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Author: Will T. Hale

   HENRY S. FRAZER. When loyal citizens of Nashville discuss with strangers the

manifold advantages of their flourishing city, they are more than likely to call

attention to the unusual number of young men who have won an assured place in

the very van of the commercial world. As one of the best examples of

accomplishment, they point out the rise of Henry S. Frazer. Then, after the

manner of people who have known us all our lives, they remark that nothing less

could have been expected of a man whose descent was to be traced through

generations of professional men and clever, capable women.



   James Frazer, great-grandfather of the subject of this review, was a native

of Scotland and, by training and occupation, a physician. He came to this

country in the early days of the republic and served the land of his adoption as

army surgeon under General Jackson in the war of 1812. His long and eventful

life was concluded in Lebanon, Tennessee, where he had practised his profession

for many years. It was there that his son, Henry S. Frazer, grandfather of the

Henry S., of this sketch, was born. In his early manhood he came to Nashville,

which has since that time, been the home of the Frazer family. It was here that

James S. Frazer, son of Henry S., grew to manhood. He married Mary Washington,

now Mrs. David Shelby Williams of Nashville and died at the age of forty-two,

leaving five sons and one daughter.



   His son, Henry S., named for his grandsire, passed his youth and gained his

early education in Nashville. Later he attended Hotchkiss school at Lakeville,

Connecticut, returning to his native city upon the completion of his education.



   Henry S. Frazer made his first essay into commercial life with the wholesale

grocery house of Orr, Jackson & Company, where he gained five years of valuable

experience. At the expiration of this period, the young man resolved to go into

a line of business that promised a broader insight into affairs, and, in

pursuance with this plan, he formed an association with the Nashville Trust

Company, remaining with this institution for the next five years. Feeling that

these ten years of experience entitled him to the privilege of embarking in

business on his own account, Mr. Frazer established a private enterprise in

stocks, bonds and banking, the concern being known as Frazer & Palmer. One year

later he assumed sole proprietorship of the institution, carrying on the

business under his own name.



   Mr. Frazer's interest in his native city and its solicitude for its welfare

is indicated by the fact that he is a member of the board of trade and is also

on the roster of the Commercial Club. The Hermitage Club and the Nashville Golf

and Country clubs also number the young banker among their members.



   Although Henry S. Frazer enjoys the prestige of a name long respected in the

community, he has never relied upon the favor of his fellow-citizens, but, from

the outset of his business career, has applied his energies as assiduously as

though he were forced, unaided, to carve out a place for himself. In short he

has manifested the true American spirit, plus the indomitable courage and

persistency of his Scotch ancestry.



Additional Comments:
From:



A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans : the leaders and representative men in

commerce, industry and modern activities

by Will T. Hale

Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co.,  1913



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