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Franklin, William M

lawyer, legislator, was born Feb. 13, 1820, in Monroe county, N. C. On his retirement from the Indiana legislature he was elected prosecutor of the seventh judicial circuit. Two years later he was elected judge of the common pleas court for the district composed of the counties of Greene, Owen, Sullivan and Clay, serving four years. In 1860 he was again elected to the same position, and in 1870 elected circuit judge of his district.

Franklin, William Temple

author. He accompanied his grandfather to Paris, acting as his secretary. He published editions of Franklin's works. He died May 25, 1823, in Paris, France.

Frantz, Mrs. Virginia

educator, poet, was born in 1838 in Brandon, Miss.

For many years she has been engaged in educational work; and is the author of a volume entitled Ina Greenwood and Other Poems.

Fraser, Charles

artist, was born Aug. 20, 1782, in Charleston, S. C. He produced many landscape and genre pictures. In 1857 his works were exhibited in Charleston. He died Oct. 5, 1860, in Charleston, S. C.

Fraser, Philip

lawyer, jurist, was born in Pennsylvania. He adopted the profession of the law and settled at Jacksonville, Fla.; and in 1862 was appointed United States judge for the northern district of Florida.

Fraser, Thomas Boone

jurist, state senator, was born Oct. 27, 1825, in Sumter county, S. C. In 1878 he was elected judge of the third judicial district of South Carolina; in 1877 was elected state senator.

Frazar, Douglas

soldier, author, was born in 1836 in Massachusetts. He was a colonel in the federal army during the civil war, brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers at the close of the war, and subsequently a citizen of Somerville, Mass. He was the author of The Log of the Maryland; Perseverance Island; and Practical Boat-Sailing. He died in 1896.

Frazee, John

sculptor, was born July 18, 1790, in Rahway, N. J. In 1834 he modeled several busts of eminent men for the library of the Boston athenæum, among which were those of Daniel Webster, Prescott, Lowell, Story, Bowditch, and T. H. Perkins. Subsequently he made busts of John Marshall, Lafayette, De Witt Clinton, John Jay, Gen. Jackson, Bishop Hobart, Dr. Stearns, and Dr. Mil- He died Feb. 24, 1852, in Compton Mills, R. I. nor.

Frazer, John Fries

soldier, scientist, was born July 8, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pa. He served as a soldier during the revolutionary war. In 1836 he became a state geologist; and subsequently was professor of chemistry and natural philosophy in the Philadelphia high school and other institutions. He died Oct. 12, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Frazer, Persifor

geologist, author, born July 24, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He is a distinguished geologist attached to the state geological survey of Pennsylvania, who has published Tables for the Determination of Minerals; and The Geology of Lancaster County.

Frazier, William C

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1776 in Lancaster, Pa. He was appointed an associate justice of the territory of Wisconsin. He died Oct. 18, 1838, in Milwaukee, Wis.

Frear, William Henry

merchant, was born March 29, 1841, in Troy, N. Y.

His store is the largest in Troy, N. Y.; has fifty-five departments; and is known by the attractive name of Frear's Troy Cash Bazaar.