Son of Jesse Frame Sr. and
his wife Nancy Abshire.
(They were born born in Virginia).
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His parents moved from
Jefferson township, Preble County Ohio,
to Wayne County Indiana about 1821, and
then to Warren township, near South Bend,
St. Joseph County Indiana in 1833.
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David was the 11th of 13 children.
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David was possibly married five times:
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m. # 1. Mariah Keltner, on
July 4, 1847, in St. Joseph Co. IN.
She died in 1860, and was buried in
the very first "public" cemetery,
in Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan,
now known as the Kathryn Park Cemetery.
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m. # 2. Lucy Jane Roundy,
on April 12, 1860 in
Berrien County Michigan.
Lucy was born in 1844, and
she died on Feb. 20, 1863,
and she is buried in the
Galien Township Cemetery, in
Galien, Berrien County Michigan
(near their son Orrin C. Frame).
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m. # 3. Harriet B. White, on
Dec. 10, 1863, in St. Joseph Co. IN.
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m.# 4. Hannah Jane Palmer,
in 1867 or 1868, in Buchanan,
Berrien County Michigan.
(This marriage ended in divorce).
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m. # 5. Mary Jane McClain, on
Nov. 28, 1878, in Petoskey,
Emmet County Michigan.
Note: In this marriage record,
David gives his birth as 1822,
in Preble County Ohio.
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David possibly lived in Petoskey,
Emmet County Michigan in 1879.
He lived in Pleasant Valley, California
in 1900 (per his sister Nancy's obit).
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He "possibly" had the following children:

1. Teressa/Theressa Frame.
b. 1855, in Michigan.
m. Mr. (Durius Edward?) Jennings.
d. April 11, 1878, in Buchanan,
Berrien County Michigan, age 23.

2. Allison R. Frame.
b. Dec. 9, 1855, in Galien,
Berrien County Michigan.
m. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Henrietta Gardner.
d. Jan. 30, 1933, in Helena, Montana.

3. Orrin Colfax Frame.
b. June 15, 1861, in Galien,
Berrien County Michigan.
m. Elizabeth Jennie Swank.
d. June 15, 1944, in Gary,
Lake County Indiana.
Buried: Galien Township Cemetery,
in Galien, Berrien County Michigan,
with his wife (Block 59, Lot 710).

4. (?) Marabella Ann Frame.
5. (?) David Frame Jr.
6. (?) Daniel A. Frame.
7. (?) Martha Frame.
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David served in the Civil War,
as a Corporal in Company F.,
of the 29th Indiana Infantry.
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