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• Birth	17 Apr 1836	Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Apr 1913	Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA; burial: Etters Cem.,Salem, 3M N/Chambersburg, PA
  Person ID	I0013	forneyclark
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2010 09:30:55
  Father	Johann Nicolaus Frank, b. 30 Mar 1812, lived in Laundenau, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany
  Mother	Anna Elisabetha Roeder\Röder, b. 18 Jul 1816, Germany
  Family ID	F0668	Group Sheet
  Family	John Martin "Mark" Forney, b. 29 Jul 1841, LetterkennyTwp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in Rocky Springs & Upper Strasburg, PA
  Married	9 Jun 1863	Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA
  Children	1. Mary "Catherine" Forney, b. 10 Feb 1864, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in Rocky Spring, Franklin Co., PA   2. Frederick Frank Forney, b. 15 Apr 1866, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA   3. Jennie E. Forney, b. 4 Sep 1868, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in New Haven, NH Co., CT   4. John "Elmer" Forney, b. 3 Apr 1871, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in Cordova, Rock Island Co., IL   5. Clara A. Forney, b. 18 Jul 1873, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA   6. Ira James Forney, b. 19 Jan 1876, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA   7. Abraham Lehman Forney, b. 21 Jul 1878, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA; lived in Dixon, Lee Co., IL   8. Martin L. Forney, b. 29 Oct 1882, Letterkenny Twp., Franklin Co., PA
  Family ID	F0008	Group Sheet

• Headstones		Frank, Margaret A. (1836-1913) Status: Located. Margaret A. Frank Forney (1836-1913); Etters Cemetery, Salem, 3M N/Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA, USA. Photo was taken by David R. Clark.

• Notes

  Donna Forney Clark: PART ONE contains initial info about John Martin Forney that we found from 1995-2005. PART TWO, 2005, by Andrew J. Weyer, Sr. contains, among other things, obituaries, birth and death places, specific death dates, and marriage dates and places relating to John Martin Forney and his family. PART THREE contains information about Margaret A. Frank from Jay E. Frank at World Connect. PART FOUR contains information about the Frank Family that came from "History of the Frank Family", a brief family document compiled by Grayce Stambaugh (b. 1887), a daughter of Adam Frank (1840-1924), via Ramsey Frank. ******** PART ONE: John Martin Forney Source: US 1860/1870/1880/1900/1920 Census: Barbara Brummett: JOHN MARTIN FORNEY BORN JULY 1841 (In the 1860 census, John Martin Forney was listed erroneously as only John Martin). There was a Frederick Forney living in Letterkenny Township, Franklin Co., PA, born in 1810, married to Mary Unknown, born 1808. They lived near John Martin Forney, born 1841, who was married to Margaret N. , born April, 1836 in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany. In the 1870 census of Franklin Co., PA, Letterkenny, children of John M. Forney and Margaret Forney are listed as Catherine 6, Frederick 4, and Jane 2. (Donna Forney Clark: These are the same children my father, Fredric John Forney, listed in the family Forney Family Bible.) In the 1880 census of Franklin Co., PA, Letterkenny, children of John M. Forney, a farmer, and Margaret A.(?) Forney are listed as Fredric F., Jennie E. 11, John E. 9, Clara A. 6, Ira James 4, and Abraham L. (Donna Forney Clark: These are the same children my father, Fredric John Forney, listed in the family Forney Family Bible.) 