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Frothingham, Washington

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 28, 1822, in Fonda, N. Y. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Albany; and the author of Atheos, or Tragedies of Unbelief; The Martel Papers; and Scenes in the Reign of Terror.

Fruitnight, John Henry

physician, author, was born Nov. 9, 1851, in New York city. He was among the organizers of St. John's Guild for Children, is the author of numerous papers and monographs.

Fry, Cary Harrison

soldier, was born Aug. 20, 1813, in Garrard county, Ky. He was brevetted brigadier-general United States army in 1867, and from 1869 till his death was chief paymaster of various military divisions. He died March 5, 1873, in San Francisco, Cal.

Fry, Jacob

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1835 to 1839; and was at one time auditor-general of the state. He died Nov. 28, 1866, in Norristown, Pa.

Fry, Joseph Reese

banker, composer, author. He was largely instrumental in raising the Union League brigade at a gloomy period of the civil war. He was the author of A Life of Zachary Taylor.

He died in June, 1865, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Fry, Joshua

soldier, was born in England. He made a map of Virginia; and in 1752 was a commissioner to treat with the Indians at Logstown. He died May 31, 1754, while conducting an expedition against the French.

Fry, Speed Smith

soldier, jurist, was born Sept. 9, 1817, in Mercer county, Ky. At the beginning of the civil war he organized the fourth Kentucky regiment in the national army, and served as its colonel till March 21, 1862, when he was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers.

Fry, William Henry

journalist, composer, was born in August, 1815, in Philadelphia. He was editor of the Philadelphia Ledger; The Sun; and the New York Tribune. He was the author of Leonora, an opera produced at the Chestnut Street theater in 1845. He died Dec. 21, 1864, in the West Indies.

Frye, James

soldier, was born in 1709, in Andover, Mass. He served at the capture of Louisburg in 1745, and commanded the Essex regiment at the beginning of the revolution, taking an active part in the battle of Bunker Hill. He died Jan. 8, 1776.

Frye, Joseph

soldier, jurist, was born March 30, 1712, in Andover, Mass.

He was a justice of the peace and a member of the general court of Massachusetts, and was an ensign in Hale's regiment at the capture of Louisburg in 1745. He died in 1794, in Fryeburg, Maine.

Fryer, L. P

lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 10, 1864, in Butler, Ky. He has served as police judge of Falmouth, Ky., for two terms; and for three years was attorney of Pendleton county. In 1897 he was elected commonwealth attorney of the eighteenth judicial district, and is serving with distinction.

Fulkerson, Abram

soldier, state senator, congressman, was born in May, 1834, in Washington county, Va. He served in the confederate army from 1861 to 1865, rising to the rank of colonel. He was elected a representative in the state legislature in 1871 and 1873, and a state senator in 1877 and 1879. He was elected a representative from Virginia to the forty-seventh congress. a