St Johns County FlArchives Biographies.....Rolleston, Frank A. October 25, 1872 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg.94-95  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present 

        FRANK A. ROLLESTON. In three capacities, as jewelry merchant, newspaper
man and secretary of the Board of Trade, FRANK A. ROLLESTON has become widely
and favorably known to the people of St. Augustine, among whom he has spent the
greater part of a varied and at all times active and interesting career. A man
of versatile abilities, in each of his several lines of endeavor he has arisen
to his opportunities, and in his present secretarial position with the trade
body has contributed materially to its substantial development and capacity for
usefulness.
	Mr. Rolleston was born in New York City, October 25, 1872, and is a son 
of WILLIAM and ELLEN (KEELY) ROLLESTON. His father was born on the Isle of Man, 
in the Irish Sea, in 1843, and came to the United States in 1870, landing at 
New York, where he remained three years. In 1873 he located at Greensboro, 
Alabama, where he engaged in the jewelry business for four years, then coming 
to St. Augustine, where he passed the remainder of his life in the same line, 
being known as one of the city’s reliable and successful business men. He was a
democrat, but never sought public office. In his younger years he belonged to
the Episcopal Church, but later adopted the faith of the Roman Catholic Church
in which he died in 1912. At Dublin, Ireland, Mr. Rolleston married ELLEN K
KEELY, who was born there in 1844, and died in 1914, at St. Augustine, and they
became the parents of nine children, of whom three were born in Ireland. Two
sons and four daughters survive.
	The fourth in order of birth of his parents’ children, FRANK A. 
ROLLESTON attended the grammar and high schools of St. Augustine, and then 
pursued a course at the Christian Brothers’ School, Dublin, Ireland. On his 
return to this country, at the age of 14 years, he became associated with his 
father in the jewelry business, a line in which he was engaged until 1899. At 
that time he identified himself with Gen. J. C. R. FOSTER, the publisher of the 
St. Augustine Morning Journal, and when this paper was absorbed by the Evening 
Record Mr. Rolleston remained with the latter, eventually becoming city editor, 
a position which he held until January, 1919, when he resigned to become 
secretary of the St. Augustine Board of Trade. In his present capacity he has 
added to his reputation for successful accomplishment and has established 
himself firmly in the esteem and confidence of those with whom he is daily 
associated in the performance of his important duties. Mr. Rolleston is a 
democrat, but takes only a good citizen’s part in political affairs. He is a
member of the Roman Catholic Church.
	In October, 1894, Mr. Rolleston married Miss CARRIE A. WATTS, who was
born at Nicholasville, Kentucky, and to this union there have been born two
children: DOROTHY and WILLIAM FRANK.


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