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Note: Subj: "Hyacinth and Hannah (Firestone) Wiehl."
Date: 01/18/2000 12:01:50 AM US Mountain Standard Time
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TENNESSEE The Volunteer State 1769--1923
ILLUSTRATED VOLUME III
CHICAGO NASHVILLE THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923
Biographies of professional individuals ( including but not limited to finance, medicine, teaching, law and politics) residing in Tenessee from 1769-1923
FRED F. WIEHL.
pp 146-7
With the commercial and financial history of Chattanooga the name of Fred F. Wiehl is closely associated but not only was he a prominent figure in business circles but was also widely known as a friend to the man in need, constantly assisting worthy projects yet without ostentation or display. He passed on September 1, 1900, and a life of great activity and usefulness was thus ended. Mr. Wiehl was born at Zelienople, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1840, and was laid to rest in the National cemetery of Chattanooga through permission granted by special act of congress. His parents were Hyacinth and Hannah (Firestone) Wiehl, also natives of Pennsylvania, and it was in the Keystone state that Fred F. Wiehl was reared and educated. In early manhood he engaged for one year in the hardware business at Newcastle, Pennsylvania, as the employe of Cyrus Clark and then returned to school for a short time. In the early part of 1865 he came to Chattanooga and after devoting a brief time to the oil business he formed a partnership with B. F. Fritts in organizing the Fritts-Wiehl Wholesale Drug Company, of which Mr. Wiehl was made vice president and so served until his death. A business of substantial proportions was developed. Mr. Wiehl also became president of the Chattanooga Wagon Works. He was likewise president of the Chattanooga Water Company and his activities were always of a character that contributed to public welfare and to public prosperity, as well as to individual success. He was the first president of the Bank of Chattanooga and so continued until his death. He was long an important figure in financial circles.
The military chapter in the life record of Mr. Wiehl was an interesting one. When but a youth in his teens he joined the Union army as a member of Company H, Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, which was assigned to the Fourteenth Battery Corps, and he served throughout the Civil war in defense of the Stars and Stripes, rose to the rank of lieutenant and at all times manifested valor and unfaltering loyalty to the country. He was always interested in the welfare and progress of the city in which he made his home, and cooperated heartily with all plans for its upbuilding. For many years he was a member of the city park commission.
On the 20th of January, 1869, in Chattanooga, Mr. Wiehl was united in marriage to Miss Kate Foster, a daughter of George D. and Rachel H. (Rogers) Foster of Pikeville, Tennessee, representatives of old pioneer families of the state. Mrs. Wiehl's father built the first pike on Lookout mountain, having organized a company for carrying on the project.
Mr. Wiehl was president of the Mountain City Club, was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, belonged to the Masonic fraternity and gave his political allegiance to the republican party. He ranked as one of the sterling citizens of Chattanooga throughout the period of his residence here. He was noted for his philanthropy, which was unobtrusive in character yet most liberal. He gave freely but with discrimination to those in need and young men who were in trouble or needed a friend could always count on him. He helped them cheerfully with money or with advice and his life, by reason of his uprightness, his kindly spirit and his helpfulness was a blessing to all with whom he came into contact. Mrs. Wiehl, like her husband, is always a friend of the poor or those in trouble. She was one of the organizers of the Old Ladies Home and is now its vice president. She is also the vice president of the Young Women's Christian Association. While active in the social life of the city in former days, being a member of the Kosmos and other clubs, since her husband's death she has devoted herself to her home and her charities, the latter being given so quietly and unostentatiously that her best friends are unaware of their magnitude. She retains her interest in the Fritts-Wiehl Drug Company, of which she is the vice president, and she is very active in church work, being a member of the board of stewards of the Centenary Methodist Episcopal church, South.
The Teri Fritts Family Home Page
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This page is dedicated to my beloved grandmother Geneva Gilliam Hamilton ('Nankie' to her grandchildren). Geneva was a wonderful woman, wife, grandmother and great-grandmother whose zestful love of life and family was passed on to her descendants in the most loving and fun manner. We are still a very close family mostly due to her influence. We all miss her very much. I love you Nankie!
