Frank died 21 June 1919 in Georgiana, Brevard County, Florida. Between the time of his birth and his death he lived the life of an honest, hard working and good man.
His father, William was a farmer in Wisconsin and Frank followed in his footsteps. His first marriage was to Cora Ellen Hollister in Wisconsin, on the 2 April 1878. She died on the 28 Feb 1880. They had no children and Frank did not remarry until 1886.
Many people of this time kept journals or diaries, and some of these handwritten histories have survived the wear and tear of time. Frank Munson did keep a journal or diary and some of it has survived.
The original journals are in the Historical Association of Southern Florida, in Miami. They were donated to the museum by Margaret Santini and are found under the Santini papers. More information will be found in the beginning of the Journal, where I have placed the Appendix pages first.
As the author of this site I need to declare that I have no connection to anyone, anywhere or to these journals. I can not answer any questions, because everything that I know is being placed here.
Frank Munson did remarry on 1 July 1886, on Merritt Island, in Brevard County, Florida to Anna Adell Carter. Anna had been born in Minnesota on 29 March 1868. She died on the 8 April 1952. Both Frank and Dell are buried on Merritt Island in the old cemetery, at Georgiana.
Their three children were born in Georgiana and both sons were also buried with their parents in the old cemetery. Cora Dell Munson was born 13 Mar 1889, Guy Standish Munson was born 19 Jan 1890 and William Lockwood Munson was born 1 April 1891 and departed this life 2 August 1891.
Guy S. Munson died in Memphis, Tennessee on the 17 Jan 1918 of pneumonia, but was buried in Georgiana.
Cora Dell Munson married Joseph Carroll Santini on the 14 Aug 1910 in Miami, Dade County, Florida. Both she and her husband are buried in Miami.
Frank Munson’s Diary and Journal gives you a glimpse into the lives and struggles of the early pioneers. The hard work that goes into settling and establishing a life, in an area that is exposed to the sun and wind off the Atlantic Ocean. On a strip of land that is cut off from the mainland and the only form of transportation, to reach other settlements, is first a boat. His life sounds like an adventure. And yet he was a very real person, who lived, loved and died in the place he helped establish. There were births, marriages and deaths and yet he continued to keep his journal.
