Biography

01/19/1797 - 02/19/1873

Judge Charles Frailey (D9) Columbia and Schuylkill Counties 1836-1840 (D8) Schuylkill, Carbon, Monroe and Pike Counties 1850 (D28) Schuylkill County 1851-1852

Early Life:

Judge Charles Frailey, born January 19, 1797, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania ; son of Peter and Maria Magdalena Drinkhaus Frailey; elected, sheriff, Schuylkill County, 1828-1833; elected, register of wills, recorder of deeds and clerk of the Orphans’ Court, Schuylkill County 1831-1832; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1833-1834; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1836-1840; elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention, 1836; elected, prothonotary, Schuylkill County, 1842-1844; appointed, associate judge, Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County, 1846-1847; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1850-1852; owner and editor, Stimme des Volks, Orwigsburg, 1852-1858; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1855; elected, prothonotary, Schuylkill County, 1860-1862; elected, justice of the peace, 1863-1873; married, Mary Margaret " Polly" Conner; died, February 19, 1873, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, sheriff, Schuylkill County, 1828-1833. 

Elected, register of wills, recorder of deeds and clerk of the Orphans’ Court, Schuylkill County 1831-1832. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1833-1834.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 9th district, Columbia and Schuylkill Counties, 1836-1840.  

Elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention, 1836. 

Elected, prothonotary, Schuylkill County, 1842-1844. 

Appointed, associate judge, Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County, 1846-1847. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, Schuylkill, Carbon, Monroe, Pike Counties, 1850.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 28th district, Schuylkill County, 1851-1852. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1855.

Elected, prothonotary, Schuylkill County, 1860-1862. 

Elected, justice of the peace, 1863-1873.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy: 

Frailey Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, named after him, 1847.

Father, Peter Frailey 5th district, Berks and Schuylkill Counties, 1812-1820.

Peter Frailey  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members F". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project Wilkes University.

Judge Charles Frailey (1797-1873) - Find a Grave Memorial