French Family
Association
Mara French, P.O. Box 1109, Sutter Creek, CA 95685-1109.
209-267-0649 marafrench@mindspring.com

This one-room schoolhouse in Genoa served the rural
community for approximately 150 years and moved to another site in 1987.
Chart #183, Robert French, Ancestor of FrenchÕs Mustard,
Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ; New Brunswick, NJ; Genoa, Cayuga Co., NY, and
Ludlowville, Tompkins Co., NY, and Lansing, Aurelius and Onondaga, MI
This chart updated by Mara French on 3/31/08. Send any corrections or additions
to Mara French. Jan Rieke was the original chart compiler for
Robert French, Chart #183.
Chart #183 (gedcom)
Chart #183 (text)
R. T. French & Company, FrenchÕs Mustard
The
Robert in Piscataway, NJ, is just the right age to be son of John, son of
William and Antjie Seaborn, Raritan Landing. RobertÕs descendants are also
named John and Phillip [3]. This would indicate that this line is connected to
Chart #188.
1.1
ROBERT FRENCH was born 24 Apr 1766 in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey,
and died October 24, 1824 in Genoa, Cayuga County, NY, age 58, and buried at
the Breesport Baptist
Cemetery in Horseheads, Chemung Co., NY. He shows up in Piscataway, NJ on
the military census of 1793 which gave his age as 27 at that time [3].
Robert
married (1) JANE RAPPLYEA (RAPLEYEA) and had 3 daughters. Jane was b. 1774 in
Bernard Township, Somerset Co., NJ. Jane either died or remained in NJ and
Robert remarried and moved to NY. Jane RapplyeaÕs relatives may have been
Jerome Rappleyea and Jane Voorhees who married Dec 1, 1809 in Somerset
Co., NJ and lived there between 1795-1879.
Robert
married (2) RACHEL MANNING BOND ca. 1797 in New Jersey, daughter of JOHN
MANNING and SARAH VAN PELT and had 5 children. Rachel d. 4 Aug 1862 at 88
½ years old and is buried at the Breesport Baptist
Cemetery in Horseheads, Chemung Co., NY. Rachel was first married to Isaac
Bond.
Robert
was a native of New Jersey, a steady and industrious man of good principles and
followed the avocation of a carpenter. He was a steady industrious man of good
principles. In 1806 after his second marriage, the family moved to Cayuga
County NY, where he purchased a farm, on which he resided until his death.
Robert lived in Genoa, Cayuga Co., NY in 1820, and Sarah Manning was also
living there in a separate household where he died 4 years later. Sarah Manning
m1. Daniel Cooper, m2. Robard French.
Robert
was buried in King Ferry Cemetery, Genoa,
Cayuga County NY. He was a Yeoman and a Carpenter. His will dated 9/28/1824 was
probated March 24, 1825, mentions his wife Rachel and sons John M. and Philip,
and daughters Betsey Van Narstrand or Van Nostrand, Polly Brocaw and Harriet
Brocaw. Executors were Caleb J. Brocaw and John M. French, and witnesses were
Munson Brockitt, Elijah Drake and Bartlett H. Halsey. There was also a record
of Robert French in 1793 (aged 27), in the Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ
citizen rolls and an Isaac Brocaw (aged 34). RobertÕs first wife: Jane
(Rapplyea / Rapleyea) FrenchÕs father, Nathanial Rapleyea owned land in 1810 in
Benton, Ontario County NY (by Steuben County). RobertÕs second wife: Rachel's
first husband was a Bond (Bend), by which she had a daughter Sarah Bond.
John
Manning, b. 1734, mentions in his will, daughter,
Rachel French, to have her part put to interest and paid her yearly until her 2
sons, John French and Philip French, come of age, when they are to receive out
of their mother's dowry, each $250. Should daughter, Rachel French, become a
widow, before sons come of age then her dowry to be paid her: or if a
reformation takes place in her husband, Robard French, and said sons die, the
said dowry to be paid them. Executors-Samuel F. Randolph and Elijah Smith.