1900c still in Letterkenny Twp, John is 58, b. Jly 1841 PA and Margaret 64, b. Apr 1836 Germany and Irah (as it was spelled) was 24 and b. Jan 1876 PA. no index for the 1910c 1920c John M, father, 77, is living with Ira J 43, wife, Minnie, 40, & daughter Margaret 16. (Wife is obviously dead) Source: Donna Forney Clark: Headstone reads: Margaret Frank Forney 1836-1913. Source: http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ Franklin Repository Newspaper, July , 1863 Married(Column 2) July 8, 1863 (page 05, column 2) On June 9, at the Lutheran parsonage, by Rev. J. Steck, John M. Forney, of Strasburg, married Margaret A. Frank, of Chambersburg. (Names in announcement: Rev. J. Steck , John M. Forney , Margaret A. Frank ) Source: Census info from Barbara Brummett: In the 1850c PA Franklin Co/Letterkenny T were: FORNEY Frederick 40 PA Mary 43 PA Martha 18 PA Maria 16 PA John 10 PA 1860c Franklin Co/Letterkenny T/ P.O. Upper Strasburgh: Fred 47 (Day Laborer) PA Mary 50 PA John Martin 18 PA In Franklin Co/Green Twp: Salem Cemetery (3 mi N/Chambersburg) John M Forney 1841-1927 wife: Margaret Frank 1836-1913 son Martin L Forney 1882 (age 1m 28d) Source: Carol Lougene Wolf Britton: John M. Forney, Letterkenney, 279, 30, 2 Sgt. D 126th PA. On John M. Forney's tombstone at Salem Cemetery: Co. G, 126th Regiment PA Volunteers. He enlisted: Forney John M. Sgt. G 126th Pa. Chambersburg, Pa. enlisted on 8/4/1862 from http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/govdoc/soldiers_dossier.html 126th Regiment Infantry Organized at Harrisburg August, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., August 15, and duty there until September 12. Moved to Sharpsburg, Md., and attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., until October 30, 1862. Reconnaissance from Sharpsburg to Smithfield, W. Va., October 16-17. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. Duty at Falmouth until April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Mustered out May 20, 1865. Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 30 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 34 Enlisted men by disease. Total 65. Source: Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1870 Population Census, Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia ( http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/govdoc/pop_census.html ): Donna Forney Clark: In the 1870 census, these are all the Forneys living in Upper Strasburg, PA. I suspect that Adam Forney may be the brother of John Forney, son of Frederick and Mary Forney. (The number that preceeds each name is the family number): 276 1 Forney Adam 24 M white Laborer Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg 276 2 Forney Eliza 21 F white Housekeeper Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg 396 1 Forney John 28 M white Laborer Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg 396 2 Forney Margaret 31 F white Housekeeper Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg 396 3 Forney Catharine 6 F white Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg 396 4 Forney Frederick 4 M white Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg 396 5 Forney Jane 2 F white Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg 403 1 Forney Frederick 60 M white Laborer Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg 403 2 Forney Mary 62 F white Housekeeper Letterkenny Township Upper Strasburg Adam and Eliza seem to appear with their niece in the 1880 US Census of Guilford, Franklin, Pennsylvania PA : Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Adam FORNEY Self M Male W 33 PA Laborer PA PA Elizabeth FORNEY Wife M Female W 32 PA Keeping House PA PA Niece KELLY Other S Female W 6 PA PA PA (Other families nearby are Forneys, Dyserts, and McFerrens.) Source: Barbara Brummett: Barbara gave me the info from 1880 census that John Mark Forney was married to Margaret N. ( b. 1836). The census reference