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OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest                    Volume 99 : Issue 348

Today's Topics:
  #1 WILLIAM F.M. FRAZIER - HAMILTON CO   [AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M RE]

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Date: Tue,  1 Jun 1999 13:24:47, -0500
From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER)
Subject: WILLIAM F.M. FRAZIER - HAMILTON COUNTY


BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887 - page 788,789,790,791

        WILLIAM F.M. FRAZIER, one of Blackford's early settlers, who is
engaged in farming on section 4, in Washington Township, is a native of
Hamilton County, Ohio, being born September 2, 1828. At the age of five his
father, William N., and mother, Julia Ann (Pickens) Frazier, emigrated to
Franklin County, Indiana. After residing there two years they removed to
Henry County, Indiana, and moved to various other localities during his
life, having died at the advanced age of over ninety-eight years. At the
early age of sixteen young William left his father's home to make his own
way in the world, first finding work in a tan-yard in new Castle, Indiana;
then learning the potter's trade at the same place. After two years work he
went to Preble County, Ohio, where he finished his trade and worked at it
until 1850. In a few days after New Years of 1851 he was united in marriage
to Miss Catharine Ullom, who was born in Darke County, Ohio, May 29, 1830.
Her father, Daniel Ullom, died when she was two years old. At the age of
six her mother, Jane (Wilt) Ullom, was married to John McFarland, and to
them were born Archibald and Emily. At the age of ten she was left an
orphan by the death of her mother. She then went to live with her uncle,
Henry Hutton, of Preble County, Ohio, who was appointed her guardian, her
brother, Benjamin F., being bound to Henry Coblentz, of Darke County, Ohio.
Catharine was reared by her uncle until eighteen years of age, after which
time she lived in the family of Calvin Henderson, now of Blackford County,
Indiana, until married. When married, William settled on a farm near New
Madison, Ohio, in which vicinity he resided nearly five years, employing
himself in farming and aiding in a few jobs of carpenter work. On October
1, 1855, William started for Blackford with his family, consisting of wife
and child, James, arriving at this present home, then in the wilderness,
after six days weary travel, the roads being almost impassible from logs,
stumps and mud. The rain came down in gentle torrents all the time except
the last half day, during which time it snowed for a change. Mr. Frazier
still resides on the farm which he unraveled from the deep forest,
consisting of over sixty acres of well improved and highly cultivated land.
A log hut was built before his arrival, but with only the earth for a
floor, and the door consisted of a bed-quilt for some time. In 1876 the old
log cabin gave way to the substantial frame which he now occupies. Until
the past few years the woods were full of wild turkeys and squirrels, and
many are the ones that have fallen beneath the aim of his rifle. His
principal way of making money has been in raising horses, but his chief
delight was in feeding hogs. Opossum and raccoon hunting was one of his
favorite pastimes during his early days in Blackford. Mr. Frazier has
always been a very great reader, and there are few current topics on which
he is not well informed, his chief delight being history, religion and
politics. Himself, wife and son, R.A., are members of the Church of God,
more commonly known as the "Soul-sleepers." In 1864 Mr. Frazier was
drafted, and remained in the United States service until the close of the
war, being in Sherman's famous march through the Carolinas, having joined
the army at Charleston, South Carolina. He traveled in all through sixteen
States while serving his country, being a member of Company C, Fifty-third
Indiana Volunteers, and being one of that numerous multitude that raised up
their voice and shouted: "The Union now and forever, one and inseparable!"
He participated in Sherman's review on the 24th of May, 1865. "Billy and
"Katy," as they are commonly called, have ever lived a happy and honorable
life, and around their home has been clustered many of the happiest hours
ever passed in Blackford. Their doors have ever been open to all who sought
comfort, and none ever departed hungry or sad. Their house has for years
been the center of attraction and enjoyment, for it contains many of the
luxuries of art, science and literature, not found in every home, to which
is added the refinement and superior qualities of their sons. If a crown is
prepared for the acts of generous and kind humanity, the heads of this
family will certainly possess many a star of glory. To William and
Catharine Frazier have been born six sons, two deceased and four living
-Benjamin F., born in November, 1851, died when ten days old; James T.,
born October 14, 1852, died January 18, 1873, after a lingering illness of
seventeen weeks and three days, with typhoid fever, his life being closed
with black-bone erysipelas and dropsy. James had attended school at
Bluffton, Indiana, and six terms in the Ridgeville College, Indiana. He had
taught two terms of school, and was elected for a third when he died. F.
Marion was born August 20, 1857. His early boyhood days were spent on the
farm, as all the others have been, until about the age of twenty, when he
commenced teaching school in his home district. He was one of the most
thorough and considerate teachers that ever entered a door, and was loved
and respected by his pupils to a degree that but few parents ever gain. He
attended at various times the Ridgeville College, Fort Wayne Methodist
Episcopal College, Purdue University, and the Northern Indiana Normal
School. In 1882 he was appointed principal of the Montpelier, Indiana,
school, but resigned after a short time to accept a position in the Pension
Office in Washington, D.C. He filled the position with honor, but the work
being unpleasant he resigned January 17, 1883, and entered the law school,
where he graduated May 9, 1844, with the first honors of his class,
receiving the degree of LL.B. He was admitted to both the Circuit and
Supreme courts of Indiana early in June, 1884. While teaching a Normal
school in 1886 he was engaged as special collector and bookkeeper for "The
Bank of Manson," Manson, Iowa, which place he filled with more than
ordinary ability and accuracy. When he had the affairs of the bank all
settled, he was immediately sent by "The Warder, Bushnell & Glessner
Company," of Chicago, Illinois, as their special traveling collector to
Dakota Territory. F.M. has paid much attention to history and literature,
and has quite a volume of poems, many of which are considered of a high
order. He is a genial, jolly, whole-souled companion, and Marion, as he is
called, is ever welcomed by all. Robert A. was born March 4, 1862. After
attending the district school he went to the Fort Wayne Methodist Episcopal
College int the winter of 1879. In 1880 he commenced teaching, and since
that time has employed many months in the school-room, being one of the
most successful and popular teachers of the county. He has at various times
attended the Fort Wayne Methodist Episcopal College, Ridgeville College,
and the Eastern Indiana Normal School. He is now engaged in his eighth
year, teaching about six months each year. R.A. has for two years past
taken much interest in raising fine horses, and much of his time during the
summer has been devoted to their development. He has a fine specimen of the
equine race, and his stable stands in the first rank of the county. Sherman
S., born June 1, 1865, like his brothers, has had good educational
advantages, having spent four winters under his brother F.M.'s thorough
instruction, and having attended the Fort Wayne Methodist Episcopal College
and the Eastern Indiana Normal School. For the past two years he has
engaged in teaching, with first-class success. He is making preparations to
enter the medical profession. He is a young man of more than ordinary
physical and mental ability, and there can be a bright future predicted for
him. Levi S., born December 20, 1869, has had the same advantages of
education enjoyed by his brother Sherman S., in the district school. He is
preparing for the teacher's station, and ere long will wield the
educational sword. He is yet young and has never had any chance to display
his ability, but gives promise of being equal to the best. Like his next
older brother, he gives evidence of a bright future.

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