Witnesses-Benjamin Jennings, John Peniton, William Compton. Proved July 17,
1804. Unrecorded. It is not known if Robert and Robard were the same person.
Child of
Robert and Jane (Rapleyea) French, 1.1
2.1
MARG FRENCH, b. 15 May 1792; lived in Schyler Co., NY and was of the Dutch
Reform Church, d. Hector, Schyler County, NJ on 14 Mar 1863. She married CALEB
J. BROKAW of Millstone, Somerset Co., NJ in 1813. In 1824 the Caleb family
moved to Cayuga County, NY. Children of MARG FRENCH and CALEB BROKAW are: JOHN
BROKAW, b. 1813; ANN ELIZA BROKAW, b. July 2, 1815; ISAAC BROKAW, b. September
7, 1817; JANE RAPPLYEA BROKAW, b. July 23, 1819; LAMBERT BROKAW, b. May 28,
1822; PHILIP FRENCH BROKAW, b. 1825; and ROBERT M. BROKAW, b. February 24,
1827, and maybe a SARAH ESTHER BROCAW b. 1828.
2.2 BETSEY
(Elizabeth) FRENCH, b. ca. 1793; m. a VAN NARSTRAND. A Bridgewater Twsp,
(Somerset County) will of Christopher Van Norstrand, dated May 10, 1804 names
nephew, Gilbert A. Lane and Jacob Van Norstrand, son of my brother Jacob.
Betsey was of the Dutch Reform Church in Millstone, on the border of Somerset
and Middlesex Counties.
2.3
MARY (POLLY) FRENCH, b. ca. 1794; m. CALEB J. BROCAW. She lived in Hector, NY,
which was Tompkins Co, but became Schyler Co. She d. in Rochester, Monroe Co.,
NY.
Children
of Robert and Rachel (Manning) French, 1.1
2.4
JOHN MANNING FRENCH, b. July 11, 1798, New Brunswick, NJ. He married SARAH
HERRINGTON in either 1819 or 1823 in Canaudaigua, New York. John M. French was
one of the first settlers of Lansing, Michigan in the township of Aurelius. He
was born in NJ, grew up in Cayuga County NY, and left home at 18 to acquire a
trade. He apprenticed himself to a tanner and currier, and completed his
indentures about the time he was twenty-one years of age. He then worked as a
journeyman in various towns, and in 1820 entered the employ of Mr. Tillman. The
following year they formed a co-partnership and commenced business in
Canandaigua, NY. From Canandaigua he went to Seneca Falls, NY, where having
dissolved partnerhship with Mr. Tillman, he took charge of his business. After
several changes of location he went to Ludlowville, Tompkins County, NY, where
he made the acquaintance of Joseph L. Huntington, and between the two a warm
friendship sprang up, which continued unbroken for over forty years. In 1838
the two resolved to come West. Mr. French had disposed of his property for
lands in the towns of Aurelius and Onondaga, Michigan. They arrived in April
1838, and Mr. French immediately commenced to prepare for the coming of his
family, which he had left behind. He built a log house, cleared and sowed
thirty acres to wheat, and in the autumn of that year returned for his family.
The following spring he made a permanent settlement. He resided in Aurelius
until his removal to Lansing in 1866 where he resided until his death. He was
prominently identified with the development of Aurelius. He served the town as
its supervisor and in 1842 was elected to the representative branch of the
Legislature. He acquired a competency and perfected a valuable record as a
citizen. Although he always shrunk from prominence and led a quiet home-life,
still, throughout the length and breadth of Ingham County (MI) he is known as
one of its founders, and his name is associated with the best men that the
county has produced.

Another record says
that John M. French was born in Essex Co., NJ in 1798, settled on section 31 in
the township of Aurelius, April 29, 1838. During the first ten years of their
residence in the county, Mr. and Mrs. French lost three of their children. He
was the town supervisor of Aurelius and a representative of the Legislature. He
was also a pioneer of Lansing, Ingham Co., MI.
