Individual Details

Franklin Pierce Hocker

(30 Mar 1859 - 14 Oct 1931)

Education: Attended Valparaiso (Indiana) Normal College

Residences: Vera Cruz, Indiana, Audubon, Iowa, and in 1907 to El Reno, Oklahoma

Occupation: Taught at School #3, French, Twp., Indiana; 14 years Superintendent of Schools, Audubon, Iowa until 1905; when moved to El Reno, Oklahoma established the One Minute Washing Machine factory; 1910 census lists Frank as a manager at One Minute Washer, El Reno, Oklahoma

Church: Member of Methodist Episcopal Church in Iowa, First Methodist Church in El Reno, Oklahoma

Funeral Home: Wilson (El Reno, Oklahoma)

Documentation: Obituaries of Frank Hocker, Berne Witness and El Reno Daily Tribune

Events

Birth30 Mar 1859Tuscarawas Twp., Stark, Ohio
Census1860
Census1870French Twp., Adams, Indiana
Census1880
Marriage2 Aug 1887Adams County , Indiana - Ida Saurer
Census1900
Residence1907El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma
Census15 Apr 1910309 S. Barker Ave., El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma
Census1 Jan 1920309 S. Barker Ave., El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma
Census1 Apr 1930309 S. Barker Ave., El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma
Occupation1 Apr 1930Bookeeper for Manufacturing Company - El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma
Death14 Oct 1931heart attack - El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma
ResidenceVera Cruz, Wells, Indiana
OccupationBusinessman
OccupationTeacher
BurialEl Reno Cemetery, El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma

Families

SpouseIda Saurer ( - )
ChildCarl G. Hocker ( - )
ChildAlfred Hocker ( - )
ChildChris Hocker ( - )
FatherStephen Hocker (1811 - 1873)
MotherSusannah Elizabeth Wefler (1824 - 1902)
SiblingJohn W. Hocker (1844 - 1883)
SiblingJoseph Hocker (1848 - 1908)
SiblingChristian W. Hocker (1851 - 1924)
SiblingSamuel H. Hocker (1853 - 1932)
SiblingAbraham E. Hocker (1856 - 1925)
SiblingMary L. Hocker (1862 - 1921)
SiblingCharles Albert "Albert" Hocker (1867 - 1900)

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