Franklin Leroy Eby ¹

   Another name for Franklin was Franklin C. Eby.^{2 3}

  General Notes:

His birth records indicate a given name of Franklin C. but when he appeared in the 1880 US Census at the age of 6, his name was given as Frank L. Eby, which is the name he consistently used throughout his life. This suggests the transcription and indexing of the county birth records are probably in error.
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  Birth Notes:

Name: Franklin C. Eby
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 05 May 1874
Event Place: Mifflin, Richland, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Jacob C. Eby
Mother's Name: Rebecca J. Ernsberger

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNQQ-BV5 : 9 March 2018), Franklin C. Eby, 05 May 1874; citing Birth, Mifflin, Richland, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 541,325.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth Image: 5 May 1874, in Mifflin Township, Richland County, OH.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Mifflin Township, Richland County, OH on June 1880. ³

Page 111C, Roll 1061
Mifflin Township, Richland County, Ohio
Frank L. Eby..Son..6...OH
(Living with parents.)
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• His occupation in 1918 was a District Manager for Ricewins(?) Central Union Telephone Co. In Rockford, IL.

• He resided at 402 North Winnebago Street in 1918 in Rockford, IL.

• His obituary was published in The Daily Chronicle on 26 April 1956 in DeKalb, IL.

Death Takes Frank L. Eby This Morning

Former manager of the De Kalb-Ogle Telephone Company, Frank L. Eby, 81, 314 Linden Place, passed away Thursday morning in the Glidden Memorial Hospital. He has been in failing health for about ten years.

Mr. Eby was associated with the DeKalb Ogle Telephone Company for ten years, coming to DeKalb back in 1935 from Peoria.

He began his career in the telephone business In Rockford where he started on October 1, 1938, as a construction foreman. For 21 years he served the Rockford area as a local manager and later district manager.

Under his leadership that area grew from 600 telephones and five operators to 14,000 phones and 103 operators. In 1919, when he was transferred to Rock Island his 270 employees express deep regret at his departure.

Frank. L. Eby was born in Mansfield, Ohio, May 5, 1874 to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Eby. He was formerly a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Shrine and a Patron of the Eastern Star. His sole survivor is his wife, Mrs. Irene Eby.

Funeral services will be held from the Wirtz Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Saturday with Rev. William White officiating. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery at Davenport, IA., and friends may call the funeral home Friday evening.

(Source: The Daily Chronicle, Thursday, DeKalb, DeKalb County, IL, 26 Apr 1956)
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• He was buried after 26 April 1956 in the Pine Hill Cemetery in Davenport, IA.

Find A Grave Memorial 155346511
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Franklin married Anna C. Cairns, daughter of John G. Cairns and Helen M. Livensparger, on 25 May 1894 in , Richland County, OH. (Anna C. Cairns was born on 4 March 1873 in Mansfield, OH,⁴ died on 29 October 1932 in Peoria, IL ⁴ and was buried on 1 November 1932 in Mansfield, OH ⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 25 May 1894, in , Richland County, OH.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Frank Eby
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 May 1894
Event Place: Richland, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Anna Cairns

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZYH-6WG : 10 December 2017), Frank Eby and Anna Cairns, 25 May 1894; citing Marriage, Richland, Ohio, United States, p27 cn81 1894-1902, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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When Anna died in 1932 in Peoria, IL, her body was shipped back to Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio to be buried near her parents and many of her siblings in the Mansfield Cemetery.

Frank (or Franklin) was remarried to Irene Dorothy Booth and they were both buried near her family in Davenport, Iowa.
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Franklin next married Irene Dorothy Booth, daughter of Charles Henry Booth and Bertha Thiering, on an unknown date. (Irene Dorothy Booth was born on 17 August 1891 in Davenport, IA, died on 3 September 1990 and was buried after 3 September 1990 in Davenport, IA.)