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When Frank Wilson Wozencraft was born on June 7, 1892, in Dallas, Texas, his father, Alfred, was 32 and his mother, Virginia, was 26. He married Mary Victoria McReynolds on June 7, 1922, in his hometown. They had two children during their marriage. He died on September 3, 1966, in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 74, and was buried there. In Rye his family lived on Stuyvesant Ave. Frank served as an officer in the U.S. Army during World War II.
 Frank W. Wozencraft
Lived on Stuyvesant Ave. Served in both WWI and WW2, in WW2 he served from 1942 to 1946. He attained the rank of Lt. Colonel at at the end of the War served with the American-British Combined Communications Board of the Combined Chiefs of Staff.
Frank W. Wozencraft was born in Dallas,TX. Law degree from Univ. of Texas. In 1917, at the age of 26, was elected Mayor of Dallas. In 1922 married Mary McReynolds and had two children.
In 1931 Frank was named General Counsel of RCA and moved to Rye and lived on Stuyvesant Ave. He served in both WWI and WW2, in WW2 he served from 1942 to 1946. Frank attained the rank of Lt. Colonel at at the end of the War served with the American-British Combined Communications Board of the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Lt. Colonel Wozencraft was awarded the  Legion of Merit and Order of the British Empire.
After the war he returned to Dallas to practice law. Mayor of Dallas, Texas, 1919-21. He was twenty-six and was said to be the youngest mayor of any major American city. He declined renomination as mayor in 1921. Sixty-four Texas mayors proposed he be nominated as the next Texas governor, but he declined , noting he was legally underage for that office. Presidential Elector, 1917.
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