gave location of the family in Letterkenny Twp, Franklin Co., PA. Headstone reads: Margaret Frank Forney 1836-1913. Source: 1880 United States Census of Letterkenny, Franklin, Pennsylvania: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace John M. FORNEY Self M Male W 38 PA Farmer PA PA Margaret A. FORNEY Wife M Female W 43 HES. DARMSTADT Keeping House HES. DARMSTADT HES. DARMS. Frederic F. FORNEY Son S Male W 14 PA Farm Laborer PA H. DARMSTADT Jennie E. FORNEY Dau S Female W 11 PA PA H. DARMSTADT John E. FORNEY Son S Male W 9 PA PA H. DARMSTADT Clara H. FORNEY Dau S Female W 6 PA PA H. DARMSTADT Ira James FORNEY Son S Male W 4 PA PA H. DARMSTADT Abraham L. FORNEY Son S Male W 1 PA PA H. DARMSTADT ******** PART TWO: John Martin Forney Source: Andrew J. Weyer, Sr.: Descendants of JOHN MARTIN FORNEY: From the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Concerning the family of John Martin Forney: 1. John was born 29 July 1840 or 1841 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (pension application says 1841, his death certificate says 1840). 2. John married Margaret in Chambersburg. 3. John died 15 January 1927 in Chambersburg. 4. List of children made on March 22nd 1915 including their birth dates: Mary C. Bishop 10 FEB 1864 Frederick F. Forney 15 APR 1866 Jennie E. Shaffnit 04 SEP 1868 John E. Forney 03 APR 1871 (DECEASED) Clara A. Rife 18 JUL 1873 (DECEASED) Ira J. Forney 19 JAN 1876 A. Lehman Forney 21 JUL 1878 (DECEASED) Martin L. Forney 29 OCT 1882 (DECEASED) 5. John was wounded in the shoulder by a fragment of artillery shell during a charge at the battle of Fredricksburg on 13 December 1862. m Source: Andrew J. Weyer, Sr.: Descendants of JOHN MARTIN FORNEY: Generation No. 1 JOHN MARTIN1 FORNEY was born Jul 1841 in PENNSYLVANIA, and died Jan 1927 in FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. He married MARGARET A. FRANK 09 Jun 1863 in FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, daughter of MR. FRANK. She was born Apr 1836 in HESSE DARMSTADT, GERMANY, and died 19 Apr 1913 in CHAMBERSBURG, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA. Notes for MARGARET A. FRANK: IN THE 1870 CENSUS OF LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (P.O. UPPER STRASBURG) IS THE FOLLOWING ENTRY: JOHN FORNEY 28 LABORER $200 PA MARGARET 31 GER CATHARINE 6 PA FREDERICK 4 PA JANE 2 PA IN THE 1880 CENSUS OF LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA IS THE FOLLOWING ENTRY: JOHN M. FORNEY 38 FARMER PA PA PA MARGARET A. 43 HD HD HD FREDERICK F. 14 FARM LABORER PA PA HD JENNIE E. 11 PA PA HD JOHN E. 9 PA PA HD CLARA H. 6 PA PA HD IRA JAMES 4 PA PA HD ABRAHAM L. 1 PA PA HD HD = HESSE DARMSTADT IN THE 1900 CENSUS OF LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA IS THE FOLLOWING ENTRY: JOHN FORNEY JUL 1841 DAY LABORER PA PA PA MARGARET APR 1836 GM GM GM IRAH JAN 1876 DAY LABORER PA PA GM GM = GERMANY. JOHN AND MARGARET HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 37 YEARS. MARGARET WAS THE MOTHER OF 8 CHILDREN, 7 STILL LIVING. THE CENSUS STATES THAT MARGARET HAD IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1840. IT STATES THAT SHE HAD BEEN IN AMERICA FOR 60 YEARS. IN THE 1910 CENSUS OF CHAMBERSBURG, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA IS THE FOLLOWING ENTRY: JOHN FORNEY 68 OWN INCOME PA PA PA MARGARETE 74 GM GM GM JOHN AND MARGARET HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 47 YEARS. MARGARET WAS THE MOTHER OF 8 CHILDREN, 6 STILL LIVING. