Frank McManamon was one of the older students attending Okemos Union School in the year 1888. Born 17 March 1870, Ingham County, Frank was the son of Patrick (1820 Ireland -1882) and Merceline (Babanaw or Babinot) (1830 France – 1892) McManamon.

The elder McManamon saw action during his 4 year enlisted service with Company D 14^th Michigan Infantry Regiment during the Civil War years, 1862-1865. Patrick McManamon enlisted and, leaving wife and 5 children at home in Ingham County, was involved in multiple skirmishes and battles during the war years, later mustering out in Fayetteville, North Carolina at the end of the war. Coming home Patrick resumed his trade of stone mason. Frank was the youngest McManamon son with a sister, Anna Maude, born 5 years later. The two children were listed on the attendance roster at Union School in Okemos.

Frank, like his father before him, worked with his hands. He became a brick layer, mason by trade. He wed Miss Emma Jennie Scott in Kent County, Michigan, 2 January 1894. Jennie, as she was called, was born December 1867 in New York state. The couple would have 2 sons, Harold and Glen. Jennie passed away 6 February 1925. Frank remarried Mrs. Elizabeth (Lee) Schenk. Elizabeth, born 13 February 1880 Lapeer County, Michigan, who had been wed twice previously. She had divorced her first husband, Colon McIntyre and then married Robert Schenk. Robert Schenk succumbed to bronchial pneumonia in 1927. She and Frank were married 1 January 1929, Lansing.

Mc Manamon, Frank work ad, Lansing State Journal, 10 July 1929, Page 18

McManamon, Frank, house party, Lansing State Journal, 18 March 1908

Scott, Emma Jennie (married Frank McManamon 1894) obit, Lansing State Journal, Saturday, February 7, 1925

Frank and Elizabeth were married only 8 years when Frank was tragically killed, 9 May 1937, while crossing old US 16 (now M-43 or Grand River Avenue) at Okemos Road. Investigation later revealed he was struck by two cars and died instantly of his massive injuries. He was buried next to Jennie in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing. Elizabeth died 10 years later in 1947. She had remarried a gentleman named William Sites. Elizabeth (Lee) Sites was interred DeWitt City Cemetery, DeWitt, Clinton County.

McManamon, Frank, hit by car & killed, Lansing State Journal, 9 May 1937, Page 1

McManamon (married Emma Jennie Scott 1894, Elizabeth Lee 1929) accident and obit, Lansing State Journal, Monday, May 10, 1937

Sites, Elizabeth (wed Frank McManamon 1929) obit, Lansing State Journal, 25 March 1947, Page 2