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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (FRALEY FULTON.) 



inatics and navigation, which in later years took 

 the practical form of observations of the tides 

 that made Salem the tidal center of Delaware 

 Bay. He was also fond of languages, and at his 

 death fluently spoke Spanish, French, German, 

 and Swedish, and in collaboration with a Swedish 

 gentleman he wrote and published (1872) a 

 Swedish and English word-book. After leaving 

 school he was a post-office clerk, a railroad 

 clerk, and a reporter. He afterward went to 

 Salem, N. J., where he devoted the remainder of 

 his life to study of the tides. He issued each 

 month, at his own expense, tide cards for Dela- 

 ware river and bay and for the Atlantic coast 

 of New Jersey. These were always in demand. 



Fraley, Frederick, banker, born in Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., May 28, 1804; died there, Sept. 23, 1901. 

 He studied JaV. but entered early into the hard- 

 ware business, and never practised. He was pres- 

 ident of the Western Savings Fund Society, and 

 was associated executively with many of Phila- 

 delphia's great financial institutions. He was 

 one of the founders of the Franklin Institute, in 

 1824. and for many years its treasurer; one of 

 the original incorporators of the Philadelphia 

 Board of Trade, and its president after 1894; 

 president of the National Board of Trade from 

 its foundation, in 18G8, until 1900; and one of 

 the organizers of the Centennial Exhibition in 

 1870. He served as president of the American 

 Philosophical Society after 1880; was one of the 

 original trustees of Girard College, 1847 ; one of 

 the founders of the Union League; and a trustee 

 of the University of Pennsylvania after 1853. He 

 was a member of the Philadelphia city council 

 in 1834, a State Senator in 1837, and a delegate 

 to the national convention that nominated Wil- 

 liam Henry Harrison for the presidency. 



Frazar, Everett, Korean consul-general in 

 the United States, born in Duxbury, Mass., Oct. 

 4, 1834; died in Orange, N. J., Jan. 3, 1901. In 

 1858 he sailed from Boston for Shanghai, China, 

 and there established the firm of Frazar & Co., 

 which is still in existence. Branches were opened 

 in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1860; in Hong-Kong, in 

 1875; and in Yokohama, in 1878. The firm orig- 

 inally dealt in silks, straw, tea, petroleum, and 

 cotton goods, but in late years has devoted its 

 attention to the introducing of electric lighting 

 into Japan and China. Mr. Frazar was appoint- 

 ed by the King of Korea as consul-general in the 

 United States, the exequatur, issued by Pres- 

 ident Arthur, bearing the date of April 3, 1884. 

 In 1886 he concluded arrangements with the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway for the opening up of 

 the new Canadian Pacific route with China and 

 Japan under the management of his company. 

 In September, 1888, Mr. Frazar received from the 

 Ring special marks of recognition for services 

 rendered to Korea. Gold and jade decorations 

 wore sent to him, and with them a special decree 

 conveying the honorary title of Ka-Sun-Tai-Poo, 

 Korean nobleman of the second rank. After 1872 

 he was the resident partner of Frazar & Co. in 

 New York city. He was president of the Amer- 

 ican-Asiatic Society. 



French, John " William, soldier, born in 

 Washington, D. C., June 2, 1843; died at Fort 

 McPherson, Ga., Nov. 11, 1901. He enlisted, 

 April 17, 1861, as a private in the 7th New York 

 Infantry. He was discharged from the volunteer 

 service June 3, 1861, and on Oct. 24 was ap- 

 pointed 2d lieutenant in the 8th Regular In- 

 fantry, and in that capacity served through the 

 war. He was twice brevetted 1st lieutenant, 

 Aug. 19, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services 

 in the fight for the Weldon Railroad, and captain, 



Oct. 28, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services 

 in the battle of Hatcher's Run. He was commis- 

 sioned 1st lieutenant in the 8th Regular Infan- 

 try, Jan. 9, 1866, and captain in the 40th In- 

 fantry, July 28 of the same year. He was trans- 

 ferred to the 25th Infantry, April 20, 1869. He 

 received his commission as major of the 14th In- 

 fantry, Nov. 1, 1891, and as lieutenant-colonel 

 of the 23d Infantry, July 5, 1895. He served 

 with his regiment during the Spanish-American 

 War and in the Philippines, and on the death of 

 Col. Egbert became colonel of the 22d Infantry, 

 March 26, 1899. In March, 1900, he was detailed 

 as commanding officer of Fort McPherson, Ga., 

 and while there he organized seven companies of 

 the 27th Infantry garrisoning the post. 



Fry, Charles Carleton, soldier, born in Lynn, 

 Mass., in May, 1842; died there, March 21, 1901. 

 He received a common-school education, and 

 went into the shoe business, and for many years 

 was a manufacturer. In 1875 he was elected 

 city auditor, and in 1876 and 1877 he was city 

 marshal. In 1880 he became clerk and treasurer 

 of the Lynn Gas Company, and after its reorgan- 

 ization and incorporation as the Lynn Gas and 

 Electric Company he was continued in his for- 

 mer offices with the added duties of general man- 

 ager. For several years he served in the Lynn 

 Common Council, and a part of the time was 

 president of that body. During this time he was 

 also a member of the school board. From Sept. 

 15, 1862, till Aug. 7, 1863, he served in the 8th 

 Massachusetts Volunteers, and he became 1st 

 lieutenant, Jan. 27, 1865. He served in this ca- 

 pacity till appointed quartermaster of the 8th 

 Regiment, July 21, 1874, and on Aug. 3, 1874, 

 he was made adjutant, and served till he was dis- 

 charged, April 26, 1876. He was made assistant 

 adjutant-general, with the rank of lieutenant- 

 colonel, March 4, 1882, and upon his retirement, 

 in July, 1897, was made a brigadier-general on 

 the retired list. 



Fuller, Thomas C., jurist, born in North 

 Carolina in 1831; died in Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 20, 

 1901. He was a member of the Confederate Con- 

 gress, and was elected to the United States 

 House of Representatives immediately after the 

 civil war, but was not seated. He was an able 

 lawyer, and was appointed, June 10, 1891, Asso- 

 ciate Justice of the United States Court of Pri- 

 vate Land Claims, upon the recommendation of 

 both the Republicans and Democrats of his na- 

 tive State. He served in this office till his death. 



Fulton, Justin Dewey, clergyman, born in 

 Sherburne, N. Y., March 1, 1828; died in Somer- 

 ville, Mass., April 16, 1901. His father was a 

 Baptist preacher of Irish descent, who removed 

 to Brooklyn, Mich., in 1836. There the son re- 

 ceived his early education at an academy, and 

 in 1847 he entered the University of Michigan. 

 In his senior year he entered the University of 

 Rochester, where he was graduated in 1851. He 

 then studied at the Theological Seminary, after 

 which he took charge of a Bible Union paper in 

 St. Louis. The paper was highly successful, but 

 Mr. Fulton's hostility to slavery roused bitter 

 opposition. In May, 1854, he was ordained and 

 installed as pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist 

 Church, where he delivered the first Free State 

 sermon in St. Louis. The church and paper both 

 grew rapidly, but in May, 1855, the stockholders 

 of the Gospel Banner resolved that the editor 

 must believe in and uphold slavery, and Mr. 

 Fulton resigned. He afterward accepted a call 

 to a church in Sandusky, Ohio, which increased 

 under his leadership, while he was the means of 

 reviving six churches in the Huron Association. 