Another
record says that John M. French was a representative from Ingham Co., in
1842, was born in New Brunswick, NJ on 11 Jul 1798, and removed to western New
York in 1806, there learned the trade of a tanner, and was in that business in
several places. He settled in Aurelius, MI, as a farmer in 1838, and held
several offices, including that of supervisor. He resided in Lansing, MI, since
1866. At the legislative reunion in 1886, he was the oldest person present. In
politics, he was a Democrat.
Sarah
Herrington was born near Albany NY and from Canandaigua NY. They married in New
York in 1823 and then moved with her husband and children to Michigan in 1839.
2.5
PHILLIP FRENCH, b. 1802 in perhaps Bernard Township, New Jersey; d. 1873-1879,
Washington Heights, IL. He married (1) JULIA CAROLINE WALKER before 1827 in New
York. He married (2) AMANDA BARBER 1868-1870 in Elmira NY or Chicago IL. When
Phillip and Julia moved from Ludlowville, Tompkins Co., NY, to Elmira, Chemung
County, NY, Phillip's mother Rachel French moved from Ludlowville to Southport,
sometimes staying with Swazees and sometimes with Smokes, all New Jersey
people.
Phillip
was a wealthy Chicago business man who made his money selling furniture. The
1870 census listed him as a 66 year old spring board manufacturer, born in New
York. It lists his wife Amanda as 26 years old and also born in New York.
Family notes report that he was a very wealthy man who lost most all of his
fortune during the Chicago Fire the second week of October 1871. He and Amanda
lived in Washington Heights, Calumet Township, Chicago. Washington Heights was
a German community between 95th Street and 103rd Street, now considered South
Chicago. It emerged between 1860-1873 as an elaborate suburban development
engineered by the Blue Island Land and Building Company. The census also shows
a nine-year old girl named Lizzie Goodrich lived with them, very possibly
Amanda's niece (as her sister Harriet married John Goodrich). Lizzie was also
born in New York. Amanda was listed as a widow with a seven-year old daughter
(H.E. French) in the 1880 census.
Phillip
and his first wife (and 8 children) lived in Ludlowville (Tompkins County) NY
from 1834 to ca. 1856 according to Deed Records and his mother Rachel is listed
there in both 1854 and 1859. The town directory of Elmira (Chemung County) NY,
shows he lived there in 1857. His son Robert was born in Ithaca, Tompkins Co.,
NY in 1828. Tompkins Co. NY changed to Chemung Co in 1851. Julia C. Walker
later married James H. Harris on 7 Apr 1851 in Somerset Co., NJ.
Amanda
BarberÕs parents were born in Pennsylvania, and must have then moved to New
York, where Amanda was born. Amanda moved to Illinois in 1870. Her husband
Philip was 40+ years older than her. She survived her husband for only a couple
of years caring for her young daughter alone. Amanda had cancer of the arteries
for two years and after ten days of complications (blood abcess) she died.
Amanda was buried at Mt. Greenwood cemetery, 111th St. & California, South
Chicago, in an unmarked grave. Her orphaned daughter, Evangeline Harriet went
to live at a Catholic Convent, the Institute of Our Lady in Chicago, for ten
years until she turned 18.
The
1868 Elmira NY Directory lists Philip French living with his son E. M. French,
Dentist and also the following Barbers:
Miss
Mary Barber & Amanda Barber, dress makers, Water cor College Avenue
E. L. Barber & James M. Barber, masons, 38 Market
Benj. Barber jr. traveling agent, boards at 17 William
Abbott Barber, mason, 233 Church
Family
records show that Amanda came from a large family. Some of her sisters were
Harriet (married John Goodrich), Ella (married Chas Brownell) and Elizabeth
(married Jim Brownell).
