) Vickery è Ethel Vickery.)
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27. Miriam Harvey. (Daughter of John and Annis (Frakes) Harvey. Annis was sister to Chauncey, Charlie, Walter and Emma. They were all children of Peter Frakes and Mary Ellen (Biggs) Frakes. è Peter Frakes son of Daniel Frakes and Agnes Harris è Daniel Frakes son of Philip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
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Row 4 Standing:
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4. Harold Frakes. (Son of Roscoe Frakes, the host. Roscoe Frakes son of Robert Frakes and Anna C. Romine. è Robert Frakes, son of John Frakes and Mary Leach. è John Frakes, son of Conrad Frakes and Sarah Case è Conrad son of Phillip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
5. Lillis Frakes. (A sister of Roscoe Frakes, the host. Lillis Frakes daughter of Robert Frakes and Anna C. Romine. è Robert Frakes, son of John Frakes and Mary Leach. è John Frakes, son of Conrad Frakes and Sarah Case è Conrad son of Phillip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
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18. Edna Frakes. (Daughter of Roscoe Frakes, the host. Roscoe Frakes son of Robert Frakes and Anna C. Romine. è Robert Frakes, son of John Frakes and Mary Leach. è John Frakes, son of Conrad Frakes and Sarah Case è Conrad son of Phillip Frakes and Phoebe Case.)
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20. Man with a hat… Murray DeBaun. Son of Alva DeBaun and Emma (Frakes) DeBaun, brother to Maurice DeBaun. è Emma Frakes daughter of Peter Frakes and Mary Ellen Biggs. è Peter Frakes son of Daniel Frakes and Agnes Harris è Daniel Frakes son of Philip Frakes and Phoebe Case. )
21. Man with a hat…
Row 5:
1. Two men at the top, neither one identified.
2. The one on the right has a hat…
***** Please
Note: If you identify any of the persons in
this picture please contact
Charles Frakes at email address cefrakes@sbcglobal.net *****
