Stephen Vestal Frazier was born February 18, 1839, at Salem, Henry County, Iowa. He was a son of Thomas Fraizer and Ruth McCraken Frazier. His father was a devout Quaker. Because of his belief, he spent a great deal of his time working for the church and neglected his family.
Stephen did not like this, so he left home when he was quite young. Little is known of his travels in his early life, but he worked wherever he could find work. He became quite proficient in the mason trade laying brick and rock. He worked in many construction firms and laid rock by the perch. A perch is 16 cubic feet. He built the rock bridge over the creek that flows through the town of Woodruff, known as Gene's Creek. Little is known of his travels through Nebraska and Kansas.

On March 1, 1860, he married Elizabeth Walton. They were married somewhere around Shaunes, Johnson County, Kansas. Eight of their children were born in Kansas and Nebraska.
They moved to Bountiful, Utah, about 1873 to 1884. They moved to the town of Woodruff, Utah. He filed on a piece of ground just west of town in section 18. He built a small frame house which is still on the ranch, this being used as a shop. It was built near a spring which he curbed deep and the water was used for culinary purposes. Getting the farm under cultivation was a slow process. Lots of the ground was cleared with grubbing hoes, as there was grease wood on it. HIs work was done with an ox team. One of his teams was named Tom and Jerry. With hard work he was able to get a start. He put hay up on his farm. He hauled it to Evanston, Wyoming with ox team and sold it. It would take three to four days to make a trip.

He built the old rock house that stands on the ranch with rock he had hauled from Red Main Canyon, which was a distance of 10 miles away.

He was a patient man. He was called on many times to help with the sick. He was quite a philosopher and believed in cause and effect, and that everything would turn out in the end. He had a great deal of influence over his family. His discipline over his children was wonderful. He was the father of 14 children. He died August 12, 1923 in Evanston, Wyoming at the age of 84.

Taken from the book "The First 100 Years in Woodruff"