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C. C. FRIED, jeweler, Springfield. Charles Christian Fried is essentially a Springfield product, and a creditable
one. He was born May 13, 1842, in this city; he lost his father when 10 years of age, and his mother seven years
ago; he has two sisters, Mrs. Schertzer and Mrs. Weaver, both residents of Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Fried has been twice
married, first to Miss Sarah J. McBeth, on Aug. 6, 1863, who bore him a daughter on July 23, 1867, whom they named
Jessie Lavinia; he lost his wife Nov. 13, 1873; on Feb. 25, 1875, he married Miss Anna Knott, by which union he
had one daughter, born Feb. 24, 1877, whom they were so unfortunate as to lose on the 7th of July following; their
last visitor is a little son, dating from Sept. 15, 1879. Mr. Fried commenced at the very bottom round of the ladder,
being apprenticed in 1858 to Mr. W. Grossman, a jeweler, with whom he worked four years; before the end of his
apprenticeship, the war had commenced, and young Fried responded to the President's call for 75,000 volunteers
for three months, enlisting in Capt. Ed Mason's company, Springfield Zouaves, of the 2d O. V. I.; served three
months, and then worked at his trade in Cincinnati, Ohio; returning to Springfield, he worked successively for
B. Allen one and a half years, John P. Allen, his successor, eight years; then formed a copartnership with B. Allen,
which continued two years, and in 1872 he opened his own store in a little frame house, and with less than $500
worth of goods; his prosperity has been marked and rapid; he bought the site of his present place of business and
built the store in 1878, and is now doing about the leading jewelry business of the city, besides having acquired
his home, No. 20 West Columbia street, and several other properties. Mr. Fried is a member of Ephraim Lodge, I.
O. O. F., of which he was Treasurer eleven years, and is also a member of the Encampment, being Junior Captain;
he is a member of Clark Lodge of F. & A. M. ; the order of United American Mechanics; Improved Order of Red
Men, and the Murphy Club; he is, last, but not least, a member of good standing of the First Presbyterian Church,
and one of its Trustees, and a member of the City Council for the Second Ward. Mr. Fried is wide awake, progressive,
public spirited, and right abreast of the times, thoroughly a self made man, and one whom all like.
From:
History of Clark County, Ohio
W. H. Beers & Co.
Chicago 1881
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