Biography

1798 - 02/19/1873

FRAILEY, Charles, a Representative from Schuylkill County; born, 1798 in Berks County, Pa.; elected, sheriff, Schuylkill County (1828-1833); elected, register of wills, recorder of deeds and clerk of the Orphans’ Court, Schuylkill County (1831-1832); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1833-1834 term; reelected to the House for the 1855 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1835-1840, 1851-1852); elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1836); elected, prothonotary, Schuylkill County (1842-1844, 1860-1862); appointed, associate judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County (1846-1847); owner and editor, Stimme des Volks, Orwigsburg (1852-1858); elected, justice of the peace (1863-1873); died, February 19, 1873 in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.