NOTE: John Frank Church (who went by the name of Frank) and his mother Lura traveled back to their farm just west of Albion to "fetch the horses" and drove them across the continent to their California home in Nevada County, California. This was the subject of a "Death Valley Days" broadcast entitled "Round Trip to Michigan" which aired on CBS radio December 10, 1942.
Father: Chandler Munson Church
Mother: Lura Ann Warner
1)Married: Mary Ida McCormick on 11/2/1871 Sheridan Twp Calhoun Co Mi
2)Married: Alberta Bigelow on 4/11/1889
John Franklin Church had a second wife, Alberta (Bigelow), a daughter of Olive Pauline (Warner) Bigelow.
3 CHURCH children:
1. Mary E. Church (7/30/1875-2/6/1931); m. Byron Juckett #12656227
2. Chandler Munson Church (1876-1894); #10062797.
3. George McCormick Church (1879-7/24/1898).
4. Frank E Church (7/13/1882)
Note: There are two Frank Church's one born 8/15/1882 in Clarendon, father Albert Church and one born 7/13/1882 Sheridan Twp , father John F. Church
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Reference:
1910 Sheridan Twp, Calhoun Co Mi
SELF J Frank Church M 63y Mi Widowed
Myra Earl F 60y Michigan
1900 Sheridan Twp Calhoun Co Mi
Head J Frank Church M 54 Michigan
Daughter Mary E Church F 25 Michigan
Son Frank E Church M 18 Michigan

1880 Albion, Calhoun Co Mi
J. Frank Church M 34 Mi
Wife Ida M. Church F 30 Mi
Daughter Mary E. Church F 5 Mi
Son Chandler M. Church M 3 Mi
Son Georgia Church M 0 Mi
Other May Giant F 15 Mi
Mother Lura Church F 73 New York,

1870 Rough and Ready, Nevada, California
John F Church M 24y Michigan
John Salsbury M 58y New York

1860 Census for Albion Twp., Calhoun, MI:
William Warner 44 NY
Ma... Warner 39 NY
George Warner 18 MI
Julice Warner 14 MI
Martha Warner 11 MI
Nettie Warner 8 MI
Laura A. Warner 6 MI
Mandana Warner 6 MI
William Warner 3 MI
Merry Warner 1 MI
Rhodolpg Suser 26 SWITZ
William Weise 25 Prussia [Germany, related to John B. Weiss]
Patrie McCormick 19 IND
Martha Porter 30 CANADA
Laura Church 50 NY
***John F. Church 14 MI

1850 Census for Sheridan Twp., Calhoun, MI:
C. M. Church M 46 Massachusetts
Lara Church F 44 New York
Manson W. Church M 15 Michigan
Mary E. Church F 11 Michigan
**John F. Church M 5 Michigan
Lewis Fort M 24 New York
Tillep Simmons M 22 New York
William Comstock M 12 Michigan

Name: John Franklin Church
Age (Expanded): 26 years
Birth Year: 1845
Birthplace: Sheridan, Mich.
Spouse's Name: Mary Ida Mccormick
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 22 years
Spouse's Birth Year: 1849
Spouse's Birthplace: Sheridan, Mich.
Event Date: 02 Nov 1871
Event Place: Sheridan, Calhoun, Mic

Name: John Franklin Church
Event Type: Voter Registration
Event Date: 1867
Event Year Range:
Event Place: Rough Ready, Nevada, California, United States
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Birthplace: Michigan

Name: Frank E. Church
Birth Date: 13 Jul 1882
Birthplace: Sheridan, Calhoun Co., Michigan
Father's Name: John F. Church
Father's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother's Name: Ida Church
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan

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WARNER Lineage: John-8 Church, Lura-7 Ann (Warner) Church, Wareham-6 Warner, David-5 Sr., Jesse-4, Samuel-3, Daniel-2, Andrew-1 Warner, an Englishman who with his wife and several children sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632-33 from Broad Oak, Essex, England.