2.6
HARRIET FRENCH, b. Aft. 1802 perhaps in 1814; m. a BROCAW. She went to Michigan
in 1850 and lived next to John M. French, her brother, but they moved back to
NY by 1860, to Horsehead, Chemung Co., NY, instead of Tompkins Co. Rachel, her mother,
joined them when they returned. Harriet m. Joseph Sweazy who was b. 1812. They
had 3 children, Alvin b. 1841; Mary b. 1844; Eliza A. b. 1846.
Children
of John M. and Sarah (Herrington) French, 2.4.
3.1
FRANCES FRENCH, b. February 12, 1820, Genoa, Cayuga County, NY; d. February 12,
1830 (age 10), Genoa, Cayuga County, NY. Frances was buried in Kings Ferry Cemetery (Genoa NY).
3.2
ELLEN FRENCH, d. July 27, 1829, Genoa, Cayuga County, NY. Ellen was buried in Kings Ferry Cemetery (Genoa NY) next to Caleb
L. Brokaw (d. 9/1/1834, aged 41 years, 10 months and 20 days). Ellen's grave
stone reads ÒEllen, daughter of John M. and Sarah FrenchÓ.
3.3*
JOHN M. (JR.) FRENCH, b. 1831, Genoa, Cayuga County, NY; d. ca. 1880, Lansing,
Michigan. He married ESTHER S. or ESTHER A., who was b. in 1834. They had 2
children: Carrie M. and George S. In the Michigan 1870 census John Jr. is
listed with his family in Lansing Ward 2, Ingham, page 121, as a 39 year old
lawyer, born in New York. He was a representative member of the Michigan bar at
the time of his death, about 1880.
Children
of Phillip and Julia (Walker) French, 2.5.
3.4
RODNEY L. FRENCH, b. March 20, 1827; d. December 23, 1846, Ludlowville, NY.
Dewitt Historical society of Tompkins County New York, Ithaca area, could only
find a record of Rodney L. French, son of Philip and Julia C. French who died
Dec. 23, 1846, aged 19 yrs, 9 mos., 3 days. He was buried at Ludlowville
Cemetery, Town of Dryden, about 7 miles north of Ithaca.
3.5
ROBERT TIMOTHY FRENCH, b. November 15, 1828, Ithaca or Ludlowville, Tompkins
County, NY; d. June 17, 1893, Rochester, Monroe Co, NY. He married FRANCES
JACKSON ca. 1850. She was b. in 1833. Robert Timothy French began his career as
a New York spice merchant in 1876. He ultimately started the R.T. French Spice
Company of New York. His son George or Frances introduced French's Mustard at
the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair when hot dogs were invented at the same time.
Born in
or near Ithaca, New York, he appears to have worked in his native territory for
many years and then resettled in New York City to work for S. M. Beard's
Company who were tea, coffee and spice merchants. He remained there for about
20 years. In 1876 he started a brokerage of his own, and in 1880 the company R.
T. French & Sons was born, because Robert's first born, George, was taken
into the firm. Just a few months later, the name was changed to French, Jackson
& French. Jackson, an in-law, had quarters on Warren Street in Brooklyn, NY
before moving to Rochester, NY.
Moved
to Elmira, NY. ca. 1850. Most of RobertÕs adult life was spent working as a
salesman for a New York City wholesaler of coffee, tea, and spices. The Ithaca,
NY, native did not get around to forming his own business until 1880. A short
time later, he was joined by his sons, George and Francis, and in 1883 the firm
was moved to Rochester, NY, where it produced spices and other products
including bird seed. It was FrenchÕs son George who introduced the familyÕs
famous mustard in 1904. Prior to that time, American mustards were typically of
the hotter-than-fire variety, but the French brothers believed that there was
an uptapped market for a lighter creamy condiment. As things turned out, their
assumption proved to be an accurate one; FrenchÕs Cream Salad Mustard was a
success from the start. In 1912 the company built a new Rochester plant to keep
up with the demand for its product. Ten years later, a second factory was
erected, and national advertising was begun. When the R.T. French Company
celebrated its centennial in 1980, the firm was selling 500,000 jars of mustard
a day.
