Frazier, Alfred (1837-1902)

FRAZIER

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 10/28/2008 at 16:19:22

Alfred S. Frazier
Mar 13, 1837 - Oct 24, 1902

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.224, Rockford Twp.)
A. Frazier, Postmaster and farmer, Honey Creek, came from Putnam County, Ind., in the fall of 1854, and settled on his present place, his father entering the same. Our subject was born in Indiana in 1837; son of J. T. Frazier, a native of Tennessee, but who was raised in Indiana, and is still living on the place they first settled. The mother of our subject is dead. He (subject) received his education in his native State. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Juliana Wild, a native of England. They have three children, one son and two daughters, all of whom are at home. When our subject and parents came to this county, they traversed the country in wagons, and were four weeks in making the trip. They purchased the improvements which the Mormons had made on the place, and entered it afterward. Council Bluffs was their tracing point at this time. Our subject started a general store in Honey Creek in 1867. He is also the Postmaster at the latter place. Heis business, however, has been principally farming. He deals mostly in cattle, hogs and corn. His farm consists of 450 acres, 200 of which are under cultivation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Republican.

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.662)
ALFRED FRAZIER of Rockford Township was born in Indiana, March 13, 1837, the son of James C. and Malinda (FULLER) FRAZIER, natives of Tennessee and Indiana, respectively. The father, in pioneer times, moved from Tennessee to Indiana, locating upon a farm and lived there until his death, leaving a wife and nine children, of whom Alfred, our subject, is the fourth in order of birth. Remaining at the paternal home until he was married, he in 1854 located at his present residence, purchasing about 300 acres of prairie, a small portion of which had been broken by Mormons, and there was a log house on the premises. With Mr. FRAZIER came also his mother (the youngest child of ten in the family of John and Esther FULLER, natives and farmers of Virginia), who died a few years afterward. Mr. FULLER had also a mill and distillery, which he ran here until he died.

Mr. FRAZIER was married at the age of nineteen years, in May 1857, to Juliana WILD, daughter of William and Sarah WILD, natives of England, who emigrated to America and located on Pigeon Creek, this county, and died there. Their three children were John and Nancy, now residing in California, and Juliana. The latter was born in November 1837. Mr. FRAZIER now has 500 acres of excellent land on section 35, of which about 260 acres are in cultivation and the rest in meadow and pasture; he also owns a lot in the village of Honey Creek. He ships three or four carloads of cattle annually and two carloads of hogs. He superintends the cultivation of the large farm while he is also postmaster of Honey Creek, which office he has held ever since 1868. Coming here in the early day, he has witnessed all the changes that have been made to redeem this country from its original savage state to its present high standing. Politically, he is a decided Republican and as such has been an active worker; has been township clerk, etc. His five children are: James W., residing at home; Nettie, deceased; Mary, wife of J. E. WHITE; Eunice, at home; and John F., deceased.