Frank Cutcheon was raised in Dexter, Michigan.  After graduating from the University of Michigan, he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota where he became a junior partner in a small law firm that included Charles Flandrau.  He courted Flandrau’s daughter, Sally, for several years, before she consented to marry him, but all evidence points to a happy marriage.  However, Frank did not always get along with Sally’s family.  In 1895 he broke up the law firm and took Sally to New York City to live, alienating her from all but Julia and Patty.  Because of the interest he took in his niece, Isabella, he invited her and her mother, Patty, to live with him in New York and he continued to act as Isabella’s financial and personal advisor for the remainder of his life.  During World War One, Frank’s connections led him to take an appointment as General Secretary of the Red Cross and he served as legal adviser to General Pershing.  After the war, he served on the post-war Reparations Commission, whose mission was to implement the Dawes Plan and he worked with the Young commission.  He is buried in the Dinsmore Graveyard.

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