"The children attended a public grammar school in the township. They had learned some English at home, but the small extent of their knowledge may be suggested by the fact that one of the sons, Frank, had to be tutored by his brother-in-law when he was elected supervisor so that he could carry out his duties. This election occurred years after his education in English, and his need for tutoring attests to his use of the patois."19
"Frank spent the days of his boyhood in the usual manner of farmer lads of the period, mastering the branches of English learning in the district schools, while in the summer months he worked in the fields. For a number of years he engaged in farming and in 1896 he built a hotel upon his farm at Lakeside, which he called the St. Clair House. He also put in a neat bar and fitted up this place for a summer resort, after which he opened it to the public and has since been doing a thriving business.17 |