President
of the R.T. French Spice Co., in Rochester, NY. In 1857 he owned the company
with his father and it was called French & Co., grocers, 6 Lake St. in
Elmira, NY. (from the 1857 Elmira Directory). In Rochester, NY, in 1892 (just a
year before Robert T. died), he is listed in the directory under the company
name French, Palmer, & French. (R.T. French, J.G. Palmer, and George J.
French, the latter being his son.) They were baking powder, coffee, and spice
manufacturers. They also sold BrownÕs race ft. Furnace, building at 213
Alexander, Rochester, NY.
RobertÕs
parents-in-law, Hiram W. and Lucy Jackson, where living with him in NY in 1880.
Robert
T. French died a married man. His death certificate from Monroe Co., NY states
his father as being Philip French and does not give his motherÕs name. He died
in Ward 12 of the hospital at 213 Alexander St., Rochester, Monroe Co., NY,
where he had been a resident for 10 years. The death certificate is signed by a
Robert T. French Jr., M.D., heart failure, Septicaumia, Rheumatism,
Endocaiditis. He is buried at _______ (illegible) in the family plot 20/193
(almost illegible).
Information
about Robert can be found in the book Entrepreneurs, by Fucini.
More on
the R. T. French Co.
3.6
PHILIP FRENCH, JR., b. 1832 in Ludlowville, d. 19 Oct 1832 in Ludlowville.
3.6
PHILIP (JR) FRENCH, b. 1835 in Ludlowville. He was listed as a tinner who lived
at 38 Orchard Road in the 1868 Elmira NY General Directory. He m. Aonela Rider
and d. 1886.
3.7
EDSON M. FRENCH, b. 1837 in Ludlowville. He was a dentist who lived at 61 Gray
Street, Elmira NY in 1868. His father Philip, lived with him in 1868 according
to the Elmira General Directory. This was during the time after Philip's wife's
death and before he married Amanda Barber who was also listed in the directory
as a dressmaker.
3.8
JULIA CAROLINE FRENCH, b. 1839 in Ludlowville. Julia French was single when she
died as a young lady.
3.9
HORACE C. FRENCH, b. 1841 in Ludlowville. He moved to Elmira, NY ca. 1850.
3.10
JOHN FRENCH, b. 1844 in Ludlowville. He moved to Elmira, NY ca. 1850.
Child of
Phillip and Amanda (Barber) French, 2.5.
3.12
EVANGELINE HARRIET FRENCH, b. March 17, 1874, Washington Heights, near Chicago,
IL; d. April 15, 1929, Southgate, CA. Both her parents died when she was a
young girl. She was raised in a Catholic Orphanage in Chicago, IL for 8 years
until she was 18 years old. She married (1) CHAS L. BAYLANDER. She married (2)
FRANK ALBERT CATCHPOOL January 01, 1894, son of THOMPSON CATCHPOOL and ELIJA
SACKET of Garden Prairie, IL. Her parents died when she was 8 and 10 years old,
so she went to live at a Catholic Convent until she was 18 years old. She grew
up in Washington Heights, Chicago, IL. In a book "Robin Hood and His Merry
Men", we found a dedicaton, "To dear Eva from Mary", and in the
back it said Mary Bogenhold, Institute of Our Lady, Washington Heights, IL,
December 25, 1886.
Belvedere
Daily Republic Obituary Feb. 1, 1909 – Had Expected to Stay All Night.
