Benjamin Franklin Frymier

Full Name: Benjamin Franklin Frymier
Date of birth: July 9, 1837
Date of death: December 3, 1915

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	13	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Crockett / Houston		Houston
H	5	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Crockett / Houston		Houston

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

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House District 13
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Crockett / Houston
Counties in district: Houston

House District 5
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Crockett / Houston
Counties in district: Houston

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Benjamin F. Frymier, p. 252. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Private, TMV, Colonel John S. Ford's Regiment, enlistment date 4/15/1861 in Rusk County, age 22 years. B.F. Frymier, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900 Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army service. B.F Frymier, Waco, Texas, born 1836 near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Yeary, Mamie, Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865, 1912, Dallas, Texas, pp. 247-248. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Other Resources

Census of 1870 - B.F. Frymire, Crockett, Houston County, age 31, born circa 1839 in Pennsylvania, wife Virginia.
Census of 1880 - Benj. A. Frymier, Crockett, Houston County, age 40, born circa 1840 in Pennsylvania, druggist, wife Virginia. FamilySearch. 1870 1880
B.F. Frymier, Sr., born 1839 in Pennsylvania; death date 12/3/1915 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; Masonic work. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Benjamin Franklin Frymier, birth date 7/9/1837 in Newville, Pennsylvania, death date 12/3/1915, burial Glenwood Cemetery, Crockett, Houston County. Includes portrait. Find a Grave.
Obituary, "Prominent Mason Called By Death," Houston Daily Post, 12/4/1915, p. 5. Includes portrait. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. B.F. Frymier, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. B.F. Frymier, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

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18th R.S. - 1883 Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses (Chair) Finance Funeral Procession for Hon. A.L. Adams of Wood County Judicial Districts Memorial Resolutions for Hon. A.L. Adams of Wood County State Affairs State Asylums
17th R.S. - 1881 Agricultural and Mechanical College and State Normal Schools, Visit Commerce and Manufactures Contingent Expenses Finance Institute for the Blind

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