Forsyth County NcArchives Biographies.....Fries, John William 
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Source: Who's Who
Author: John W. Leonard

Fries, John William,
mfr., banker;
b. Salem, NC, Nov. 7, 1846;
s. Francis and L.M. (Vogler) F.;
ed. there and in Univ. of NC. 
Has been justice of the peace, presiding judge of co. court and co. comm'r.
Is a cotton and wollen mfr., inventor machines and processes for dying yarns 
and cloth;
pres. People's Nat. Bank, Winston, NC;
dir. Wachovia Loan and Trust Co. of Winston, and a trustee of Univ. of NC.
Mem. of Monetary Comm'n to propose a plan of currency reform.
In politics a sound-money Dem., but voted for McKinley in 1896 and 1900.
Has written mag. articles on sound money questions.
Mem. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Soc. Chem. Industry.
Club: Reform (New York).
Address: Winston-Salem, NC

Additional Comments:
Source:
Who's Who in America
A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States.
Volume 3
1903-1905
Established, 1899, by Albert Nelson Marquis
Edited by John W. Leonard
Chicago
A.N. Marquis & Company
Publishers
1903

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