He spent the winter of 1927-1928 in Texas because he was said to have the Martin family ailment of asthma.
He was a Mason and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. He was the Mayor of Watseka for a time; and a trustee of the public library (in 1926), and president of the Loan and Building Association.
He and his wife visited Vermont, Boston, Plymouth (Mass.), and Washington DC in 1913. Frank gave a lot of family tree information that is in the compilation of family records (Martin and Burnhams and relateds). The record says that Frank and his wife Sylvia were married at Watseka, Illinois, but hints that it may have been at Belmont, Illinois instead. Both Frank and Sylvia were Republicans. Frank's wife and his brother Porter's wife were twin sisters.
He spent the winter of 1927-1928 in Texas because he was said to have the Martin family ailment of asthma.
He was a Mason and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. He was the Mayor of Watseka for a time; and a trustee of the public library (in 1926), and president of the Loan and Building Association.
He and his wife visited Vermont, Boston, Plymouth (Mass.), and Washington DC in 1913. Frank gave a lot of family tree information that is in the compilation of family records (Martin and Burnhams and relateds). The record says that Frank and his wife Sylvia were married at Watseka, Illinois, but hints that it may have been at Belmont, Illinois instead. Both Frank and Sylvia were Republicans. Frank's wife and his brother Porter's wife were twin sisters.
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