*** WORK IN PROGRESS ***
Due to several conflicting accounts regarding the Rev. Fraziers' curriculum vitae we are researching all the claims anew. We are also further researching his time spent in Japan with his father-in-law, the Hon. John Armor Bingham, as the secretary and interpreter for the American legation.
From the "Biographical history of northeastern Ohio...", 1893
REV. SAMUEL ROBINSON FRAZIER, Ph. D., pastor of the Tabernacle (U. P.) at Youngstown, Ohio, was born at St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, February 23, 1845. His parents, James and Elizabeth (Giffin) Frazier, were natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively; his paternal grandfather, Samuel Frazier, was an old resident of Virginia, and a slave-owner; however, he liberated his slaves long before the war, but the faithful creatures did not leave him. He died at the age of ninety-two years, leaving a family of ten sons and two daughters; none of the family have yet died under seventy-five years of age, and one daughter and three sons are still living. The family is of Scotch origin, the Frazier clan being still in existence. James and Elizabeth Frazier were both members of the Associate branch of the Presbyterian Church, which was later known as the United Presbyterian Church. They reared a family of three daughters and one son: Elizabeth is the wife of D. T. Atkinson; Maggie married John Dubois; she died in 1890, at the age of fifty years; Sarah is the wife of W. T. Taggert; Samuel R. is the subject of this biographical sketch. Having passed through the public schools of his native town, he entered Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated at the age of seventeen years. The heart of the patriot burned in the breast of this young American, and three times before his graduation he enlisted in the service of the United States Army, but each time he was returned on account of his youth; he finally entered the service of the Christian Commission, and was with Sherman's army on the march to Atlanta.
Subsequent to the war, he spent three years in the United Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and when he had finished the course prescribed by this institution he received three calls as pastor. He accepted the call to Monroe, Ohio. and was ordained and installed before he had attained his majority. Here be labored with the zeal and enthusiasm of youth for six years, when he received and accepted a call to the Third U. P. Church, of Pittsburg; a very successful pastorate there was ended after seven years, when Mr. Frazier resigned on account of ill health.
A trip to Japan succeeded these years of labor, and four years were very profitably and delightfully spent in the Orient, three years as acting secretary and interpreter at the American legation and one year as teacher in the Osaka school and Imperial University of Tokio. He was attached to the legation at the time of General U. S. Grant's visit to Japan, and wrote an account of the reception tendered the American general by the Japanese government to the Pittsburg [sic] Dispatch; this letter was copied by the press very generally and received the most favorable comment. Soon after his return to the United States, Mr. Frazier was called to the Tabernacle of this city. He assumed the duties of this pastorate in January, 1884. The society, then numbering a hundred souls, is now increased to four hundred and nine, through his ministration.
Mr. Frazier was united in marriage in 1869 to Lucy S. Bingham, a daughter of the Hon. John A. Bingham, of Cadiz, Ohio; two children have been born to them, Jessie Bingham and Harry. The mother died when a resident of Pittsburg [sic], in 1878, at the age of thirty-one years. Mr. Frazier was married a second time February 14, 1884, this union being with Miss Matilda Sands, of Pittsburg [sic], a sister of the Rev. J. D. and Dr. R. M. Sands, of the same city.
The congregation over which Mr. Frazier presides is now engaged in the erection of a new house of worship to meet the increasing demands of the constantly growing congregation. He is an eloquent speaker, and at all times possesses the courage of his convictions, denouncing without hesitation those evils which threaten the public welfare.
His lecture, "A Yankee in Japan," delivered first before the Chautauqua Assembly, has given him a national reputation.
Due to several conflicting accounts regarding the Rev. Fraziers' curriculum vitae we are researching all the claims anew. We are also further researching his time spent in Japan with his father-in-law, the Hon. John Armor Bingham, as the secretary and interpreter for the American legation.
From the "Biographical history of northeastern Ohio...", 1893
REV. SAMUEL ROBINSON FRAZIER, Ph. D., pastor of the Tabernacle (U. P.) at Youngstown, Ohio, was born at St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, February 23, 1845. His parents, James and Elizabeth (Giffin) Frazier, were natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively; his paternal grandfather, Samuel Frazier, was an old resident of Virginia, and a slave-owner; however, he liberated his slaves long before the war, but the faithful creatures did not leave him. He died at the age of ninety-two years, leaving a family of ten sons and two daughters; none of the family have yet died under seventy-five years of age, and one daughter and three sons are still living. The family is of Scotch origin, the Frazier clan being still in existence. James and Elizabeth Frazier were both members of the Associate branch of the Presbyterian Church, which was later known as the United Presbyterian Church. They reared a family of three daughters and one son: Elizabeth is the wife of D. T. Atkinson; Maggie married John Dubois; she died in 1890, at the age of fifty years; Sarah is the wife of W. T. Taggert; Samuel R. is the subject of this biographical sketch. Having passed through the public schools of his native town, he entered Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated at the age of seventeen years. The heart of the patriot burned in the breast of this young American, and three times before his graduation he enlisted in the service of the United States Army, but each time he was returned on account of his youth; he finally entered the service of the Christian Commission, and was with Sherman's army on the march to Atlanta.
