1842 Birth:823 Birth date of 17 October 1842 is taken from tombstone in Maxwell Cemetery, Colusa County, California. This is supported by both the 1850 and 1860 census enumerations.

1850 U.S. Census:430 William enumerated in household of Newton Frame in Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana as male, age 8, born in Indiana, attended school within the year.

1860 U.S. Census:1225 Francis enumerated in household of mother Elizabeth Frame in Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana as a male, age 17, farm laborer, born in Indiana, in school.

1866 Military Service:80, p. 42. "Frank W. Frame, 128 Regiment, Co. E, mustered in Jan. 1864, mustered out April 10, 1866."

1866 Church Membership:1877, 15th Session, 1866, p. 48. W. Frame attended the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, representing Union Chapel of the Valparaiso District.

1872 Marriage:2573 Marriage of Frank Frame and Elizabeth V. Mapes on 26 March 1872 recorded in Porter County, Indiana marriage records.

1880 U.S. Census:2314
Colusa County, California (Freshwater Township)
Enumerated 8th & 9th June 1880
William Frame •• white, male, 37, married, farmer, born in Indiana, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio
Lizzie •• white, female, 36, wife, keeping house, born in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Virginia
William and Lizzie Frame living in the dwelling of Wash. Larch, age 46 and single, along with two farm laborers, Taylor Friend, age 31 and Wm. Murrey, age 35. First cousins John McCoy and Weeden McCoy also enumerated in Freshwater Township, Colusa County, California, each having received federal land patents in 1874 for 160 acres.

1885 Colusa County Directory:2020 Wm. F. Frame, farmer, Maxwell, California.

1926 Tombstone:823 Maxwell Cemetery, Colusa County, California.
W. F. Frame
b. Oct. 17, 1842
d. Oct. 4, 1926
Co. C 99th Ind Vol Infantry