Franke, Ernest

FRANKE

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 2/10/2008 at 18:38:31

Ernest Franke

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.127, Keg Creek Twp.)
Ernest Franke, farmer, P. O. Council Bluffs, was born in Germany in 1845, and came to America in 1866, settling two miles north of Glenwood in Mills County, Iowa, when he remained for six years. He then came to this county, has has since lived, with the exception of four years, on his present farm of 180 acres. Mr. Franke, has good buildins on his farm, and he engages in all the branches of farming. In the spring of 1872, he married Miss Paulina Bhoam, a native of Germany. They have six children - three sons and three daughters. Mr. Franke votes the Democratic ticket.