Biographical Sketch (1912):47, v. 2, p. 760. "The history of the Frame family in Porter County dates back to the time when the Indians were plentiful in northern Indiana. Grandfather Frame’s farm, which he pre-empted from the government, was crossed by one of the old Indian trails, and not long after his settlement here 500 Indians camped on his land. Sometimes the Indians came up to the settlers’ cabins, peeped into the windows and frightened the women and children, but the red men never did serious harm to any of the whites in this locality."

Biographical Sketch (1912):47, v. 2, p. 838. "The Frame family was originally from Kentucky, in which state Younger’s grandparents, William and Elizabeth Frame, were born." [Note: This appears to be the only reference to Elizabeth as William's wife. Younger is son of John Frame. This probably mistakenly refers to William Frame III and Elizabeth Peake, who married in 1878 after the death of Elizabeth’s first husband Newton, brother of William.]

Biographical Sketch (1912):47, v. 1, p. 167. "In the spring of 1834 Jacob Wolf, Berret Dorr and Reuben Hurlburt brought their families and located claims in Portage township. They were the first settlers. Jacob Wolf had three grown sons; Mr. Dorr had two sons of age, and Mr. Hurlburt had five sons, three of whom were then in their ‘teens.’ Later in the year George and James Spurlock and Wilford Parrott joined the settlement. During the next two years a number of immigrants settled in the vicinity, among whom may be mentioned Benjamin James and his son Allen, S. P. Robbins, Walker McCool, Thomas J. Field, Henry Herold, Griffin and William Holbert, Daniel Whitaker, Francis Spencer, J. G. Herring, George Hume, William Frame, John Hageman, Jacob Blake, Henry Battan, John Lyons, and James Connet. An old tally sheet of the election held in April, 1836, shows that most of the above voted at that time, and at the election in August following twenty-nine votes were cast. Henry Battan was an old revolutionary soldier. The life and customs of these early settlers did not differ much from those of other pioneers. The first dwellings were log cabins, erected without nails, with greased paper windows or no windows at all, the huge clay fireplace and the same rude furniture. There were the same dreary trips through the forests and across the bleak prairies to Michigan City for supplies, the same plain food and homespun clothing."

Biographical Sketch (1927):771, v. 1, p. 127. "Portage Township was created in 1836 . . . The township was first settled in 1834 by Jacob Wolf, Berret Dorr and Reuben Hurlburt. George and James Spurlock and Wilfred Parrott made locations later in the same year. They were followed by Benjamin James, S. P. Robbins, Walker McCool, Thomas J. Field, Henry Herold, Griffin and William Holbert, Daniel Whitacre, Francis Spencer, J. G. Herring, George Hume, William Frame, John Hageman, Jacob Blake, Henry Battan, John Lyons and James Connet. The first election was held in April 1836, twenty-nine votes being cast."

1782 Birth:51,484, Frame Cemetery. Birth of William Frame on 10 February 1782 to Jeremiah Frame and Elizabeth Magill recorded in a transcription of the Frame Family Bible. Age at death (57 years, 7 months, 17 days) on tombstone in Frame Cemetery, Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana, calculates to the exact same date. Place of birth is assumed to be Augusta County, Virginia because Jeremiah Frame remained active there until 1784, when the family moved to Kentucky. This assumption is bolstered by the fact that all four of William's surviving children (Elizabeth, living in Porter County, Indiana; Jeremiah, living in Henry County, Iowa; Margaret, living in Colusa County, California; and Rosie, living in Butler County, Ohio) all gave Virginia as their father's place of birth in the 1880 census enumeration.

1803 Marriage:829,51 On 29 March 1803, William Frame and Peggy Jarrett were married in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in a ceremony solemnized by W. Forman.

1810 U.S. Census:1048
Bourbon County, Kentucky
Head of Family •• William Frame
Males under 10 •• 3 << sons John, age 6; Newton, age 3; Jeremiah, infant
Males 26-45 •• 1 << William, age 28
Females under 10 •• 2 << daughter Elizabeth, age 5, one other daughter?
Females 26-45 •• 1 << wife Peggy, age 32
The households of father Jeremiah1478 and brothers James and Samuel1479 Frame are adjacent.

1812-1813 War of 1812:2556 A Pvt. William Frame appears on the Muster Rolls of Capt. Samuel L. Williams' 5th Company of Infantry, 5th (Lewis') Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia from 14 August 1812 to 14 February 1813. Lewis' Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers2557, p. 178. was organized on 14 August 1812, with a total strength of 594 officers and enlisted men; Capt. Samuel L. Williams commanded the 5th Company, with a total strength of 77 men. It has not been established if this William Frame was the son of Jeremiah Frame, but it must be noted that a Samuel Frame2554 served in the same company for the same time period, lending support to the possibility that these were indeed Jeremiah Frame's older sons.

1818 Land Purchase:1464, p. 110. On 13 April 1818, William Frame purchased land in Preble County, Range 1, Township 7, Section 9.

1820 U.S. Census:2287
Bourbon County, Kentucky (Middleton Township)
Head of Family •• Wm. Frame
Males under 10 •• 2 << sons William, age 7; Jeremiah, age 9
Males 10-16 •• 2 << sons Newton, age 12; John, age 15
Males 26-45 •• 1 << William Frame, age 37
Females under 10 •• 3 << daughters Margaret, age 6; Rachel, age 4; Rosie, an infant
Females 10-16 •• 2 << daughter Elizabeth, age 14; one other daughter?
Females 26-45 •• 1 << wife Peggy, age 42

1822 Relocation to Preble County, Ohio:63, p. 382. "William and Margarette (Jerrette) Frame, natives of Virginia, and pioneers of Kentucky, in 1822 moved from the latter state to Preble County, Ohio."

