Father: Nathaniel Frye, Jr.(1779-1855)
Mother: Carolina Virginia Marylander Johnson (1777-1862)
1837 - A.B. degree, Columbian College, Washington, DC
01/25/1839 - Married, Catharine Emma Johnson (1808-1900), Philadelphia, PA
02/02/1839 - Birth of son, Nathaniel Frye (1839-1871), Washington, DC
1840 - A.M. & M.D. degree, The National Medical College of the Columbian University, Washington, DC (from: Washington, DC)
08/22/1838 - Annie Jones Conway married Francis Carman, Manchester, England
03/02/1842 - Annie Jones Conway Carman gave birth to Louisa Mary Ann Carman, Cathedral, Manchester, England
01/06/1845 - Member, Medical Society of the District of Columbia
1846 - Practiced medicine, north side of Pennsylvania Ave, between 19th and 20th, Washington, DC
07/14/1847 - Elected Recording Secretary, Columbian University Alumni Association
05/02/1848 - As a representative of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, attended a meeting of the American Medical Association in Baltimore, MD
07/01/1850 - Appointed to a committee to consider the propriety of a revision and also of petitioning Congress to amend the charter of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia
07/06/1850 - Annie Carman, lived in Washington, DC, with her husband, Francis Carman, daughter Laura Carman, and son Walter Carman [Note: Francis Carman, an actor, was born in England about 1807, immigrated to the U.S. with wife, Annie, daughter, Laura, and son, Walter. Francis died in Washington, DC, about 1850.]
08/24/1850 - Catharine Fry, Dr. Frye's first wife, lived in Philadelphia, PA, with their son, "Nathaniel Fry"
~1855 - Lived with Annie Jones Conway Carman (1817 England-1897) [Note: Annie was an actress and the widow of Francis Carman, a tragedian.]
11/01/1855 - Dropped as a member of the Potomac Chapter of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia [Note: A specific reason was not given in the minutes for that date, but subsequent review claimed he was dropped for non-payment of dues even though this was not in the minutes.]
07/31/1860 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA (lived with "Anne", and her two children, Laura, and Walter (or Walker) - erroneously indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Thos B. B. Finger" even though the original document clearly has the surname "Frye")
07/31/1860 - Owned one black male slave in Alexandria, VA
06/15/1861-08/31/1861 - Hospital Steward, Confederate States Army
09/09/1861 - Paid $50.66 (at $20/mo.) for services as a Hospital Steward, Camp Pickens, VA [Note: Camp Pickens was a Confederate camp near Manassas, VA]
05/14/1862 - Mother, Carolina, died in Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA (buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC)
05/26/1862 - Was paid $25 for his medical attendance on Theodore Brandis who was injured by an explosion at the Confederate States [Ordance] Laboratory, Richmond, VA
10/07/1862 - Signed a contract with the Confederate Army as an Acting Asst. Surgeon 10/07/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 16, Richmond, VA [formerly, "First Georgia Hospital"]
11/04/1862 - "Married: On the 4th instant, at St. John's Church, Richmond, Legnidas Duval, Esq. of Baltimore, Md., and Laura Caroline Carman, step-daughter of Dr. T. B. J. Frye, C.S.A. of Washington D. C." [The Daily Dispatch,
Richmond, VA, Nov. 6, 1862.]
11/16/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 16, Richmond, VA
12/06/1862 - Contract as Acting Asst. Surgeon, cancelled
12/22/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 16, Richmond, VA
04/03/1865 - Captured by U.S. Army in a hospital in Richmond, VA
04/06/1865 - Near Farmville, VA
04/14/1865 - Patient, Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA (diagnosis = febris intermittens)
04/20/1865 - Transferred to a U. S. Army Provost Marshal
04/23/1865 - Transferred from Libby Prison, Richmond, VA, to Newport News, VA
07/01/1865 - Signed Oath of Allegiance to the United States at Newport News, VA (Place of residence: Alexandria, VA; Complexion: light; Hair: light; Eyes: blue; Height: 5 ft., 5 in.