Subsequent to the war, he spent three years in the United Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and when he had finished the course prescribed by this institution he received three calls as pastor. He accepted the call to Monroe, Ohio. and was ordained and installed before he had attained his majority. Here be labored with the zeal and enthusiasm of youth for six years, when he received and accepted a call to the Third U. P. Church, of Pittsburg; a very successful pastorate there was ended after seven years, when Mr. Frazier resigned on account of ill health.
A trip to Japan succeeded these years of labor, and four years were very profitably and delightfully spent in the Orient, three years as acting secretary and interpreter at the American legation and one year as teacher in the Osaka school and Imperial University of Tokio. He was attached to the legation at the time of General U. S. Grant's visit to Japan, and wrote an account of the reception tendered the American general by the Japanese government to the Pittsburg [sic] Dispatch; this letter was copied by the press very generally and received the most favorable comment. Soon after his return to the United States, Mr. Frazier was called to the Tabernacle of this city. He assumed the duties of this pastorate in January, 1884. The society, then numbering a hundred souls, is now increased to four hundred and nine, through his ministration.
Mr. Frazier was united in marriage in 1869 to Lucy S. Bingham, a daughter of the Hon. John A. Bingham, of Cadiz, Ohio; two children have been born to them, Jessie Bingham and Harry. The mother died when a resident of Pittsburg [sic], in 1878, at the age of thirty-one years. Mr. Frazier was married a second time February 14, 1884, this union being with Miss Matilda Sands, of Pittsburg [sic], a sister of the Rev. J. D. and Dr. R. M. Sands, of the same city.
The congregation over which Mr. Frazier presides is now engaged in the erection of a new house of worship to meet the increasing demands of the constantly growing congregation. He is an eloquent speaker, and at all times possesses the courage of his convictions, denouncing without hesitation those evils which threaten the public welfare.
His lecture, "A Yankee in Japan," delivered first before the Chautauqua Assembly, has given him a national reputation.
*** WORK IN PROGRESS ***
Due to several conflicting accounts regarding the Rev. Fraziers' curriculum vitae we are researching all the claims anew. We are also further researching his time spent in Japan with his father-in-law, the Hon. John Armor Bingham, as the secretary and interpreter for the American legation.
From the "Biographical history of northeastern Ohio...", 1893
REV. SAMUEL ROBINSON FRAZIER, Ph. D., pastor of the Tabernacle (U. P.) at Youngstown, Ohio, was born at St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, February 23, 1845. His parents, James and Elizabeth (Giffin) Frazier, were natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively; his paternal grandfather, Samuel Frazier, was an old resident of Virginia, and a slave-owner; however, he liberated his slaves long before the war, but the faithful creatures did not leave him. He died at the age of ninety-two years, leaving a family of ten sons and two daughters; none of the family have yet died under seventy-five years of age, and one daughter and three sons are still living. The family is of Scotch origin, the Frazier clan being still in existence. James and Elizabeth Frazier were both members of the Associate branch of the Presbyterian Church, which was later known as the United Presbyterian Church. They reared a family of three daughters and one son: Elizabeth is the wife of D. T. Atkinson; Maggie married John Dubois; she died in 1890, at the age of fifty years; Sarah is the wife of W. T. Taggert; Samuel R. is the subject of this biographical sketch. Having passed through the public schools of his native town, he entered Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated at the age of seventeen years. The heart of the patriot burned in the breast of this young American, and three times before his graduation he enlisted in the service of the United States Army, but each time he was returned on account of his youth; he finally entered the service of the Christian Commission, and was with Sherman's army on the march to Atlanta.
Subsequent to the war, he spent three years in the United Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and when he had finished the course prescribed by this institution he received three calls as pastor. He accepted the call to Monroe, Ohio. and was ordained and installed before he had attained his majority. Here be labored with the zeal and enthusiasm of youth for six years, when he received and accepted a call to the Third U. P. Church, of Pittsburg; a very successful pastorate there was ended after seven years, when Mr. Frazier resigned on account of ill health.
