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Joseph Frank was born in 1840 in Alsace. He married Anna (--?--) circa 1854. 

Joseph Frank is a head of household on the 1860 U. S. Census at Liberty Township, Cole County, MIssouri, as "Joe Frank" he was listed as a 20-year-old white male born in Germany, a laborer. Enumerated with Joseph were Nicholas Frank. 

He served in the during the Civil War in the Home Guard at Missouri in 1861. Joseph Frank is a head of household on the 1870 U. S. Census at Cole County, Missouri, he was listed as a 31-year-old white male born in France, both his parents were foreign born. He was a farmer with real-estate valued at $2,000.00 and personal property valued at $500.00. Enumerated with Joseph were Anna (--?--), Mary Frank, Joseph Frank, Kate Frank, Barbara Frank, Elizabeth Frank, and Bernard Frank. Joseph Frank is a head of household on the 1880 U. S. Census at Liberty Township, Cole County, Missouri, he was listed as a 40-year-old widowed white male born in Alsace and was a farmer. Enumerated with Joseph were Barbara Frank, Elizabeth Frank, and Bernard Frank. Joseph Frank is a head of household on the June, 1890 U. S. Census at Taos, Cole County, Missouri, Joseph was a listed in the Special Schedule - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, etc. as having been a private In Company D, 26th Missouri Volunteers serving from 1862 to 1864 with no disabilities.