1867 - Practiced medicine, 154 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC
09/03/1870 - Practiced medicine, Washington Township, Alexandria Co., VA (lived with Anna C. Frye - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "T. B. Frye")
07/04/1871 - Appointed Justice of the Peace, Washington Township, Alexandria Co., VA
1874 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA
02/12/1878 - Dr. Frye applied for restoration of his membership in the Potomac Chapter of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia. He was re-elected and his application accepted.
06/14/1880 - "Ann C Frye", lived with a daughter, Louisa Higgins (~1850-????), from a previous marriage, and her son-in law, William Shakespeare Higgins, Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
06/17/1880 - Practiced medicine, District of Providence, Fairfax Co., VA (lived with a servant - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as "Dr. Thomas Fry")
02/25/1884 - "William S. Higgins, once an actor, known to the profession as Tackhammer Higgins, became violently insane at his home on Prescottplace, Jersey City [NJ], Saturday night, and was given into the care of the pence. He was once part owner of the Jersey City Opera House. He will be removed to the lunatic asylum at Snake Hill today." [The New York Times, February 25, 1884.]
07/01/1884 - William Shakespeare Higgins died in Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
09/30/1887 - Prepared his last will and testament which specified that all of his worldly possession were to go to Matilda Delmonico [sic - Matilda Mary Dellamico - a 38 y.o. with two children who was born in October, 1849, in Washington, DC, who lived with her parents in Washington, DC, in 1870, who married a Mr. Dellamico between 1870 & 1880, who was a widow living with her mother in Washington, DC, in 1880, who lived in Washington, DC, in 1887, and who married, William Mcfarlane, in Washinton, DC, in 1888]. The executors were Matilda, and her mother, Mrs. Christina Ermantraut [sic - Ehrmantraut].
05/31/1889 - Died of cancer of the tongue, Washington, DC (buried: Washington Asylum Potter's Field, Washington, DC - Find A Grave #150725630)
12/27/1897 - Annie Jones Conway Frye, died in Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
03/03/1900 - Ex-wife, Catherine (a.k.a. Catharine) E. Frye, died in Philadelphia, PA (buried: St. Andrews Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA - Find A Grave #186245282)
06/08/1900 - Matilda Mary Ehrmantraut Dellamico Mcfarlane living with her 2nd husband, William Mcfarlane, her son, Joseph Dellamico, William's son, Neil, William's daughter, Ida, and 12 y.o. William Ehrmantraut in Washington, District of Columbia
06/23/1933 - Matilda Mcfarlane died (Find A Grave #22821946)
Note: Sue Hawes and Anna O'Quinn Richter provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/03/2018. Unpublished database.
Mother: Carolina Virginia Marylander Johnson (1777-1862)
1837 - A.B. degree, Columbian College, Washington, DC
01/25/1839 - Married, Catharine Emma Johnson (1808-1900), Philadelphia, PA
02/02/1839 - Birth of son, Nathaniel Frye (1839-1871), Washington, DC
1840 - A.M. & M.D. degree, The National Medical College of the Columbian University, Washington, DC (from: Washington, DC)
08/22/1838 - Annie Jones Conway married Francis Carman, Manchester, England
03/02/1842 - Annie Jones Conway Carman gave birth to Louisa Mary Ann Carman, Cathedral, Manchester, England
01/06/1845 - Member, Medical Society of the District of Columbia
1846 - Practiced medicine, north side of Pennsylvania Ave, between 19th and 20th, Washington, DC
07/14/1847 - Elected Recording Secretary, Columbian University Alumni Association
05/02/1848 - As a representative of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, attended a meeting of the American Medical Association in Baltimore, MD
07/01/1850 - Appointed to a committee to consider the propriety of a revision and also of petitioning Congress to amend the charter of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia
07/06/1850 - Annie Carman, lived in Washington, DC, with her husband, Francis Carman, daughter Laura Carman, and son Walter Carman [Note: Francis Carman, an actor, was born in England about 1807, immigrated to the U.S. with wife, Annie, daughter, Laura, and son, Walter. Francis died in Washington, DC, about 1850.]
08/24/1850 - Catharine Fry, Dr. Frye's first wife, lived in Philadelphia, PA, with their son, "Nathaniel Fry"
~1855 - Lived with Annie Jones Conway Carman (1817 England-1897) [Note: Annie was an actress and the widow of Francis Carman, a tragedian.]