Frank Catchpool changed his mind and went out into the storm that cost him his
life - after investigating the death of Frank Catchpool on Saturday after a
jury impaneled by Coroner Vance returned a verdict that he came to his death by
being thrown from his hay rack and the same falling upon him while returning to
his home at Garden Prairie, from Belvidere. It appears that he was either
stunned or possible killed outright by the heavy hay rack toppling over on him
pinning him to the ground. The rack was very heavy having been built for
hauling baled hay. It is probable that he was riding on the edge of the rack
away from the wind with is back to the wind, and occassionally jumping off and
walking to keep his blood in circulation, as the blizzard was sufficient to
chill a man...to the bone. His weight on the edge of the rack was sufficient to
tip it somewhat it is possible that at a moment when the wheels on that side
went into a rut; the gale sweeping across the open fields there caught under
the tilted rack, lifting it into the air and toppling it over catching the
victim beneath it. The rack was thrown free from the running gear of the wagon,
leaving the horses free to make their way to the home of Phil Lampert, where
they were found in the morning. When Mr. C.'s body was found his feet and a
part of the legs projected from beneath the rack, his face was pressed down
against the earth in the snow and he had apparently made no effort to pull
himself up from beneath the rack, indicating that he was struck senseless when
the accident happened. There was blood on his face, which was bruised. This
must have occurred before six o'clock in the evening, and the road is a main
traveled one, though on that wild night, probably very few people passed the
spot. If anyone passed it, they must have been so blinded by the blizzard that
they did not see the rack and the man prostrate beneath it. No search was made
for Mr. Catchpool that night because he had sent word to Mrs. Catchpool at
their home in the village of Garden Prairie that he expected to stay with his
brother, Al Catchpool, in Belvidere, over night. Mrs. Catchpool sat up till about
midnight waiting fro him and concluding that he had remained in the city,
retired. In the meantime Mr. Catchpool had changed his mind about staying in
town, and left his brother's place about 5:00 in the midst of the storm. He was
urged to remain, but said that he preferred to go home so that he would be
there in the morning to do the chores. Besides the widow stricken by tragedy
here are three little girls, the eldest 12 years old and a number of other
relatives. All will receive the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement.
The funeral will be held on Tuesday at 1:00 at the home in Garden Prairie and
1:30 at the Methodist Church there. Mr. Catchpool was a member of Odd Fellows
and also of the Modern Woodmen, carrying $1,000 insurance in the latter order.
The body was taken to the barn at Phil Lampert's, as it was necessary to await
the arrival of Coroner Vance from Capron, who reached the place after noon.
Frank
Albert Catchpool, born September 14, 1863 in Garden Prairie, son of Thompson
Garnies Catchpool and Elija J. Sackett. Married Evangeline Harriett French on
January 1, 1894 in Garden Prairie. Father of Breta, Gladys and Eldora. Died
January 29, 1909. Hewas a charter member of the Woodsmen and Odd Fellows
Orders.
The
children of EVANGELINE FRENCH and FRANK CATCHPOOL are BRETA AMANDA CATCHPOOL,
b. April 08, 1897; d. Aft. 1950, Southgate, CA; m. (1) MERVILLE STANLEY, June
19, 1920; m. (2) KENNETH NEWELL, January 20, 1943. Breta and her mother moved
to Southgate CA in 1927. GLADYS ELIZABETH CATCHPOOL, b. August 22, 1899. ELDORA
HARRIET CATCHPOOL, b. November 18, 1902, Garden Prairie, IL; d. October 28,
1978, Palatine, IL. MAINARD CATCHPOOL, b. June 06, 1895, Garden Prairie, IL; d.
June 06, 1895, Garden Prairie, IL.
Children
of John and Esther S. French, 3.3.
4.1
CARRIE M. FRENCH, b. Abt. 1862. In the 1870 census, Carrie M. was in Ingham,
MI. She m. Hiram Taylor French (not of the same French family) on Nov 1886 in
Ingham, MI, b. 1 Oct 1861 in Almena, Van Buren Co., MI. They were m. in Nov
1886 and had son Ralph Warren French, b. 3 Mar 1891. Carrie must have died
young, because Hiram remarried a Lura L. Cass of Mansfield, PA and had three
more children, Carrie Cass French, Helen Francis French, and Hiram Taylor
French, Jr. (b. 1906). CarrieÕs first husband, HIRAM TAYLOR FRENCH, was the son
of Warren F. and Sarah Ann (Eager) French of St. Albans, Vermont. Warren was a
son of Ezra French of Malone, Franklin County, NY. Hiram and Carrie, although
they shared the same last name, were not related. Hiram is from FFA
Chart #1.
