Montgomery-Robertson-Cheatham County TN Archives Biographies.....Frey, James H. 1870 - 
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Author: Will T. Hale

   JAMES H. FREY. A valued addition to the medical staff of Port Royal,

Tennessee, came in 1911, when Dr. James H. Frey determined to locate here. He is

a physician with many years of experience in his profession and his reputaton as

a practitioner of no mean ability preceded him to Port Royal. He is a man who

never spares himself, and whose large practice is the result of unsparing work

as well as undoubted medical skill.



   James H. Frey was born in Robertson county, Tennessee, on the 16th of July,

1870. His father, Clent Frey, was also born in Robertson county, the year of his

birth being 1844. Clent Frey is the son of Thomas J. Frey, who was a native of

North Carolina, but came to Tennessee and settled at an early date. He spent the

rest of his life in Tennessee, residing in Montgomery county, whither he removed

when his son, Clent, was a small boy. The latter went to school in this county

and has lived here all of his life, now residing in District No. 5, where he is

the owner of a fine farm. He has been a farmer all of his life and has acquired

a comfortable fortune, being worth about fifteen thousand dollars. He is proud

of the fact that all the money which has ever come to him has been earned by his

own efforts and his reputation for honesty and square dealing proves that he has

just cause for pride. He and his family are members of the Missionary Baptist

church, and in politics is a member of the Democratic party.



   Clent Frey married Nannie Goodman, who, like her husband, was born in

Robertson county, the date of her birth being 1847. Mrs. Frey is the daughter of

James C. Goodman, who, born in the state of Virginia, came to Tennessee when the

country was young, and spent the remainder of his life in the state of his

adoption. Mr. and Mrs. Frey became the parents of four children, of whom Dr.

Frey is the eldest. The others are Minnie, who lives at home; Emmett, who is a

physician and lives in Guthrie, Kentucky, and Clude, who lives at home on the farm.



   James H. Frey received his earliest education in one of the so-called free

schools, later attending a school in Cedar Hill, Tennessee, taught by Professor

Harper. At this-school he was prepared for the state university and entered the

medical department of this university, graduating from the same with the class

of 1894. Upon leaving the university he went to Cheatham county, Tennessee, and

there began the practice of his profession. With a thorough professional

education and a love for his work it is not surprising that the young physician

presently had a flourishing practice. This practice continued to grow during the

fourteen years in which he remained in the county and his personal popularity

grew with it. It was a loss to the community when he determined to remove to

Nashville. He remained in the latter city for three years, and in 1911, on

account of the ill health of his wife, he left the city and located in Port

Royal. He has been successful from the first in his new location and the future

shines brightly before him.



   Dr. Frey and his wife are both members of the Missionary Baptist church and

the doctor has always been an active member of this church, being a deacon in

the church at Nashville. He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,

of the Port Royal lodge, and he also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd

Fellows. He takes a keen interest in the proceedings of the medical societies of

which he is a member, believing that they are of great aid in instilling into

the members that fraternal spirit. He belongs to the county and state medical

societies and to the American Medical Association. He has invested a

considerable amount of money in land in Alabama, being the owner of about a

thousand acres.



   In 1900 Dr. Frey married Sophia M. Flower, a daughter of James W. Flower, a

well known resident of McCracken county, Kentucky. He was born in the state of

Tennessee and when the Civil war broke out he enlisted in the Eleventh Tennessee

Infantry and served through the long four years of the war with the exception of

one year, which was indeed the most terrible year of all, for he spent it as a

prisoner in the Union prison at Rock Island, Illinois, having been captured at

the battle of Nashville, in which battle he was also wounded. He spent the rest

of his active life as a farmer, but is now retired. One son, Richard H., now a

sturdy little lad of five, has been born to Dr. Frey and his wife.





Additional Comments:
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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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