1830 U.S. Census:1223
Preble County, Ohio (Dixon Township)
Head of Family •• William Frame
Males 15-20 •• 1 << son William, about age 17
Males 20-30 •• 1 << son Jeremiah, about age 20
Males 40-50 •• 1 << William, about age 47
Females 5-10 •• 1 << daughter Rosie Ann, about age 10
Females 10-15 •• 1 << daughter Rachel, about age 14
Females 15-20 •• 1 << daughter Margaret, about age 16
Females 40-50 •• 1 << wife Peggy, about age 52
Son John1219 married Eupha Peake in 1827 and was living in Dixon Township. Daughter Elizabeth married Samuel Campbell2296 in 1823 and son Newton1222 married Elizabeth Peake in 1829; both families were living in Jackson Township.

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:63, p. 223. "In the years 1834 and 1835, the following named persons came to settle in Porter Township: Newton Frame, William Frame, Samuel Campbell, Isaac Campbell, Isaac Edwards, Elder French, Ora B. French, Jacob Wolf, Mr. Service and David Hurlbut. Among others who came prior to 1838 were: P. A. Porter, Edmund Sheffield, Hazard Sheffield, Benjamin Sheffield, W. Staunton, William McCoy, William A. Nichols, Ezrar Reeves, Morris Carman."

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:47, vol. 1, p. 170. "The first settlements in what is now Porter township were made during the years 1834-35, when Samuel and Isaac Campbell, Newton Frame, David Hurlburt, Isaac Edwards, and a few others located in that part of Porter County."

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:771, vol. 1, p. 128. "Porter Township was created in 1836 and its boundary lines have been materially changed since originally created. It now has an area of about forty-five square miles. The first locations in the township were made in 1834 and 1835. Among the settlers of that period were Samuel and Isaac Campbell, Newton Frame, David Hurlburt, Isaac Edwards, William McCoy, Ezra Reeves, Morris Carman, Dr. L. A. Cass, William A. Nichols, J. C. Hathaway, William Frakes, Alpheus French, Henry W. Wilson, A. M. Bartel, Jonathan Hough, Wm. C. Shreve, Edmund Hatch, David Dinwiddie, Moses and Horatia Gates, William Robinson, Richard Jones, and Asa Cobb. The first school in the township is said to have been taught by Mrs. Humphrey at her home about 1838."

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:79, p. 245. "The township in which the village [of Boone Grove] is located, Porter, has a population of 1,199. Among the first settlers of the township, all of whom came in 1834 and 1835, were Newton Frame, William Frame, Samuel Campbell, Isaac Campbell, Isaac Edwards, Elder French, Ora B. French, Jacob Wolf, a Mr. Service and David Hurlburt. The Boone Grove Christian Church was first established in 1858."

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:79, p. 245. "The township in which the village [of Boone Grove] is located, Porter, has a population of 1,199. Among the first settlers of the township, all of whom came in 1834 and 1835, were Newton Frame, William Frame, Samuel Campbell, Isaac Campbell, Isaac Edwards, Elder French, Ora B. French, Jacob Wolf, a Mr. Service and David Hurlburt. The Boone Grove Christian Church was first established in 1858."

1834 Relocation to Porter County, Indiana:47, p. 36. "The year 1834 witnessed a larger immigration [to Porter County.] . . . A. K. Paine built the first dwelling and took up the first claim in what is now Jackson township; Thomas and William Gosset selected claims in Westchester township; William Thomas Sr., Jacob Beck, John Hageman, John I. Foster, William Frame and Pressley Warnick brought their families and established homes in the same township."

1834 Land Purchase:1150 On 27 October 1834 William Frame of LaPorte County, Indiana, purchased 97.90 acres for $1.25 per acre. He was issued certificate no. 1162 from the registrar of the Land Office at LaPorte for the sum of $125.37.

1835 Land Purchase:47, p. 36. "In 1835 the first sale of Porter County public lands was held at Laporte. Practically all the men who had taken claims in Porter County were present, and there were a number of bidders from a distance."

1835 Neighbors:47, p. 185-186. "It was in Westchester township that the first white settler in Porter County built his cabin. . . . In 1835 William Thomas Sr., William Gosset, Jacob Beck, John Hageman, John Foster, William Frame and Pressley Warnick brought their families and located in Westchester. Some of these men settled in territory afterward added to other townships and their names appear as pioneers therein."

1836 Porter County Election:63, p. 37. "At an election held at the house of William Gossett February 23, 1836, for the purpose of electing two Associate Judges of the Circuit Court, three County Commissioners, a Clerk of the Circuit Court, and a Recorder for the county the following men voted: . . . Pressley Warnick . . . Jeremiah Frame . . . William McCoy . . . William Frame. Total, 26."

1837 Land Patent:1040 On 15 March 1837, the U,.S. General Land Office issued Certificate no. 1162 to William Frame of La Porte County, Indiana, for 97.9 acres, Range 6W of the 2nd Principal Meridian, Township 37N, Section 33, sold at the La Porte Land Office. This land is in present day Porter County, Indiana.

1838 County Election:63, p. 222. On 3 December 1838, William McCoy, Newton Frame, William Frame, and Samuel Campbell voted in election for a representative of Porter Township to the county government.

1839 Tombstone:484, Frame Cemetery. Frame Cemetery, Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana. "The cemetery is located on a farm on 675 W., 1/4 mile south of 100 N. in the corner of their farm quite a way west of 675 W. The present owners, in 1993, said those buried are still there but vandals have removed all the stones." Data taken from previous record compiled by Alice Westbay Swanson.
Wm. Frame, Sen
Died Sept. 27, 1839
Aged 57 years, 7 months, 17 days