Charles H. Frith

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Charles H. Frith
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 7th district
In office
January 1904 – January 1908
Preceded byW. P. S. Ventress
Succeeded byWilliam F. Tucker Jr.
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Amite County district
In office
January 1896 – January 1900
Personal details
Born(1838-06-14)June 14, 1838
Amite County, Mississippi
DiedDecember 19, 1912(1912-12-19) (aged 74)
Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi
Political partyDemocrat
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States
Branch/serviceArmy
Years of service1861–1865
RankFirst Lieutenant
Battles/warsCivil 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[edit]

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][3][2] 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Rowland, Dunbar (1904). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  2. ^ a b c d e Confederate Veteran. S.A. Cunningham. 1913. p. 455.
  3. ^ Mississippi (1898). Department Reports. p. 17.