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Fries, John, insurgent, was born about In the spring 1764 in Bucks county, Pa. of 1799 the collection of what was known as the house or window-tax was forcibly resisted in Northampton and the adjoining

counties of Bucks and Montgomery. Fiftytwo persons bound themselves to resist the window-tax at any cost. John Fries assisted in drawing up the paper, and pledged himself to raise seven hundred men to support the cause. At the head of this company of armed men he went to Quakertown, arrested the assessors, and liberated several prisoners whom the sheriff had in charge. Fries was resentenced to be hanged, but, against the advice of every member of his cabinet. President Adams pardoned him and issued a general amnesty for all the offenders. He died about 1825 in Philadelphia. Fries,

John William, manufacturer, bankinventor, was born Nov. 7, 1846, in Salem, N.C. He is a cotton and woolen manufacturer; and president of the People's national bank of Winston, N.C. He has been a justice of the peace of Forsyth county, N.C; was presiding justice of the county court for six years; and in 1899 was a delegate to the general synod of the MoraHe vian church which met in Germany. was a member of the monetary commission which proposed a plan of currency reform; and is the author of numerous articles on er, jurist,

sound money questions. He has taken out a number of American and foreign patents, the most notable of which have been for improvements in processes and machines for coloring cotton warps and fabrics. Frieze,

Moines, Iowa; and is now pastor emeritus of that church. He is the author of Siege of Callais, and other poems.

Henry Newton,

Frisbie,

New

Frink, John, physician, jurist, was born Sept. 7, 1731, in Rutland, Mass. He was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of Massachusetts; and the first president of the Worcester county medical society. He died in 1807 in Rutland, Mass. Frisbee, Samuel H., clergyman, college president, author, was born July 10, 1840, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1880-85 he was president of St. Francis Xavier college. He is the author of a work entitled Interior of

Jesus and Mary. Frisbie, Alvah Lillie, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 23, 1830, in Tompkin, N.Y. During the civil war he was chaplain in the

twentieth infantry.

Plymouth

regiment Connecticut volunteer In 1871-98 he was pastor of the congregational church of Des

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1897. Frisbie, Levi, clergyman, author, was born July 6, 1748, in Branford, Conn. In 17761806 he was pastor of the First congregational church at Ipswich, Mass. He wag He the author of Sermons and Orations. died in 1806 in Ipswich, Mass. Frisbie, Levi, educator, author, was born Sept. 15, 1783, in Ipswich, Mass. He was a tutor and professor at Harvard college in 1805-22. He was the author of Miscellaneous Writings of Professor Frisbie, edited with Memoir by Andrews Norton. He died

Cambridge, Mass. William Albert, journalist, auborn Dec. 12, 1867, in Danbury, He is on the staff of the Minneapolis

in 1822 in

Frisbie, thor, was

Conn.

He

Journal.

is

the author of Tale of the Other

Mouse; Pirate Frog, and Tales; and Puggery Wee.

Bandit

Frisby, Edgar, educator, astronomer, was born May 22, 1837, in England. In 1863 he graduated from the university of Toronto, Canada. In 1863-67 he taught in Canada; and was afterward professor o f mathematics at the North-

western

university. assistant astronomer in the United States naval obser-

He was

was born

23, 1892.

was

York.

Henry Simmons, educator, author,

Sept. 15, 1817, in Boston, Mass. In 1854-89 he was a professor of latin in the university of Michigan. He was the author of The Story of Giovanni Duprg. He died Sept. 7, 1889, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Frink, Henry Alexander, soldier, was born in Connecticut. In 1861 he became major in the eleventh regiment Pennsylvania infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died May

soldier,

In 1861 he became captain the thirty-seventh regiment Illinois infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Aug. 4, in in

vatory

at

ton, D.C.

was

WashingIn 1878 he

professor of

mathematics in the United States navy, with the present rank of commodore. He has observed several eclipses for the United States government; and has made noteworthy computation of the orbit and comet '

of 1882. He was in charge of the twelveinch equatorial until his retirement.

Frisk, J. E., lawyer, jurist. He is an associate justice of the supreme court of Utah; and resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. Fristoe,

Edward

T., soldier, educator,

was

born Dec. 16, 1830, in Rappahannock county, Va. In 1862 he entered the confederate army as assistant adjutant-general and was constantly promoted. In 1872-84 he was professor of chemistry at the National col-

pharmacy

in Washington. He died Washington, D.C. Fritschel, Conrad Sigmund, educator, clergyman, college president, author, was born iOec. 2, 1833, in Bavaria. He is the author of Iowa and Missouri; and with his brother

lege of

July

31, 1892, in