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A COLUMN FOR YEAR OF IMMIGRATION THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT RECORDED. MARGARET'S OBITUARY IS IN THE CHAMBERSBURG NEWSPAPER "PUBLIC OPINION" ON MONDAY THE 21ST OF APRIL, 1913: "MRS. JOHN M. FORNEY" MARGARET A. WIFE OF JOHN M. FORNEY, DIED SATURDAY AT HER HOME, 51 WEST GERMAN STREET, AGED 77 YEARS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND AND THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: FRED, CHAMBERSBURG; ELMER, DORDOVA (SIC), ILL; R. J., CHAMBERSBURG; A. L., DICKSON, ILL; MRS. WESLEY BISHOP, ROCKY SPRING; MRS. JENNIE SCHAFFNIT, NEW HAVEN, CONN; ALSO BY ONE BROTHER, MR. ADAM FRANK, CHAMBERSBURG, AND ONE SISTER, MRS. WILLIAM F. SMITH, IN INDIANA; ALSO BY TWENTY FIVE GRANDCHILDREN AND SIX GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH. FUNERAL MONDAY, LEAVE THE HOUSE AT 10:00 A. M. SERVICES AT SALEM CHURCH AT 11:00 A. M. CONDUCTED BY THE REV. O. C. ROTH, INTERMENT IN SALEM CEMETERY. "NOTE: I BELIEVE THAT R. J. FORNEY OF CHAMBERSBURG IS ACTUALLY IRA J. FORNEY." IN 1920 JOHN WAS LIVING WITH HIS SON IRA IN CHAMBERSBURG. JOHN'S OBITUARY IS IN THE CHAMBERSBURG NEWSPAPER "FRANKLIN REPOSITORY" ON SATURDAY, THE 15TH OF JANUARY, 1927: JOHN M. FORNEY DIED OF THE INFIRMITIES OF AGE AT 1 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. WESLEY BISHOP, IN NORTH FRANKLIN STREET. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR, HAVING SERVED DURING THE ENTIRE WAR, PART OF THE TIME IN COMPANY G, 126TH REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY AND PART IN COMPANY D, 21ST PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COLONEL HOUSUM POST, NO. 309, G. A. R. AND SERVED AS COMMANDER FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. HE WAS 87 YEARS OF AGE AND WAS BORN IN LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL FIFTEEN YEARS AGO WHEN HE REMOVED TO CHAMBERSBURG. HE IS SURVIVED BY FOUR CHILDREN, MRS. BISHOP AT WHOSE HOME HE DIED, MRS. JENNIE SCHAFFNIT OF NORTH HAVEN, CONN., FRED AND IRA FORNEY, BOTH OF TOWN. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE HOME OF MRS. BISHOP AT 2 O'CLOCK TUESDAY AFTERNOON; INTERMENT AT SALEM. Children of JOHN FORNEY and MARGARET FRANK are: +2 i. CATHERINE2 FORNEY, born Nov 1863 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA; died 06 Jan 1948 in FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. +3 ii. FREDERICK FRANK FORNEY, born Jan 1866 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA; died 04 Dec 1939. +4 iii. JENNIE E. FORNEY, born Sep 1868 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA. +5 iv. JOHN ELMER FORNEY, born 1871 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA. +6 v. CLARA A. FORNEY, born 18 Jul 1873 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA; died 04 Mar 1903 in FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. +7 vi. IRA JAMES FORNEY, born 29 Jan 1876 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA; died 17 Sep 1944. 8 vii. ABRAHAM LEHMAN FORNEY, born 1879 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA. Notes for ABRAHAM LEHMAN FORNEY: IN 1913 A. L. FORNEY WAS LIVING IN DICKSON, ILLINOIS. CAN NOT FIND ABRAHAM IN THE 1920 CENSUS. IN 1927 ABRAHAM IS NOT LISTED IN HIS FATHER'S OBITUARY. 9 viii. MARTIN L. FORNEY, born 1882 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA; died 1882 in LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA. ******** PART THREE: Margaret A. Frank Source: SEE JAY E. FRANK'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jfrank39-b&id=I70 Odenwald Evangelical Records: Jay E. Frank: (Original information came from the family register for Laudenau, Germany. Those records were on LDS Film 1577008, Item 6, Section KB48. Johann Nicolaus [Frank] was family No. 1 on the file.) Odenwald Evangelical Records: ID: I70 Name: Anna Elisabetha RÖDER Sex: F Birth: 18 JUL 1816 1 Note: 2 3 Anna Elisabetha had previously been married to a HUFER. She was listed as being 22 years old when she married Johann Nicolaus. I can not find her birth on the day listed in the