Along with brothers John and William, Frank was arrested, indicted, tried and sentenced on multiple charges ranging from card playing on Sunday to Arson and Murder.

Feb 1888 - Arrested for the 1 Dec 1887 murder of Cul GARRET and released on bond.
Feb 1888 - Indicted for Arson (Ike Terry's barn). Henry C. and C.S. DAVIS post bond of $750.
Aug 1888 - Arson Trial ends in hung jury.
Feb 1889 - Indicted for the murder of Cul GARRET. Arrested by Stone County Sherriff and transferred to Christian County jail for safekeeping.
Apr 1889 - Released from Christian County jail on bond.
27 Feb 1890 - Tried a second time on the arson charge in Carroll County and was sentenced to two years in the Arkansas penitentiary.
Sep 1892 - Murder charge dismissed Nolle Prosequi.

Christian County Jail Records, 1887-1894:
Frank B. Ambrose
in Account with Z. A. Johnson,
Committed: February 22, 1889
Christian County Jailer.
By: Sheriff Stone County
Discharged: April 8, 1889
Offense: Murder 1st Degree
How Discharged: On Bond
Ledger Page: 128
Acc't Payable by: State
February 22, 1889
Commitment 1.00
April 8, 1889
Board of Deft 46 Days 23.00
Clothing furnished deft 2.40
December 23, 1890 Board paid, Clothing not paid
[Transcr. Shirley Sieting]


STATE OF ARKANSAS VS. Frank Ambrose
ARSON
Comes the State by her attorney in their behalf prosecuting and the defendant in his own proper person in custody of the Sheriff and being informed of the nature of the charge plea and the verdict of the jury was asked if he had any legal cause to show why the judgment and sentence of the law should not be pronounced against him and no legal cause or excuse being shown, it is by the Court considered and adjudged that said defendant, Frank Ambrose be taken by the Sheriff of Carroll County to the State Penitentiary of the State of Arkansas and there delivered to the keeper of said Penitentiary and that he be confined at hard labor in said Penitentiary for the period of two (2) years from this date and it is further ordered and considered that the State of Arkansas have and recover of from said defendant all its costs in thus first laid out and expanded and ??? issue thereof. FEBRUARY 27, 1890. [Transcr. Danette Robinette]

Additional details of the Terry-Waggoner ( a.k.a. Ambrose-Terry ) Feud have been arranged in a timeline which can be viewed at Ambrose Genealogy-Feud

Obituary: THE STAR PROGRESS--January 7, 1943
FRANK AMBROSE
Frank Ambrose, age 80, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Hardwick, January 4.

Mr. Ambrose was born February 14, 1863 in Booneville, Ky.
He was united in marriage to Miss Creas Overstreet in 1889, who preceded him in death in 1895.
To this union was born two sons, Floyd and Willie, both of Califofrnia and one daughter, Emma, who died in infancy.

He was later married to Miss Mary Long in 1898 who preceded him in death in 1918. To this union was born three sons, Eldon of Neosho, Mo., Joseph of Brawley, Calif., and Edward, reported missing in action in the Philippines, and one daugher, Mrs. John Ray of Grandview.

He was a member of the Baptist Chruch. Besides his children he is survived by four sisters, MRs. Dora Rose of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Myrtle Young of Eureka Springs, Mrs. Jane Turner of Green Forest, and Mrs. Ed Cole of Berryville.
Interment was in the Jones cemetery under direction of the Nelson Funeral Home.

Williams Twp., Enumerated 12 Jun 1900, 158/158
Ambrose, Franklin B. Head W M Feb 1862 38 M1 KY KY MO
Mary M. Wife W F Jan 1877 23 M1 1/1 AR MO AR
William F. Son W M Jun 1891 9 S AR KY MO
Ida M. Daughter W F Nov 1900 7/12 S MO KY AR

Kings River, Enumerated 28 Apr 1910, 118/120
Ambrose, Frank Head M W 49 M2/20 KY USA KY Railroad Laborer
Willie Son M W 19 S AR KY USA Day Labor/Railroad
Floyd Son M W 12 S MO KY USA None

118/120
Ambrose, Frank Head M W 49 M2/20 KY US KY Railroad Laborer
Willie Son M W 19 S AR KY US
Floyd M W 12 S AR KY US Day Labor/railroad

• Married: 5 SEP 1888 in Carroll County, Arkansas
• Note: This marriage occured shortly after his first trial on the barn burning charges which ended with a hung jury. ¹¹

1. William F. AMBROSE b: JUN 1890 in Arkansas
2. Emma AMBROSE b: ABT 1894 in prob Carroll County, Arkansas
3. Floyd Collins AMBROSE b: 30 OCT 1898 in Arkansas

• Married: 7 JUL 1898 in Radical, Stone County, MIssouri
• Note: Frank and Melvina separated about 1903 when Joseph was still quite young. They still appear separately on the 1910 census. Frank has sons Willie and Floyd with him, and is shown as married (to his present wife) for 20 years, which is obviously not correct. Melvina and children Ida and Joseph are living with her parents and she is listed as Divorced. ^{8 12}

1. Ida May AMBROSE b: NOV 1899 in Missouri
2. Joseph Henry AMBROSE b: APR 1902 in Missouri
3. Eldon "Bud" AMBROSE b: 1912
4. Edward AMBROSE b: 1914

1. Title: Danette Robinette, Personal Knowledge/Research
   Page: Ambrose Message Board posted 21 Dec 2006
2. Title: Shirley Ambrose Russell Sieting, Personal Knowledge/Research
   Page: Ambrose Message Board posted 28 Sep 2006
3. Title: Shirley Ambrose Russell Sieting, Personal Knowledge/Research
4. Title: Nancy Morris Brown, Descendants of Joseph Ambrose (Email: 12 Feb 2000)
5. Title: Carroll County Arkansas Cemetery Listings (http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcchs)
6. Title: Danette Robinette, Personal Knowledge/Research
   Page: email 18 Jun 2008
7. Title: Shirley Ambrose Russell (http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/: Rootsweb GenBBS, 14 Jun 1999)
8. Title: U.S. Federal Census (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com [images online],)
   Page: 1900MOT623_904-0261-S9 B
9. Title: U.S. Federal Census (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com [images online],)
   Page: 1910ART624_45-0175S7B
10. Title: U.S. Federal Census (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com [images online],)
    Page: 1920ART624_45-0175-7B
11. Title: Carroll County Arkansas Marriage Records Eastern District Grooms Index 1869 - 1930, Carroll County Historical Society online [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arcchs/MARA.html]
    Page: Book C298
12. Title: Shirley Ambrose Russell Sieting, Personal Knowledge/Research
    Page: edmail 14 Jul 2008