"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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FRANK O. BRAKE, native of Ohio, was born in Licking County October 10, 1853.
His parents, Samuel and Sarah (Moore) Brake, were married in Ohio, their
native place, in 1841, where they located, and the father was stationed as a
United Brethren minister. In 1863, they removed thence to Union County,
and settled on a farm, where they remained for two years; then went into
the mercantile business in Frankfort. In 1878, he sold his stock of goods,
and was then in Shelby County for four years. Early in 1883, he embarked in
the insurance business, and at present is so engaged. On December 23, 1877,
his mother died. Subject is third son and child in a family of four
children, and was reared and educated in his native county. When seventeen
years of age, he began teaching school in Ohio. He continued teaching for
five years, and in March, 1875, he entered the office of Dr. Levi Stuck, a
dentist of Bryan, Ohio, remaining with him for one year. He then went with
Dr. Myers, of Defiance, Ohio, remaining for five years, meanwhile attending
the Ohio Dental College at Cincinnati, where he graduated in March, 1880.
In 1881, he came to Martinsville, where he has a lucrative practice. Mr.
Brake is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Martinsville Lodge, No. 74; of the
American Legion of Honor, Fort Defiance, Lodge, No. 497. In politics, he is
a Republican. On September 26, 1877, he was married to Josephine Winfield,
daughter of John Winfield of Ohio. By this union there is one child, Edith
Harlan. Both himself and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
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