Franklin George Cloward

Franklin George Cloward was born February 24, 1874, in Payson, Utah, to George Albert Cloward and Sarah Jane Burr Cloward. He was known as Frank all his life. There is little known about Frank's early life. He was nine years old when his mother was killed in a tragic accident on July 14, 1885, in Richfield, Utah. Apparently Frank lived with relatives part of the time after his mother's death. His father did get remarried to Lucretia Melvina Winward in early 1886. His father and step-mother had eight more children between December, 1886, and September of 1899. Sadly, Frank's father, George Albert Cloward died just two years later. Frank married Lydia Jane Fillmore in the Manti Temple on March 27, 1895. Frank and Lydia had two children. Their oldest daughter was Velma Louise and their second daughter was Ora Cecil. Frank died in 1931 and his wife Lydia Jane died in 1942. They are both buried in the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery in Rigby, Jefferson County, Idaho.