BIOGRAPHIES:   George FRALEY, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, WI

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George Fraley, tinner, Eau Claire, was born near Weisenburg, Germany, 
March 9, 1845, a son of Frederick and Catherine Fraley.  Frederick died 
at Eau Claire, aged seventy-two, and Catherine, aged sixty-eight years.  
Our subject remained with his parents till the age of thirteen, when he 
immigrated with them to this country, went to La Crosse, Wis., and learned 
the tinner's trade, after which he worked for D. J. Spalding, of Black River 
Falls, then engaged with J. D. Wells and worked for him, at his trade, for 
seventeen years.  After spending a year in Neillsville, Wis., he came to 
Eau Claire and worked for A. L. Dean for three years, then for Miller & 
Huebner for nine years, when he engaged with Huebner, Robertson & Schlosser, 
and remained with them until they dissolved partnership and Schlosser Bros. 
began business, since.  July 2, 1872, he married Ida Mason, of Scotch 
parentage, and four children were born to them:  Mark, Arthur, Isaac and 
Fred, all of whom are living.  Mr. Fraley was reared in the Roman Catholic 
church, is an independent republican, and a member of Frieden Lodge No. 254, 
I.O.O.F.

--Taken from "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley
Wisconsin" Including A General Historical Sketch of the Chippewa Valley;
Ancestral Records of Leading Families; Biographies of Representative 
Citizens, Past and Present; and Portraits of Prominent Men.  Edited by
George Forrester.  Chicago, Illinois: A. Warner, Publisher.  1891-92
Page 768