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JASPER N. FRAZIER, of McConey & Frazier, brick makers and contractors, post-office Joplin, was born in Wayne county, Ill., Jan. 25, 1832. His parents, Abraham and Tryphena (Ballard) Frazier, were natives respectively of North Carolina and New York. Subject moved with his parents to Iowa in 1840, locating at Ft. Madison, Lee county. There he attended school and commenced to learn the trade of brick making and laying. In 1854 he returned to Illinois and worked at his trade in Wabash county for a time, then in Whiteside county. He enlisted in 1863 in the United States navy under Admiral Porter and was with him during the war. He was mustered out June 13, 1865, at Cairo, Ill., and returned to Whiteside county. He came to Missouri in 1869 and built the Dallas county court-house; then the Rolla school of mines. He came to Jasper county in the spring of 1872, locating at Joplin. He engaged in mining for a time and then engaged at his trade. In the spring of 1882 he formed his present partnership. Mr. Frazier was married in Whiteside county, Ill., Jan 1, 1856, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of Thomas and Delia (Carroll) Williams, of that county. They have six children living, Annie B., Alice D., Tryphena May, Minnie F., Joseph DeWitt, and Elliott Reins. Mr. and Mrs. F. have a pleasant home near Joplin and are surrounded with a wide circle of friends.