His name appeared in the following records, shown chronologically:
1870: "Francis Conover" in his county birth record [excerpts below].
1880: "Francis Conover" in his Federal Census [excerpts below].
1900: "Frank Conover" in his Federal Census [excerpts below].
1903: "Frank Conover" in his Brown County marriage
1907: "F. M. Conover" in the birth record of son Edron James
1910: "Frank M. Conover" in his Federal Census [excerpts below].
1925: "Frank Conover" on his Ohio death certificate [excerpts below]
1977: "M. Frank Conover" in Cemetery Inscriptions of Brown County, Ohio [image on this memorial]

Note his birth\death records disagree with dates from his 1977 gravestone transcription. His memorial uses dates from the closest confirming record.
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Excerpts of his Ohio, County Birth record, 1841-2003
- Name: Francis Conover
- Father: W.E. Conover
- Mother: S.E. Fosymer (sic)
- Birth Date: 15 Nov 1870 (Note disparity with later records)
- Birth Place: Sterling Township, Brown, Ohio, United States
- Source Details v 1 p 100

He was recorded in the 1880 Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio Census with parents and siblings:
- Edward Conover, 37, Ohio
- Sarah Conover, Wife, 31, Ohio
- Cora Conover, Daughter, 12, Ohio
- Francis Conover, Son, 10, Ohio
- Almeria Conover, Daughter, 3, Ohio

In his 1900 Jackson Township Census his family group was:
- Edward Conover, 58, Ohio
- Sarah Conover, Wife, 53, Ohio
- Frank Conover, Son, 30, Ohio
- Allie M Conover, Daughter, 23, Ohio

Frank Conover and Bertha May Smith married on 21 Dec, 1903, in Brown County, Ohio. His marriage record (ref. ancestry.com) lists his parents; W. E. Conover and Sarah A. Forquer. He misstated his age (31 vs 33) and birth date (Nov 11, 1871) on the marriage record; Bertha was 19 years of age.

During their 1910 census he and Bertha remained in Jackson Township. Bertha May reported having 3 children in their marriage, with only 2 living at that time. The census was enumerated on April 29\30 as:
- Frank M Conover, 39, Ohio
- May B Conover, Wife, 25, Ohio
- Ervin J Conover, Son, 3, Ohio
- Felma L Conover, Daughter, 4 mo, Ohio

By 1920 their family had moved to Stonelick Township, Brown County, recorded in the census as:
- Frank Conover, 49, Ohio
- Mary Conover, Wife, 34, Ohio
- Edwin Conover, Son, 12, Ohio
- Thelma Conover, Daughter, 10, Ohio
- Doris Conover, Daughter, 7, Ohio

One additional child, George Conover, was born after that census, in 1921 in (or near) Fayetteville, Brown County.

Frank died in 1925; excerpts of his Ohio Death Certificate # 1925 fn 28848:
- Name: Frank Conover
- Birth Date: 11 Nov 1871 (sic)
- Married: h/o May Smith
- Occupation Farmer
- Residence: Williamsburg, Ohio
- Death Date: 04 May 1925
- Place: St Francis Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

His wife, Bertha, would marry again, twice, first with Mr Hill before 1930, then with Samuel Frye before 1940.