Notes for Phineas Freeman FRAZEE

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Notes for Phineas Freeman FRAZEE

Moved to Columbia, South Carolina in the early 1860's, where they were
carriage makers and owned a business and several houses that were burned by
Sherman. Mentioned in several books about Columbia & Richland Counties. Very
outspoken about secession. He and another man, a stonecutter named Powell,
were whipped, tarred, and feathered, and run out of town. However, Phineas returned to Columbia and served as Sheriff of Richand County for several years.
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1850 United States Federal Census
about Agnes Frager
Name: Agnes Frager
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1810
Birth Place: New Jersey
Gender: Female
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Rahway, Essex, New Jersey
Family Number: 485
Household Members:
Name Age
Pheneas F Frager 42
Agnes Frager 40
Pheneas Frager 17
William D Frager 13
Mary Lousa Frager 11
Rachael Ann Frager 9
Margaretta S Frager 5
Sarah Frager 2
No Name Frager 0
Mary O Dunn 19
George Evans 28
Dennis Henathy 24
William Nelson 16
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findagrave.com
Moved to SC from NJ just before the Civil War, he is the ancestor of the Frazee family of Richland County, SC. His second wife Rachel Reynolds Drafts is the mother of his 3 youngest children, Phineas Jr, Abraham and Harvey.
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http://www.examiner.com/history-in-columbia/the-phunny-phable-of-phineas-frazee
The phunny phable of Phineas Frazee
* June 16th, 2009 5:38 pm ET
Last week, I posted an article about the Historic Columbia Foundation tours of Elmwood Cemetery. I also said that a series based on some of the people on that tour would be forthcoming. This is another of that series. We would like to thank Jackie
Rhodes of the Historic Columbia Foundation who presented most of this material on the tour.(photo of Jackie Rhodes by author)
This is the phunny phable of Phineas Frazee. Phineas Frazee was a Columbia businessman of the mid-19th century. He ran a carriage business on the corner of Assembly and Washington Streets in downtown Columbia. He was also a staunch and outspoken
supporter of the Union in the run-up to the Civil War. During the war itself, Frazee took himself and his Union sympathies north for the duration of the war.
When the war ended, Frazee returned to Columbia and he was elected sheriff of Richland County. One of his first acts was to turn the tables on those that drove him out of town not too long before! There is one other phunny part of this story: Frazee’s
son (also named Phineas) served in the Confederate army! Both are buried in Elmwood Cemetery.
Continue reading on Examiner.com: The phunny phable of Phineas Frazee - Columbia history | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/history-in-columbia/the-phunny-phable-of-phineas-frazee#ixzz1GarXwRLB
Perhaps buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Columbia next to son Abraham.
Lived in 1st Ward, Columbia, Richland Co., SC in 1880 as "Phinias Frazer".

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