Frazier, C. S.

FRAZIER, MCGUIRE, SHEARER

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 8/12/2009 at 16:28:03

C. S. Frazier, the owner and occupant of a fine farm on section 21, Washington Township, is numbered among the progressive stock-raisers and farmers of Jasper County. His estate comprises eighty fertile acres, bearing good improvements, and is devoted to the purposes of general farming. A man of marked enterprise and financial ability, in his business and social relations his energetic character and practical sagacity find ample field for exercise. He has made a specialty of stock raising, in which he has met with well-deserved success, the cattle, hogs and horses that are raised being of a high standard.

A native of Marion County, Ind., our subject was born near the city of Indianapolis, April 13, 1858, and is therefore at this time (1893) in life's prime. He is the son of Jesse Frazier, a native of Marion County, Ind., and a descendant of Scotch ancestors. Coming to Iowa in 1859, he located one and one-quarter miles west of Prairie City, Jasper County, where, six years before, he had entered a tract of land. For some time he devoted his attention assiduously to the clearing and improving of his farm, which he placed under a fine state of cultivation. He is now a resident of O'Brien County, Iowa.

The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Mary J. McGuire, and was born in Ohio, where she resided until twelve years of age. She is of Irish and Dutch descent. There were two daughters and four sons in the parental family, our subject being the eldest of the number. He was reared to manhood in Jasper County, and received a good common-school education in the district schools. The knowledge thus obtained he supplemented by a course of reading, which resulted in his securing a fine fund of information upon all general topics.

August 26, 1879, Mr. Frazier was united in marriage with Miss Ida, daughter of H. J. Shearer. Mrs. Frazier was born in Des Moines Township, Jasper County, Iowa, in 1859, and is the second in order of birth of her father's family. She is the mother of four daughters: Flossie T., Emma C., Ethel May and Mildred. About the time of his marriage, Mr. Frazier located upon the farm where he has since made his home. Here he engages in the buying, feeding and selling of stock, an enterprise in which he has met with flattering success. At the present time he has on his place sixty-one head of cattle and forty-five hogs. Notwithstanding the fact that his own personal interests have demanded much time and thought, Mr. Frazier has always been a liberal-minded and public-spirited citizen, giving his moral and financial support to all enterprises having for their object the welfare of the people around him. Politically he is a stanch supporter of Republican principles, but he has never sought office, preferring to devote his leisure hours to the quiet enjoyment of domestic happiness. He served for some time as Assessor of his township, and in various ways has proved a valuable addition to the citizenship of the community. Besides materially assisting in the development of the agricultural resources of Washington Township, he has been an influence for good as a man of sound sense, unswerving integrity and thoughtful disposition, which make him just and considerate in his dealings with others. Portrait and Biographical Record, Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, IA Page 425.