A trip to Japan succeeded these years of labor, and four years were very profitably and delightfully spent in the Orient, three years as acting secretary and interpreter at the American legation and one year as teacher in the Osaka school and Imperial University of Tokio. He was attached to the legation at the time of General U. S. Grant's visit to Japan, and wrote an account of the reception tendered the American general by the Japanese government to the Pittsburg [sic] Dispatch; this letter was copied by the press very generally and received the most favorable comment. Soon after his return to the United States, Mr. Frazier was called to the Tabernacle of this city. He assumed the duties of this pastorate in January, 1884. The society, then numbering a hundred souls, is now increased to four hundred and nine, through his ministration.
Mr. Frazier was united in marriage in 1869 to Lucy S. Bingham, a daughter of the Hon. John A. Bingham, of Cadiz, Ohio; two children have been born to them, Jessie Bingham and Harry. The mother died when a resident of Pittsburg [sic], in 1878, at the age of thirty-one years. Mr. Frazier was married a second time February 14, 1884, this union being with Miss Matilda Sands, of Pittsburg [sic], a sister of the Rev. J. D. and Dr. R. M. Sands, of the same city.
The congregation over which Mr. Frazier presides is now engaged in the erection of a new house of worship to meet the increasing demands of the constantly growing congregation. He is an eloquent speaker, and at all times possesses the courage of his convictions, denouncing without hesitation those evils which threaten the public welfare.
His lecture, "A Yankee in Japan," delivered first before the Chautauqua Assembly, has given him a national reputation.
Due to several conflicting accounts regarding the Rev. Fraziers' curriculum vitae we are researching all the claims anew. We are also further researching his time spent in Japan with his father-in-law, the Hon. John Armor Bingham, as the secretary and interpreter for the American legation.
From the "Biographical history of northeastern Ohio...", 1893
REV. SAMUEL ROBINSON FRAZIER, Ph. D., pastor of the Tabernacle (U. P.) at Youngstown, Ohio, was born at St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, February 23, 1845. His parents, James and Elizabeth (Giffin) Frazier, were natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively; his paternal grandfather, Samuel Frazier, was an old resident of Virginia, and a slave-owner; however, he liberated his slaves long before the war, but the faithful creatures did not leave him. He died at the age of ninety-two years, leaving a family of ten sons and two daughters; none of the family have yet died under seventy-five years of age, and one daughter and three sons are still living. The family is of Scotch origin, the Frazier clan being still in existence. James and Elizabeth Frazier were both members of the Associate branch of the Presbyterian Church, which was later known as the United Presbyterian Church. They reared a family of three daughters and one son: Elizabeth is the wife of D. T. Atkinson; Maggie married John Dubois; she died in 1890, at the age of fifty years; Sarah is the wife of W. T. Taggert; Samuel R. is the subject of this biographical sketch. Having passed through the public schools of his native town, he entered Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated at the age of seventeen years. The heart of the patriot burned in the breast of this young American, and three times before his graduation he enlisted in the service of the United States Army, but each time he was returned on account of his youth; he finally entered the service of the Christian Commission, and was with Sherman's army on the march to Atlanta.
Subsequent to the war, he spent three years in the United Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and when he had finished the course prescribed by this institution he received three calls as pastor. He accepted the call to Monroe, Ohio. and was ordained and installed before he had attained his majority. Here be labored with the zeal and enthusiasm of youth for six years, when he received and accepted a call to the Third U. P. Church, of Pittsburg; a very successful pastorate there was ended after seven years, when Mr. Frazier resigned on account of ill health.
A trip to Japan succeeded these years of labor, and four years were very profitably and delightfully spent in the Orient, three years as acting secretary and interpreter at the American legation and one year as teacher in the Osaka school and Imperial University of Tokio. He was attached to the legation at the time of General U. S. Grant's visit to Japan, and wrote an account of the reception tendered the American general by the Japanese government to the Pittsburg [sic] Dispatch; this letter was copied by the press very generally and received the most favorable comment. Soon after his return to the United States, Mr. Frazier was called to the Tabernacle of this city. He assumed the duties of this pastorate in January, 1884. The society, then numbering a hundred souls, is now increased to four hundred and nine, through his ministration.
Mr. Frazier was united in marriage in 1869 to Lucy S. Bingham, a daughter of the Hon. John A. Bingham, of Cadiz, Ohio; two children have been born to them, Jessie Bingham and Harry. The mother died when a resident of Pittsburg [sic], in 1878, at the age of thirty-one years. Mr. Frazier was married a second time February 14, 1884, this union being with Miss Matilda Sands, of Pittsburg [sic], a sister of the Rev. J. D. and Dr. R. M. Sands, of the same city.
The congregation over which Mr. Frazier presides is now engaged in the erection of a new house of worship to meet the increasing demands of the constantly growing congregation. He is an eloquent speaker, and at all times possesses the courage of his convictions, denouncing without hesitation those evils which threaten the public welfare.
His lecture, "A Yankee in Japan," delivered first before the Chautauqua Assembly, has given him a national reputation.
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