Bio: Minor, Frank Harrison (1923)

Contact: Ken Wood.

----Surnames: Minor, Mains, Johnson, Slater, Ilett, Covey, Smith, Gardner

----Source: History of Wood County, Wis. (1923) page 557

Frank Harrison Minor, a successful farmer in Cary Township, was born in Vernon County, Wis., Dec. 19, 1888, son of John and Elizabeth (Mains) Minor. The parents were natives of New York State and were engaged in farming there. until 1848, when they came to Wis. and settled on a farm in Vernon County. The mother is still living and makes her home with her children; the father died' in 1910. There were ten children in their family, of whom eight are now living: Edson, May, Clarence, Bernice, Frances, George, Frank, and Elmer; those deceased are John and Lottie. Edson is now living in Dunn County, Wis.; May is. the wife of Charles Johnson, of Cary Township, Wood County; Clarence resides. in Crawford County, Wis.; Bernice married Julius Slater and is living in Idaho; Frances is the wife of James Ilett, also of Idaho; George lives in Cary Township, Wood County; Elmer is a resident of Beloit, Wis. Frank Harrison Minor was: reared in Vernon County, attending school there and helping on the home farm until 1908, in which year he came to Wood County and with his brother George bought 40 acres of land in Section 2 of Cary Township. Later he sold his interest in this property to the brother George and purchased another 40-acre tract in Section 11 of the same township. A small log shanty and barn had been built on this. land and about four acres cleared and brought under cultivation, but there were no other improvements and the balance of the land was covered with stumps and brush. Mr. Minor devoted himself to developing this property, and he has made a fine farm of it. He lived in the log house until October, 1919, when he built a good eight-room frame house, and he has brought all the equipment of the farm up, to modern standards. He is held in high esteem in the community for his ability and personal qualifications, and was called upon to serve as supervisor of Cary Township for five years. Fraternally he is a member of the Modern Woodmen. Mr. Minor was married at Marshfield Oct. 19, 1913, to Mabel Covey, daughter of Nelson and Dora Covey, who were both born in Wis. The father is now deceased; the mother is living in Cary Township, the wife of D. C. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Covey were the parents of four children, of whom three are now living:: Mabel, Fred and Nina. Nina is now Mrs. Clifford Gardner of Wood Township,. this county. Mr. and Mrs. Minor have had three children, one of whom, Ralph, died in infancy. Those living are Joyce and Bernice.