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EDWARD M. FRYE
Vol. 3, p. 1266
Book has photo

Among those of Cherokee blood who have gained distinction, and
position in professional fields, one of the most prominent in
Sequoyah County is Edward M. Frye, a member of the legal
confraternity. Since 1905 he has been engaged in practice at
Sallilsaw [sic] and during this time has built up an excellent
professional business of the most desirable kind, while since 1908 he
has been rendering his community admirable service in the capacity of
United States commissioner.

Mr. Frye has passed his entire career in the community in which he
now resides, having been born in the Sequoyah District, Indian
Territory, December 20, 1879, a son of Charles O. and Eliza
(THORNTON) Frye. Both his parents were born in the Sequoyah District
and passed their lives here in the pursuits of the soil. His paternal
grandfather came from Georgia to Indian Territory with the Cherokee
emigrants, at the time of their removal in 1835, while on the
maternal side he belongs to the Thornton family which is one of the
oldest of the Cherokee Nation.

Edward M. Frye was reared in what is now Sequoyah County, Oklahoma,
and enjoyed educational advantages of an excellent character, being a
son of parents who realized the value of an education and gave their
children the best of opportunities for preparing themselves for their
struggle with the world. After attending and graduating from the
Cherokee Male Seminary at Tahlequah, he entered the legal department
of the University of Arkansas, where he was duly graduated in 1905
with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and on December 5, of that year
was admitted to practice in the courts of Indian Territory. When
still a young man he secured his first introduction to public service
as clerk of the Senate of the Cherokee Nation, but aside from this
had no experience as a public official until he was appointed, in
April, 1908 by United States District Court Judge Campbell, as United
States commissioner, a position which he has continued to retain. At
the time of his admission to the bar, Mr. Frye began the practice of
his profession at Sallislaw, [sic] where he has always resided, and
within a mile of which city he was born. He has rapidly forged to the
front as a lawyer, now enjoying a remunerative practice, and is held
in the highest esteem, not only as a professional man but as an
earnest, stirring and public-spirited citizen. Always a stalwart
supporter of the men and measures of the republican party, he has
become a man of influence in the ranks of this organization and is
now a member of the Republican State Committee. His fraternal
connections are with the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the
World.

In 1905 Mr. Frye was united in marriage with Miss Mattie WATTS, of
Sallislaw [sic]. Mabel, Charles Edward and Eliza Juanita are their
children.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Jean Owens October 21, 1998.