FRISBIE, S. A. - 1914

FRISBIE, NICHOLS, WARREN, SMITH, FIELD, ROBERTS, HARTWELL, PHELPS

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

S. A. FRISBIE

S. A. Frisbie is living retired in Aurelia, having reached the seventieth milestone on lifes journey. He is numbered among the early settlers in Iowa, having located in the state in 1868. For the past thirty-seven years he has lived in Cherokee county and during that time his interests have extended to many fields and have been important forces in the advancement and growth of Aurelia. He was born in Westport, New York, December 9, 1843, and is a son of Andrew and Sarah (Nichols) Frisbie, the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of New Jersey. Their marriage occurred in New York, where the family resided until the fathers death, which occurred August 16, 1885. His wife survived him only a few days, passing away August 26th of the same year. To their union were born nine children: Mina, the wife of H. E. Warren, of West port, New York; Maria, who married W. F. Smith, of Castalia, Iowa; W. F., a resident of Ferrisburg, Vermont; Martha, the wife of E. H. Fields, of Santa Barbara, California; Henry, deceased; Kate, the deceased wife of George Pat-terson; Alma, whose death occurred in Connecticut; S. A.; and Sarah, the deceased wife of R. Roberts, of Westport, New York.

S. A. Frisbie acquired his education at the Troy Conference Academy, of Poultney, Vermont, and in a commercial college at Albany. He afterward went to Brooklyn, where he entered the employ of the Brooklyn City Railway Company, retaining this position for three years. In 1868 he came west and settled in Allamakee county, Iowa, where in the following year he was employed by the Mississippi Valley Railroad Company as inspector. After a short time he accepted a position with Bassett, Huntington & Company at McGregor and he worked as a grain buyer in their interests until 1875. In 1876 he moved to Cherokee county, settling in Aurelia, where he established himself in the grain and elevator business, operating this in connection with a hardware, grocery, boot and shoe concern for ten years. During that period his establishment was destroyed by fire but was immediately rebuilt. After this Mr. Frisbie discontinued his hardware and grocery establishment, concentrating his attention upon the conduct of his elevator and stock-shipping business until 1888, when he retired from active life. He now makes his home in Aurelia and gives his time to the supervision of his extensive property interests, owning in addition to a fine home in Aurelia, two farms in Clay county, one of three hundred and sixty acres and another of one hundred and sixty, both in a high state of cultivation. He has also valuable property at St. Cloud, Florida.

On the 28th of July, 1874, Mr. Frisbie was united in marriage to Miss Emma Hartwell, who was born in New York on the 21st of March, 1848, a daughter of Artemus and Lucy Hartwell, natives of New England and Canada respectively. The father followed farming in New York state until his death, which occurred in 1874, and he was survived by his wife for many years, her death occurring in 1900. Two children were born to their union: Emma, wife of the subject of this review; and Alvira, the deceased wife of P. S. Phelps, of Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Frisbie became the parents of two children, both of whom died in infancy.

Mr. Frisbie is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is a republican in his political beliefs. His life has been one of well directed activity and intelligent effort, resulting in the attainment of a fair measure of success, and wherever he is known he is respected and esteemed by reason of his genuine personal worth.