This website will begin with a compilation the Fritts, Nelson, Hamilton, and Gilliam family histories. Of course, these will branch out and the journey will be so much fun! So far we have ties to Texas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Montana, Minnesota, Ireland and Norway. I am sure this will expand as time goes on, and I welcome any input to fill in the holes in my genealogy chart.
I welcome all to join and guide me in my journey!
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Teri Alice Fritts
10187 County Road 745
Princeton, TX 75407
United States
972-734-1975
terifritts@@worldnet.att.net
27. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN6 FRITTS (ISHAM G.5, JACOB4, HENRY3, WOOLDRICH2 FRITZ, HANS ULERICH1) was born March 1855 in Kingston, Roane County, TN, and died December 10, 1926. He married INEZ KING Unknown in Nashville, TN, daughter of JOHN KING. She was born February 1869 in Harriman, Roane County, Tennessee, and died Unknown.
More About BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FRITTS:
Occupation: Fritts & Weill Drug Company
Children of BENJAMIN FRITTS and INEZ KING are:
i. FRED A. WEIHL7 FRITTS, b. February 1888; d. October 1918, Brest, France during WW I; m. ELIZABETH MYNDERS.
Notes for FRED A. WEIHL FRITTS: Fred Wiehl Fritts was a captain in World War I and gave his life for his country. He died of influenza at Brest, France in Octorer, 1918.
ii. KING CRUTCHFIELD FRITTS, b. October 1892; m. HELEN ARNOLD; d. 1977.
Notes for KING CRUTCHFIELD FRITTS: In 1931, the Chattanooga City Directory listed K.C. as the president of Fritts Cash Stores co., (drug-sundries) located at 2451 Glass. His wife, Helen, was treasurer.
30. iii. WILLIAM FRYE FRITTS, b. December 12, 1894, Tennessee; d. January 1948, Chattanooga (Hamilton County), TN.
iv. FRANK SHANNON FRITTS, b. Abt. 1895; d. Abt. 1895, Died in infancy.
Search Terms: WIEHL (7)
Database: Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 3.
Combined Matches: 7
Tennessee the Volunteer State 1769�1923: Volume 3
HARRY SCOTT PROBASCO.
Mr. Probasco continued here until 1888. In this year, in partnership with Fred F. Wiehl, he established the banking business of Wiehl, Probasco & Company and removal was made to the ground floor of the McConnell block. This banking firm enjoyed a successful growth and on October 2, 1900, it was chartered as the Bank of Chattanooga, with Mr. Probasco as president, and Z. C. Patten as vice president. Prior to this time removal of the banking quarters had been made to the corner of Sixth and Market, and again to the southeast corner of Eighth and Broad streets. The Fourth National Bank had also liquidated during the panic of 1893 and its business was taken over by the Probasco and Wiehl interests. Then, in October, 1900, as stated before, the Bank of Chattanooga was chartered and continued under this corporate name until 1905, when it was succeeded by the American National Bank, of which Mr. Probasco remained president. On January 2, 1911, the business of the American National Bank was sold outright to the First National Bank and for a period of several months Mr. Probasco retired from participation in active business affairs. This course was chosen by him on account of ill health and the necessity of rest and absence from business responsibilities. Mr. Probasco, after almost a year of foreign travel and recuperation, returned to active business life as president of the American Trust & Banking Company, which was established January 15, 1912. He remained the executive head of this successful institution until his death.
Search Terms: WIEHL (3)
Database: American Civil War Research Database, Soldiers
Combined Matches: 3
Name State Served Enlist Date Enlist Rank Enlist Age Enlist Place Army
Mathew Wiehl Minnesota 29 June 1861 Priv 32 Union Frederick F Wiehl Pennsylvania 12 October 1861 Sergeant Union Joseph Wiehl New York 16 October 1861 Priv 33 New York City, NY Union
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