Fremont County IA Archives Biographies.....Frazer, W. T. 1833 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1896)

W. T. FRAZER is one of the most prominent and progressive citizens of Sidney,
Iowa. As a member of the banking firm of Metelman & Frazer, he stands at the
head of one of the leading banking houses of Fremont county. No matter into what
condition or station in life one is born, in this free land of ours all avenues
of business and political or military life are open to him if he has the high
ambition, the enterprise and persistence to work his way upward. Reared as a
farmer, Mr. Frazer nevertheless entered the world of commerce to become one of
its most important factors in this section of Iowa.

   Born on the 15th of April, 1833, in Greenbrier county, Virginia, he is a son
of John Frazer, who was born in Augusta county, in 1800. In 1834 the father
removed with his family to Will county, Illinois, locating eighteen miles south
of the present city of Joliet, which was then a hamlet containing a post-office
and two log cabins. There he spent his remaining days as one of the
representative agriculturists of the community. In the county of his nativity he
married Miss Margaret Fisher, daughter of William Fisher, and they became the
parents of the following children: Elizabeth, wife of Jefferson Vining, a
resident of Kankakee, Illinois; Mrs. Caroline Decker, who is now located in
California, Missouri; Mrs. Nancy Jones, deceased; G. W., a resident of Colton,
California; W. T., of this review; Mrs. A. E. Gay, whose home is in Joplin,
Missouri; Mrs. F. M. Dille, a resident of Farmington, Illinois; Charles L., of
Highlands, California; and Mrs. Sophronia Pierson, of Kankakee, Illinois.

   During his infancy W. T. Frazer was taken by his parents to Illinois, and in
Will county spent the days of his boyhood and youth in the usual manner of
farmer lads. He aided in the labors of the fields through the summer months, and
in the winter season pursued his studies in the common schools. Observation and
business experience have made him the practical man of affairs that he is
to-day, well informed on all questions of interest to the country.

   Having arrived at years of maturity Mr. Frazer was married in June, 1856, in
Will county, Illinois, to Miss Henrietta, daughter of John Haynes, formerly of
Chillicothe, Ohio. She died in 1873, leaving three children, as follows:
Estelle, now the wife of S. B. Pardee, of Fremont county; George, who wedded
Neva McBride and resides in Ottawa, Ohio; and Josephine, wife of A. R. Anderson,
of Hot Springs, South Dakota. In October, 1875, Mr. Frazer was again married,
his second union being with Miss Ester Truman, daughter of William Truman, who
previously resided in Three Rivers, Michigan. This union is blessed with two
sons and a daughter,—John, Charles and Fannie,— all residents of Sidney.

   Mr. Frazer dates his arrival in Fremont county from 1867, when, leaving his
Illinois home, he traveled by rail to Council Bluffs and then across the country
by team to Riverton township, this county, where he purchased a tract of raw
land and with characteristic energy began its cultivation. He plowed and planted
it and soon the wild prairie grass was replaced by waving fields of grain. Good
buildings were erected and for eight years Mr. Frazer continued the further
improvement of his land. He used every effort to advance his interests and his
capable management and honorable dealing won him a handsome competence. In 1875
he removed to Sidney and embarked in the banking business as a partner of A. F.
Metelman and Henry Brown, under the name of Brown, Metelman & Company. The
senior partner has since died and the business is now conducted under the name
of Metelman & Frazer. The bank is capitalized at $60,000, and has become one of
the solid and responsible financial institutions of the State. The proprietors
are men of excellent business and executive ability, whose integrity is above
question and whose devotion to the best interests of their patrons is well known.

   Mr. Frazer is a member of the Methodist Church, and his life is in harmony
with his professions. He is active in its work and support and has served both
as Class-leader and Superintendent of the Sunday-school. As a citizen he is true
to every duty devolving upon him and is eminently public-spirited. He gives his
support and co-operation to every enterprise calculated to promote the general
welfare, and has been an important factor in the upbuilding of town and county
for the long period of twenty-eight years.


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A MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF IOWA

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1896


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