Biography of Lee Frank (1846- )
History of Lincoln County, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888) page 540.

Lee FRANK, postmaster and general merchant at Burr Oak Valley, Mo., was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1846 and is a son of Gideon and Charlotte (LIPPMANN) FRANK, who have spent their entire lives in their native country. Lee FRANK is the youngest but one of eight children, and until thirteen years of age attended the common schools, and the following two years was a student at Furth Commercial College. He then learned the tailor’s trade, and when eighteen years of age, to avoid military service, came to the United States, and located at Alexandria, Mo., where an elder brother was living. He remained here about two years, and after spending a short time in Warsaw, Ill., went to St. Louis, where he clerked for about two years. From that time until 1872 he clerked and peddled goods in different parts of the country, and then established his present business at Burr Oak Valley. He has also a store at Foley, Mo., and both his establishments are doing a large and profitable business. He also owns real estate at both of these places, and has a good farm of 225 acres near Burr Oak Valley. He is an energetic and persevering business man, and fully deserves the success that has attended his efforts. He affiliates with the Democratic part in his political views and is a member of the I.O.O.F. His marriage to Emma TILLER took place in 1871. She was born in Lincoln County, and is the daughter of John TILLER, and the mother of three children: Anna, Sophia and Viennah. She is a member of the Christian Church.

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