Jones Cemetery
On 17 Feb 1915 he married Ella Nickel. They had six children:
Ada Franke who married Samuel Richard Cooley;
Rose Lee Franke who married Allen Stahl;
Willie Ben Franke who married Marie Maggie Wilkerson;
Roma Laura Franke who married Birdie V Brandt; and
Alvin Charles Franke who married Wanda Lee Hartmann.