Finding Frank

​Found Frank today! Burton Francis (Frank) Blackall was the dad in the Blackall family. He’s been hiding from me in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester. I knew what area he was buried in, but his headstone has eluded me for years. Frank was the telegraph operator who warned Frederick Douglass that officials were looking for him after John Brown’s Raid, which FD had nothing to do with. Frank and Frederick had a long friendship, even after Douglass moved to D.C. Photo by Gia Lioi

Originally published 10/20/2013

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