 1883 - 1958 (75 years)
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| Name |
Frank James Sullivan [1, 2, 3] |
| Birth |
22 Apr 1883 |
Beloit, Wisc  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
19 Jul 1958 |
| Burial |
Bedfield Cemetery, Poe Valley, Oregon |
| Person ID |
I59699 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
7 Mar 2006 |
| Family |
Zetta E Taylor, b. 25 Dec 1893, Poe Valley, Oregon d. 25 May 1990 (Age 96 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Dec 1917 |
Yreka, CA |
| Children |
| | 1. Joseph Wesley Sullivan, b. 1 Oct 1918, Poe Valley, Oregon d. 1 Oct 1996, Klamath Falls, Oregon (Age 78 years) |
| | 2. Zella Ann Sullivan, b. 7 Aug 1920, Huckleberry Mountain, Jackson Count, Oregon d. 1 Oct 2005, Medford, Oregon (Age 85 years) |
| | 3. Francis Mae Sullivan |
| | 4. Frank James Sullivan, Jr |
| | 5. Helen Zetta Sullivan, b. 7 Mar 1928, Poe Valley, Oregon d. 15 Jul 1994, Klamath Falls, Oregon (Age 66 years) |
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| Family ID |
F25019 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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| Notes |
Arthur and Anna Bibbins
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Arthur Bibbins
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We believe that Arthur C. Bibbins and Frank James Sullivan were the same person. Frank Sullivan listed his mother as Priscilla Crisman on his marriage license, and stated that he was born in Beloit, Wisc in April 1882 or 1883. Arthur C. Bibbins listed his birthdate as April 1882 in the 1900 Census.
We believe he may have chosen the name Sullivan, because there was a Father Sullivan in Beloit in the 1880s.
Frank Sullivan as a canal rider for the U S Reclamation Service in 1917 according to his Draft registration Card for WWI. States his date of birth as April 26, 1882.
Sullivan Family Photo
This is a Sullivan family photo that was taken about 1943 or 44. Front Row: Zetta E. Taylor/Sullivan Frank James Sullivan Jr. Frank James Sullivan Back Row: Helen Z. Sullivan, Zella A. Sullivan, Joseph W. Sullivan, Francis M. Sullivan, Charles S. Sullivan (Photo provided by Dan Sullivan Mar 2006) | | |
| email from Dan Sullivan July 2005 |
Frank allegedly left home at an early age and broke all ties with family. Supposedly his father had placed him in a catholic school which he hated. He ran away from the school and his father returned him almost immediately. He ran away a second time and headed for Omaha where an uncle Silas had a meat cutting business. Silas told him to write his father for some money and they would go into business together. When he wrote his father he wrote back and told Frank to come back home and he would put him up in business. Frank said no, I've made my mind up and he headed west. Frank stated that he was born April 22, 1883, in Beloit, WI. When he married my grandmother Zetta Taylor they were married in Yreka, CA which was about a 2 or 3 day buggy ride from where they were living. There had to be a reason they did this. Frank stated on the marriage license that he was 35 years old (Dec 10, 1917) which would mean he was born in 1882. He also stated on the marriage license that his father was W. J. Sullivan born in Ireland, mother was Prisila Chrisman born in Pennsylvania. |
Frank is on the 1930 census for Klamath County, Oregon, Dairy precinct. His son Joseph was born in Oregon prior to 1920.
| email from Charles Bibbins |
Al -
Dan Sullivan's thought that Arthur C Bibbins changed his name to Frank James Sullivan is very plausible. Arthur was Charles Wesley Bibbins and Priscilla Crissman Bibbins' 2nd child - born 1882. They subsequently had a son born 3-4 years later who died before age 2. They then had a daughter born 1887 or 1888 who became very ill.
Priscilla and Charles had become disenchanted with local doctors thus contacted a faith healer (Christian Science) and followed her advice which lead to the child dying from starvation. I have a copy of a highly critical front page article on this from the Beloit newspaper.
Charles was divorced by 1910, was an inmate in the Winnebago IL State Farm House in 1920, died in 1922 and was buried in the family plot - but in a section all by himself. It wouldn't surprise me if Priscilla and Charles had an acrimonious divorce, that she may have remarried and may have had enough distaste for her Bibbins background that she may have convinced Arthur to change his name to tie in with his step-father. I'd be interested to see what info Dan has on him to support this possibility. I'll let you forward my reply to Dan
Charlie |
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| For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site |
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| Sources |
- [S1071] Dan Sullivan, email from Dan Sullivan, (July 2005).
- [S1075] Bedfield Cemetery, Klamath Basin Cemeteries, (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/klamath/cemeteries/bedcem.txt).
- [S941] Draft registration.
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