1831 Birth:1226,1222 Birth year of 1831 taken from age (29 years) in 1860 census enumeration; birth place of Ohio given in same enumeration. Father Newton Frame and family were enumerated in Jackson Township, Preble County, Ohio in the 1830 census enumeration, which is presumed to be Thomas' place of birth.

1840 U.S. Census:2274 Thomas enumerated in the household of his father Newton Frame in Porter County, Indiana as a male, age 5-10; Thomas was about age 9.

1858 Will of Father Newton Frame:618 Along with brother John, Thomas is mentioned as one of two older sons in Newton Frame’s 1858 will.

1860 U.S. Census:1226
Porter County, Indiana (Porter Township, Valparaiso Post Office)
Enumerated 6 September 1860
Thomas Frame •• 29, male, farm laborer, personal property value $300, born in Ohio
Frances •• 29, female, born in New York
Pettijohn •• 8, male, born in Indiana, in school
Emma •• 5, female, born in Indiana
Ada •• 3, female, born in Indiana
Household of mother, Elizabeth Frame,1225 is adjacent.

Possible Death:484, Frame Cemetery. A tombstone for a Thomas Frame was located in the 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. The other stones in the Frame Cemetery represent the family of William Frame and Jane McCarahan, who were the aunt and uncle to Thomas Frame.
Thomas Frame
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