HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHif. he has edited, since 1876, Kirchliche Zeita theological bimonthly magazine.
sehrift,
He
is president Waitbury college of Dubuque, Iowa. Fritschel, Gottfried Leonhard WJlhelm, educator, clergyman, author, was born Dec. 19, 1836, in Bavaria. He was a Lutheran clergyman; and was professor of theology in the seminary at Mendota, HI. He is the author of Meditations on the Passion of Christ; and History of Protestant Missions among North American Indians in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. He died July 13.
1889, in Mendota, 111. Fritter, Enoch Ahram, educator, lecturer, was born May 25, 1855, near Lancaster, Ohio. In 1869 he moved to Illinois; and in 1872 began his career as a. teacher. In 1884
he entered the Illinois state sity,
normal univerfrom which in-
stitution he graduated in 1889; and in 1892 received the degree of A.B. from F i n d 1 a y college of
He was
Ohio.
superof the city in Assump-
519
was the author Charity works.
by
He
of The Trial of Universal a Jury; and other religious died Oct. 8, 1827, in New Jersey.
William H.,
Froehlich, lator,
was born June
Wis.,
his
present
merchant,
legis-
1857, in Jackson, home. He received his education in the public, private and parochial schools of his native town, and graduated from the Spencerian business college of Milwaukee, Wis. Since 1880 he has been a dealer in 22,
general merchandise and grain in his native city.
He was
post-
master during 188193; has been a justice of the peace since 18S7; and a member of the school board since 1891. Since 1893 he has been town clerk; and was a member of the assembly of the Wisconsin state legislature in 1894-98. In 1898 he secretary of state.
was
elected
Frohman, Charles, theatrical manager, was
normal depart-
17, 1860, in Sandusky, Ohio. He proprietor and manager of the Empire theater, Lyceum, Garrick, Savoy, Madison Square and various other theaters in
of Findlay college; and is now supeiintendent of city schools of Normal, 111. He
Frohman, Daniel, theatrical manager, was
intendent
schools tion, ticello. 111.;
Warren and Mon-
principal of the
ment
an instructor
and
born June
now
is
New York
City.
has lectured extensively on educational sub-
born in 1853 in Sandusky, Ohio. Since 1885 he has been manager of the old and now of
jects.
the
is
Fritz, Peter,
in teachers' institutes;
soldier,
was born
in
Penn-
sylvania. In 1862 he became captain in the ninety-ninth regiment Pennsylvania infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. Frizell, Horton, physician, surgeon, was born June 24, 1867, in Mississippi. In 1889 he graduated from Vanderbilt university; and also holds a diploma from the medical department of the university of Nashville. He is a successful physician and surgeon of Mississippi; and a member of the leading medical societies. He is surgeon-general in the Mississippi national guard, with rank of colonel; and in 1904 was appointed a member of the governor's staff. Frizell, Joseph Palmer, civil engineer, author, was born March 13, 1832, in Canada. During the civil war he was engaged in the construction of fortifications on the Gulf coast. Since 1892 he has been engaged in hydraulic engineering in Boston, Mass. He is the author of Water Power. Frizell, Joseph Washington, soldier, was In 1861 he was lieutenin Kentucky.
born
ant-colonel in the eleventh regiment Ohio infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Sept. 1, 1874. Froelich, Solomon, clergyman, author, was bom May 29, 1750, in Red Hook, N.Y. He
new Lyceum
theater of
New York
City.
Fromentin, Eligius, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, author. In 1813-19 he was United States senator from Louisiana; and in 1821 was judge of the criminal court of New Orleans; and was appointed judge of He was the western district of Florida. the author of Observations on a Bill Respecting Land-Titles in Orleans and Dominique.
He
died Oct.
6,
1822, in
New
Or-
leans, La.
Fronabarger, Benjamin Franklin, educatclergyman, college president, was born March 10, 1860, in Alabama. He has attained success as a baptist clergyman, and has filled pastorates in four churches. Since 1885 he has been president of the Springtown male and female institute of Texas. or,
Frost, Albert Carl, railroad president, was 20, 1865, in Germany. In 18981900 he projected and built the Chicago and Milwaukee electric railroad; and was its president until 1908.
bom March
Frost, Alfred Sydney, soldier, was born In 1893 he Feb. 15, 1858, in Chicago, HI. was admitted to the bar. During the Spanish-American war he attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the United States army; and the rank of brigadier-general in In 1905-07 the United States volunteers.
he was chief of police in Evanston,
111.