4.2
GEORGE L. FRENCH, b. Abt. 1864. He is in the 1870 census as living in Ingham,
MI.
Children
of Robert T. and Frances (Jackson) French, 3.5
4.3
GEORGE JACKSON FRENCH, b. 5 Nov 1854, Elmira, New York; m. JULIA BREED, 1879,
Minnesota. George, the oldest, went to public schools in Manhattan and
Brooklyn. He was the only one of the brothers not to go to college, but he did
take some courses at Columbia University. One of his frist jobs was as a
newspaper reporter and later he worked in a St. Paul Minnesota bank, where he
met his bride. His first assignment in the family business was in sales. He
roamed thousands of miles each year. In 1883, while snowbound on a sales
assignment, he discovered the Pure Gold Manufacturing Company of Fairport, NY
was for sale. It was a flour milling business, which French, Jackson &
French ultimatly purchased so they could have a spice mill of their own. The
French's moved the business, but partner Jackson remained behind in New York
City. Financing was secured by the formation of French, Palmer & French
with the addition of a new partner. The marketed their products under the Pure
Gold Label. The mill burned in 1885, so they purchased a water-driven flour
mill on Brown's Race on a stream off the Genesee River in downtown Rochester.
In 1892, Palmer and the French's decided to separate, and Robert and George
started the new firm of R. T. French Company. With the death of his father in
1893, George began his 33 years as president of the company at the age of 39.
4.4
ROBERT T. FRENCH, b. 1862. Robert became a physician. He m. Anna S. who was b.
1869.
4.5
FRANCIS JACKSON FRENCH, b. ca. 1868; d. Aft. 1942. Francis got a college degree
and majored in chemistry, which was a very useful major for the spice business.
In 1904, Francis and his brother George introduced French's Mustard at the St.
Louis World's Fair.
4.6
EDWARD (NED) A. FRENCH, b. 1873. Edward (Ned) became a physician.
Child of
CARRIE FRENCH and HIRAM FRENCH is:
5.1
RALPH WARREN FRENCH, b. March 03, 1891 in OR. Ralph was in charge of the U.S.
Army laboratory at Fort Logan, Colorado. He is in Takoma Park, MD in the 1930
census and was a research chemist.
[1] FFA
folder L091.
[2] Jan
Rieke, 11505 Bethesda Church Road, Damascus, MD 20872, 301-368-3464, JRieke@msn.com.
[3]
Jeanette S. French, jfrench1@earthlink.net
[4]
Judith Jane French, judith333@earthlink.net
[5]
Priscilla Cummings, Vista, CA. whathouse@home.com
(may be old)
French, Edwin L, E10 W4, b. 1870, d.
1871
French, Ellen, Old N15 2, d. 7/27/1829,
dau John M. & Sarah
French, Florence E., E 9 W3, b. 1889,
wife Samuel Craig
French, Florence E., P13 W2 310, b.
1884, d. 1/17/1970
French, Frances, Old N15 4, dau John M
& Sarah
French, George Newman, P13 W1 245, b.
1879, d. 6/10/1939
French, infant, E 9 W5
French, Jane H., E 9
French, Jessie H., E 9 W1 307, b. 1880,
d. 2/15/1968
French, Lewis S., E 9 W4, b. 1873, d.
1873
French, Martha J, E10 W2, 188, b. 1839,
d. 2/20/1923 83 yr.
French, Robert, Old N14 5 Veteran, d
10/24/1824 58 yr 6 mo
French, Samuel Craig, E 9 W3 266, b.
1874, d. 6/3/1946 71 yr 11 mo
French, Sarah Price, E 9 E4, b. 1828,
d. 1869
French, Winifred Campbell, E 9 W2 270,
b. 1883, d. 10/31/1948, wife Jessie H