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         J. W. FRAZEE, one of the early settlers of Louisa County, was born in Newark, Ohio, on the 4th of December, 1836, and is a son of Peter D. and Jane (Campbell) Frazee. They were both natives of Pennsylvania, and the parents of four children, of whom our subject is the second. The mother was born in 1808, and died in 1881, while the father, who was born in 1807, is still living. The boyhood days of our . . .

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. . . subject were spent in his native State, but in 1851 he emigrated with his parents to Iowa, locating in Burlington, Des Moines County, where he remained for two years. In 1853 he came to Louisa County, and has made his home in Grand View almost continuously since. On the 13th of December, 1882, he was united in marriage with Miss Josephine Sabin, who is a daughter of Isaiah and Mary Sabin.

When the Civil War broke out, Mr. Frazee was among the first to respond to his country’s call for troops, enlisting Sept. 11, 1861, in the 8th Iowa Infantry, becoming a member of Company K, which was under the command of Capt. H. H. Benson. He participated in the battle of Shiloh, where he was taken prisoner, but paroled June 1, 1862; the battle of Jackson, Miss., the siege and capture of Vicksburg, the siege of Jackson, Miss., the battle of Brandon, which occurred July 19, 1863, and the siege and charge on Spanish Fort. He was wounded at Independence, Mo. After four years of hard fighting, during which time he was always found at his post of duty, Mr. Frazee was discharged at Selma, Ala., April 20, 1866. After receiving his discharge he returned to his home at Grand View, where he again engaged at his trade of bricklaying.