| Charles H. Frith | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 7th district | |||
In office January 1904 – January 1908 | |||
| Preceded by | W. P. S. Ventress | ||
| Succeeded by | William F. Tucker Jr. | ||
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives | In office January 1896 – January 1900 | ||
| Personal details | |||
| Born | June 14, 1838 Amite County, MS | ||
| Died | December 19, 1912 (aged 74) Liberty, Amite County, MS | ||
| Political party | Democratic | ||
| Military service | |||
| Allegiance | Template:Confederacy | ||
| Service/branch | Army | ||
| Years of service | 1861–1865 | ||
| Rank | First Lieutenant | ||
| Battles/wars | Civil War | ||
Charles Henry Frith (June 14, 1838 - December 19, 1912) was a Democratic Mississippi state legislator from Amite County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Biography[]
Charles Henry Frith was born on June 14, 1838, in Amite County, Mississippi.[1] He was the son of William Frith and Amand (Simmons) Frith.[1] Frith graduated from Georgetown College in 1859.[1] He enlisted in the 6th Louisiana Infantry Confederate Army during the Civil War.[1][2] He was a first lieutenant by the end of the war.[1] During the war, he was captured and sent to Fort Delaware, where he was interned until the war ended.[2] In 1895, he was elected to represent Amite County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives, for the 1896–1900 term.[1][2][3] In 1903, he was elected to the Mississippi State Senate to represent the 7th district, which was composed of Amite and Wilkinson Counties.[1][2] He died in his home in Liberty, Mississippi, on December 19, 1912.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Rowland, Dunbar (1904) (in en). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. https://books.google.com/books?id=PMoGAQAAIAAJ&q=Frith.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 (in en) Confederate Veteran. S.A. Cunningham. 1913. pp. 455. https://books.google.com/books?id=_nhHAAAAYAAJ&q=C+H+Frith+mississippi&pg=PA455.
- ↑ Mississippi (1898) (in en). Department Reports. pp. 17. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbwPAQAAIAAJ&q=Frith.
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