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Source:
History of Auglaize Co., Ohio -
Vol. II of 2 Volumes
Edited by William J. McMurray
Wapakoneta, Ohio
Historical Publishing Company
Indianapolis
1923
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THOMAS FRAZIER,
a veteran of the Civil war and one of the best known farmers of
Duchouquet township, proprietor of an excellent farm along the
river, just below the mouth of Blackhoof creek, in the southwest
quarter of section 12, is a "Buckeye" by birth and has lived in
this state all his life, a resident of Auglaize county since he
was eleven years of age, a period of nearly seventy years, and
has thus been a witness to the development of this region since
pioneer days. Mr. Frazier was born in Pickaway
county on Nov. 8, 1844, and is a son of John and Mahalia (Woodell)
Frazier, who later became pioneers of Auglaize county.
JOHN FRAZIER, who
later became pioneers of Auglaize county. John Frazier
also was born in Ohio, a member of one of the pioneer families
of Fairfield county, where he grew to manhood and was married.
He later made his home for some time in Pickaway county and then
moved up into Putnam county, where he remained for six years, or
until 1856, when he came with his family to Auglaize county and
bought an uncleared tract of 100 acres on the western border of
Union township, just southwest of Uniopolis, where he
established his home and spent the remainder of his life,
clearing and developing the place, to which he added until he
was the owner of a farm of 118 acres. He and his wife were
the parents of two children, the subject of this sketch having
had a sister, Rebecca, now deceased. Thomas Frazier
was eleven years of age when he came to Auglaize county with his
parents in 1856 and he grew to manhood on the home farm in the
Uniopolis neighborhood, a useful factor in the labors of
clearing and developing that place, and was living there when
the Civil war broke out. In the spring of 1864 he entered
the service of the union army as a substitute and served for
five months as a private in the 156th Ohio infantry regiment,
during which period of service he participated in the battle of
the Cumberland. Upon the completion of his military
service Mr. Frazier returned to the farm and was there
engaged in farming until his marriage two years later, at the
age of twenty-two, when he bought a "forty" in Union township
and started in farming on his own account. For three years
he made his home on that place and then, in 1870, traded that
farm for a tract of fifty acres along the river in section12 of
Duchouquet township, a part of the farm on which he is now
living, and gas ever since resided on this latter place, he and
his family being very comfortably situated. Since taking
possession of that place Mr. Frazier has improved it in
proper shape adn also has enlarged his holdings until he now has
a well improved farm of 137 acres. He is a Republican, a
member of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and
he and his wife are members of the United Brethren church at
Cridersville. It was on Jan. 17, 1867, that Thomas
Frazier was united in marriage to Minerva Speese, who
was born in Union township, this county, daughter of
ANDREW and Sarah Ann
(Fleming) SPEESE
and a member of the pioneer Speese family who were
included among the early settlers of this county, and to this
union five children have been born, two of whom - Anna
and Jennie - are deceased, the others being Ella,
Charles, and Lillie, all of whom are married.
Ella Frazier married Otto Buchanan, now living at
Wapakoneta, and has three children, Florence, Lulu and
Lillie, the first named of whom married Frank Sheipline
and has one child, a daughter, Edna. Lulu
Buchanan married Arthur Blank and has two
children, Howard and Herbert. Charles
Frazier married Jennie Burden and has had ten
children, all of whom are living save two (Clyde and
Scott), the others being Pearl, Raymond, Carl, Marie,
John, Ellen, Walter and Irvin. Pearl Frazier
married Orlie Bowersock and has one child, Dial.
Lillie Frazier, now wife of Elmer Smith, has been
twice married, her first husband, Sloan Hardin having
died, leaving her one child, a daughter, Margaret. Anna
Frazier (deceased) married Elza Orr and at her death
left three children, Harley, Jerome and Ethel.
The Fraziers have a pleasant home on rural mail route No.
9 out of Wapakoneta, about five iles northeast of the city, and
their long establishment there has given them a wide
acquaintance throughout that part of the county.
Source: History of Auglaize
County, Ohio - Vol. II - Pub. 1923 - Page 585 |
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JOHN M. FREYMAN - See
WILLIAM FREYMAN
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - Vol. II -
Pub. 1923 - Page 636 |
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WILLIAM FREYMAN,
a well known and substantial bachelor farmer of Duchouquet
township, living on his well kept place just southeast of
Wapakoneta, is a member of one of the real pioneer families of
this county, his grandfather,
JOHN M. FREYMAN, a Bavarian,
having settled here in 1833, the year following the departure of
the Indians from their old reservation lands here. John
M. Freyman was born in the kingdom of Bavaria and in 1828
came to this country with his wife and the children that then
had been born to them and for awhile thereafter made his home in
Pennsylvania. Not long afterward, however, he came over
into Ohio and settled in Butler county, where he remained until
the Wapakoneta Indian reservation lands here were opened for
settlement in 1832, when he came up here and entered from the
Government an "eighty" in the southeast quarter of section 33 of
Duchouquet township, less than a mile southeast of the village
of Wapakoneta, and in the next year brought his family here and
established his home on that place, where he spent the remainder
of his life, his death occurring in 1863. His widow
survived him for six years, her death occurring in 1869.
Andrew Freyman, one of the sons of this pioneer couple,
and father of the subject of this sketch, was ten years of age
when the family settled in the Wapakoneta neighborhood in 1833,
the year after the Indians had a "forty," which he farmed as
well as his own "eighty," and besides these tracts he bought a
farm of fifty-five acres in Pusheta township, to the operation
of which he likewise gave his personal attention and as his
affairs prospered added to his holdings until the home place
comprised 160 acres and was regarded as one of the best improved
farms in that neighborhood. There Andrew Freyman
spent his last days, his death occurring in 1902, he then being
eighty-four years of age. To him and his wife were born
thirteen children, six of whom are still living, the subject of
this sketch having three sisters, Mary, Caroline and
Barbara, and two brothers, Michael and Alexander
Freyman. The deceased children of this family were one
who died in infancy, john, John (II), Andrew, Charles, Anna
and Elizabeth. William Freyman, son of
Andrew and Salina (Fetter) Freyman was born on the old
Freyman farm on Jan. 4, 1866, and has lived there all his
life. He received his schooling at Wapakoneta and from the
days of his boyhood has been devoted to the affairs of the farm.
Following the death of his parents he bought the home place of
160 acres and has continued to farm the place, also operating a
good farm of 116 acres in Pusheta township. In addition to
his general farming Mr. Freyman has long given
considerable attention to the raising of live stock and has done
well in his operations. He has a pleasant home on rural
route No. 1 out of Wapakoneta. He is a member of the
Evangelical church, is a Republican and is affiliated with the
local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at
Wapakoneta.
Source: History of Auglaize County, Ohio - Vol. II -
Pub. 1923 - Page 636 |
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