https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4656&body=S
"Judge Charles Frailey, born January 19, 1797, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; son of Peter and Maria Magdalena Drinkhaus Frailey; elected, sheriff, Schuylkill County, 1828-1833; elected, register of wills, recorder of deeds and clerk of the Orphans' Court, Schuylkill County 1831-1832; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1833-1834; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1836-1840; elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention, 1836; elected, prothonotary, Schuylkill County, 1842-1844; appointed, associate judge, Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County, 1846-1847; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1850-1852; owner and editor, Stimme des Volks, Orwigsburg, 1852-1858; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1855; elected, prothonotary, Schuylkill County, 1860-1862; elected, justice of the peace, 1863-1873; married, Mary Margaret " Polly" Conner; died, February 19, 1873, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania."
"Legacy: Frailey Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, named after him, 1847."
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4656&body=S
"Judge Charles Frailey, born January 19, 1797, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; son of Peter and Maria Magdalena Drinkhaus Frailey; elected, sheriff, Schuylkill County, 1828-1833; elected, register of wills, recorder of deeds and clerk of the Orphans' Court, Schuylkill County 1831-1832; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1833-1834; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1836-1840; elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention, 1836; elected, prothonotary, Schuylkill County, 1842-1844; appointed, associate judge, Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County, 1846-1847; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1850-1852; owner and editor, Stimme des Volks, Orwigsburg, 1852-1858; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1855; elected, prothonotary, Schuylkill County, 1860-1862; elected, justice of the peace, 1863-1873; married, Mary Margaret " Polly" Conner; died, February 19, 1873, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania."
"Legacy: Frailey Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, named after him, 1847."
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