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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B.
Vol. I
Publ. by
Biographical Publishing Company.
Geo. Richmond, Prks.; C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
1904
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
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WILLIAM
M. FRIDMAN. William M. Fridman,
an attorney-at-law of Cincinnati, was born in Clermontville,
Clermont County, Ohio, Feb. 26, 1863, and is a son of
Franklin and Milly (Bushman) Fridman, the former a
native of Stolhoven, near Strasburg. Germany, the latter of
Ohio, of German descent.
Franklin Fridman was born in 1816 and came to
the United States in 1833, locating in Cincinnati, where for
some years he followed the trade of a boiler maker. In
1840 he removed to Clermont County, Ohio, where he engaged
in mercantile, manufacturing and banking pursuits. He
was president of the First National Bank of New Richmond, of
The Fridman Lumber Company and of the Fridman
Seating Company, of New Richmond.
William M. Fridman received his early education
in the public schools of Clermont County, then attended
Clermont Academy, and later Ohio Wesleyan University, of
Delaware, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in
1884. He began the study of the law under the
preceptorship of Frank Davis, and was
graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1887. He
was admitted to the bar that year and began practice at New
Richmond, succeeding to the practice of his former
preceptor, who had been elected to the Common Pleas bench of
Clermont County. In the same year he became a director
of the First National Bank of New Richmond, and has since
continued as such. In 1891 he came to Cincinnati and
formed a partnership with Marshal Moreton; one
year later he engaged in practice in association with
George G. Bright, under the firm name of Bright &
Fridman, which firm was dissolved Jan. 1, 1894.
He then was associated with Edward J. Dempsey until
May, 1898, at which time Edward J. Dempsey was
elected judge of the Superior Court. He then was
associated with Edward Barton until the latter
became general attorney for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company. In May, 1903, he formed a partnership with
Judge Edward J. Dempsey under the firm name of
Dempsey & Fridman. On Mar. 14, 1894, Mr.
Fridman was admitted to practice in the United States
courts. Politically he is a Democrat. He is a
member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Knights of
Pythias. He is a man of the highest type, and is
held in high esteem wherever known.
Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 1 - Publ., 1904 - Page 112 |
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