Clarence S. Frazer
Clarence S. Frazer, proprietor of a shoe store at Xenia, was born in Xenia, on July 11, 1873, son of Capt. Andrew S. and Jennie (Mitchell) Frazer, the former of whom is still living in Xenia, well past eighty years of age, and of whom further mention is made elsewhere in this volume, he having been a resident of this county since he was twelve years of age, his father having moved here from Brown county in 1848 and established himself in the dry-goods business at Cedarville.
Capt. Andrew S. Frazer, as reference to the biographical sketch presented under his name elsewhere in this volume will disclose, is a veteran of the Civil War, having risen from the ranks to the command of Company F, Thirty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the service of which he enlisted at Cedarville on July 24, 1861, and was also quartermaster on the staff of General Piatt. At the battle of Fayetteville he was so seriously wounded that his recovery was a matter of marvel to his comrades, and in June, 1864, at Cincinnati, he was miistered out on account of disability. The Captain had been engaged in business at Cedarville previous to his entrance into the army, but upon his return he was unable for two or three years to engage in active pursuits on account of the disability from which he still suffered by reason of his wound. In 1866 he was elected auditor of Greene county and by subsequent re-elections served in that official capacity for about eighteen years, at the end of which time he became engaged in the banking business at Xenia, also becoming connected with various other business enterprises there, and so continued for many years. On November 2, 1870, Captain Frazer was united in marriage to Jennie Mitchell, of Attica, Indiana, who died in October, 1885. leaving two children, the subject of this biographical sketch having a sister, Katie, wife of William A. Cork, of Toronto, Canada, and the mother of four children, Ruth. John, Helen Frazer and Stuart. In October, 1887, the Captain married Ruby H. Sexton, of Rushville, Indiana, and is still making his home in Xenia, now living practically retired from active business pursuits.
Reared at Xenia, Clarence S. Frazer received his early schooling there. After two years in the Xenia high school he entered DePauw University at Greencastle, Indiana, where he remained two years, at the end of which time, in 1891, he returned to Xenia and there became engaged in the lumber business. A year later, in 1902, he decided to take up the shoe business and with that end in view became a clerk in a local shoe store, remaining thus engaged until 1899, in which year he began business for himself, opening a shoe store at 17 East Main street, where he ever since has been engaged in business. Mr. Frazer is a member of the Xenia Business Men's Club and for the past three years or more has been treasurer of the same.
On November 7, 1911, Clarence S. Frazer was united in marriage to Edith Harsha, of Washington Court House, county seat of the neighboring county of Fayette, and a daughter of John P. and Anna (Beard) Harsha, both of whom also were bom in Ohio, the former in Knox county and the latter in Highland county, who were married in 1872 and wno are now living at Washington Court House. John P. Harsha and wife are the parents of three daughters, Mrs. Frazer having two sisters, Ora, wife of J. M. Baker, of Washington Court House, and Jessie, wife of Rex Wells, of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Frazer have two children, Andrew Harsha, born on March 3, 1914, and Janet, December 30, 1915. They are members of the First United Presbyterian church and for four years or more Mr. Frazer has been a member of the board of trustees of the same.
From History of Greene County Ohio, Its People, Industries and Institutions, vol. 2. M.A.Broadstone, editor. B.F.Bowen & Co., Indianapolis. 1918