Reichelsheim Records for this period. I have found two other Anna Elisabetha RÖDERs, one born in 1813 to Johann Georg RÖDER and Anna Catharina HÖRR and the other born in 1816 to Johann Adam RÖDER and Anna Maria VOLLRATH. Text: Section KB48 Item 1 Change Date: 29 NOV 2005 Father: Johann RÖDER b: 6 JUL 1787 in Reichelsheim, Hesse Darmstadt Mother: Catharina Margaretha VETTER Marriage 1 Johann Nicolaus FRANK b: 30 MAR 1812 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt Married: 21 JUN 1836 in Reichelsheim Evangelical Church 1 Children Anna Margaretha FRANK b: 17 APR 1836 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt Johann Peter FRANK b: 26 APR 1838 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt Adam FRANK b: 26 APR 1840 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt Eva Catharina FRANK b: 20 JUN 1843 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt Anna Elisabetha FRANK b: 29 AUG 1846 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt Jay E. Frank's sources: Type: Vital Record Text: LDS Film 1577008; Reichelsheim Familienbuch Text: Section KB48 Item 1 Type: Vital Record Text: LDS Film 1577008; Reichelsheim Familienbuch Text: LDS - International Genealogy Index http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jfrank39-b&id=I187 Odenwald Evangelical Records: Jay E. Frank: ID: I187 Name: Anna Margaretha FRANK Sex: F Birth: 17 APR 1836 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt 1 Note: 2 3 She was confirmed in the Reichelsheim Evangelische Kirche in 1850. She was married in 1850. [Donna Forney Clark: John Martin "Mark" Forney must have been the second husband of Anna Margaretha "Margaret" Frank. Anna Margaretha "Margaret" Frank would have been 14 y/o at the time of her first marriage in Germany and 27 y/o at the time of her second marriage in Franklin Co., PA.] Text: Section KB29, 1850 Item 28 Text: Section KB 48 Family 1 Change Date: 11 NOV 2005 Father: Johann Nicolaus FRANK b: 30 MAR 1812 in Laudenau, Hesse Darmstadt Mother: Anna Elisabetha RÖDER b: 18 JUL 1816 Jay E. Frank's sources: Text: LDS Film 1577008 Reichelsheim Familienbuch Text: Section KB 48 Family 1 Text: LDS Film 1577007 Reichelsheim Evangelical Church Text: LDS Film 1577008 Reichelsheim Familienbuch ******** PART FOUR: Frank Family Source: "History of the Frank Family", a brief family document compiled by Grayce Stambaugh (b. 1887), a daughter of Adam Frank (1840-1924), via Ramsey Frank: "The family of Nickloes Frank lived in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, during the years of 1830-1840. Mrs Frank's Father was (?) Rader [ROEDER]. They owned a great deal of land which was very valuable. Nickloes Frank (surnames unknown) had five children born to them -- Margaret, Peter, Adam, Eva Catherine and Elizabeth. They owned and operated a Hotel or Inn in Hesse Darmstadt. Early in life death took the father and the mother remarried. In order to avoid conscription of her sons into the German Army, the family came to America. That would have been about 1851. Margaret was 16 years old, Peter was 14 years old, Adam 11 years, Eva Catherine about 8 years and Elizabeth about 6 years old. They also brought two neighbor boys with them. The voyage in a sailboat took six weeks. From New York they went to Pennsylvania and took up residence at Chambersburg. Not many years afterward the mother died leaving the five children with their step-father. The mother is buried in the First Lutheran Cemetery in Chambersburg. A short time later the stepfather remarried and to them a son was born -- Henry Keil. In due course the Keils decided to move to Iowa. They wanted to take the youngest, Elizabeth, with them but the sisters and brothers would not hear to it and managed to keep all five together in Chambersburg. [Sentence omitted.]" ********