Joseph G. Anspach's grave at Union Chapel, buried in the "Anspaugh row."
The grave of Francis Marion Anspaugh and Hannah Elizabeth Critser in Paul Hill Cemetery, St. Paul, IN.
Francis, or Frank as he was called, was partially raised by his mother's second husband. He was the first generation to officially take the "Anspaugh" spelling. As an adult he married Hannah Elizabeth Critser(1858-1929) and started a family. They lived in St. Paul, raising a large family of nine children, three of whom died young. Frank was a barber and would have friends come from miles around just to get a shave and a haircut. Around 1900, the Anspaugh family moved into Shelby County, where Frank continued to run a barbershop out of his home. According to those who knew him, he was a stern man, raising his children with discipline. However, he still knew how to relax, staying healthy and smoking a pipe until he peacefully died at the age of 75. Later in life, he lived in St. Paul, close enough to Shelby County to see all of his posterity that lived there, as well as the Anspaughs still in St. Paul. Most information that we have about Frank was supplied by his son Joseph Francis Anspaugh (1890-1981), my great-great-grandfather.
Hannah and Frank Anspaugh at their home circa 1910. The painting is unidentified, but could be of an ancestor.
