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Compiled by John H. Wheeler Published in 1903 by B. F. Bowen Biography Page 205 |
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GEORGE A. FREDERICK
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George A. Frederick is the owner and operator of a farm of one hundred and sixty acres on section 26, Wexford township, of which one hundred acres is under a high state of cultivation. A native of Ohio, his birth occurred in Medina county, on the 15th of April, 1860, and he is the fifth in order of birth in a family of eleven children, whose parents were John B. and Helen L. (Seas) Frederick. During the boyhood of the subject they removed to St. Joseph county, Michigan and in the spring of 1896 they came to Wexford county, taking up their abode in Wexford township, where the father passed away on the 19th of February, 1900, in the seventy-seventh year of his age. George A. Frederick was a little lad of only four summers at the time of his parents removal to this state and upon the home farm in Leonidas township, St. Joseph county, he was reared until he had attained his majority. The public schools afforded him his educational privileges and when not engaged with the duties of the schoolroom he largely devoted his time and energies to assisting in the cultivation of the fields or in the care of the stock upon the home place. He arrived in Wexford county in 1884 and for four years was identified with its intellectual development as a school teacher. At the end of that time he went to the west and for about three years was absent from Michigan. He then returned to St. Joseph county, where he carried on educational work and also followed the carpenter's trade, making his home there until 1896. In that year he once more came to Wexford county and settled upon the farm on which he is now living on section 23 Wexford township. Here he has a quarter section of the rich land of Michigan and of this one hundred acres are under cultivation. It is a rich,productive soil and yields to him good returns for his labors. Mr. Frederick is practical in all that he does and this quality manifested in his business career has resulted in bringing to him a comfortable competence, making him one of the substantial citizens of his community. On Christmas day of 1900, in St. Joseph county, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Fredrick and Mrs. Katie A. Huff, the widow of Walter H. Huff and a daughter of William and Rebecca (Leister) Lighthiser. Mrs. Frederick was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on the 19th of October, 1871, and by her first marriage had one son, L.eo W. Huff. Both the subject and his wife are well known in Wexford county and have gained the favorable regard of many with whom they have come in contact, their circle being constantly increased as the circle of their acquaintance is extended. Mr. Frederick is a man of broad mind and keeps well informed on all the questions of the day, political and otherwise. In matters pertaining to agriculture he is progressive and his farm indicates his careful supervision, being neat and thrifty in appearance. Politically he supports the platform and nominees of the Democratic party, while fraternally he is affiliated with Lodge No. 212, Knights of Pythias, at Sherman, of which he was the first chancellor commander. He is also a member of Lodge No. 372, Free and Accepted Masons, at Sherman, and, with his wife belongs to the Sherman chapter of the Eastern Star. |