11/01/1855 - Dropped as a member of the Potomac Chapter of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia [Note: A specific reason was not given in the minutes for that date, but subsequent review claimed he was dropped for non-payment of dues even though this was not in the minutes.]
07/31/1860 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA (lived with "Anne", and her two children, Laura, and Walter (or Walker) - erroneously indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Thos B. B. Finger" even though the original document clearly has the surname "Frye")
07/31/1860 - Owned one black male slave in Alexandria, VA
06/15/1861-08/31/1861 - Hospital Steward, Confederate States Army
09/09/1861 - Paid $50.66 (at $20/mo.) for services as a Hospital Steward, Camp Pickens, VA [Note: Camp Pickens was a Confederate camp near Manassas, VA]
05/14/1862 - Mother, Carolina, died in Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA (buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC)
05/26/1862 - Was paid $25 for his medical attendance on Theodore Brandis who was injured by an explosion at the Confederate States [Ordance] Laboratory, Richmond, VA
10/07/1862 - Signed a contract with the Confederate Army as an Acting Asst. Surgeon 10/07/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 16, Richmond, VA [formerly, "First Georgia Hospital"]
11/04/1862 - "Married: On the 4th instant, at St. John's Church, Richmond, Legnidas Duval, Esq. of Baltimore, Md., and Laura Caroline Carman, step-daughter of Dr. T. B. J. Frye, C.S.A. of Washington D. C." [The Daily Dispatch,
Richmond, VA, Nov. 6, 1862.]
11/16/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 16, Richmond, VA
12/06/1862 - Contract as Acting Asst. Surgeon, cancelled
12/22/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 16, Richmond, VA
04/03/1865 - Captured by U.S. Army in a hospital in Richmond, VA
04/06/1865 - Near Farmville, VA
04/14/1865 - Patient, Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA (diagnosis = febris intermittens)
04/20/1865 - Transferred to a U. S. Army Provost Marshal
04/23/1865 - Transferred from Libby Prison, Richmond, VA, to Newport News, VA
07/01/1865 - Signed Oath of Allegiance to the United States at Newport News, VA (Place of residence: Alexandria, VA; Complexion: light; Hair: light; Eyes: blue; Height: 5 ft., 5 in.
1867 - Practiced medicine, 154 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC
09/03/1870 - Practiced medicine, Washington Township, Alexandria Co., VA (lived with Anna C. Frye - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "T. B. Frye")
07/04/1871 - Appointed Justice of the Peace, Washington Township, Alexandria Co., VA
1874 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA
02/12/1878 - Dr. Frye applied for restoration of his membership in the Potomac Chapter of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia. He was re-elected and his application accepted.
06/14/1880 - "Ann C Frye", lived with a daughter, Louisa Higgins (~1850-????), from a previous marriage, and her son-in law, William Shakespeare Higgins, Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
06/17/1880 - Practiced medicine, District of Providence, Fairfax Co., VA (lived with a servant - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as "Dr. Thomas Fry")
02/25/1884 - "William S. Higgins, once an actor, known to the profession as Tackhammer Higgins, became violently insane at his home on Prescottplace, Jersey City [NJ], Saturday night, and was given into the care of the pence. He was once part owner of the Jersey City Opera House. He will be removed to the lunatic asylum at Snake Hill today." [The New York Times, February 25, 1884.]
07/01/1884 - William Shakespeare Higgins died in Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
09/30/1887 - Prepared his last will and testament which specified that all of his worldly possession were to go to Matilda Delmonico [sic - Matilda Mary Dellamico - a 38 y.o. with two children who was born in October, 1849, in Washington, DC, who lived with her parents in Washington, DC, in 1870, who married a Mr. Dellamico between 1870 & 1880, who was a widow living with her mother in Washington, DC, in 1880, who lived in Washington, DC, in 1887, and who married, William Mcfarlane, in Washinton, DC, in 1888]. The executors were Matilda, and her mother, Mrs. Christina Ermantraut [sic - Ehrmantraut].
05/31/1889 - Died of cancer of the tongue, Washington, DC (buried: Washington Asylum Potter's Field, Washington, DC - Find A Grave #150725630)
12/27/1897 - Annie Jones Conway Frye, died in Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
03/03/1900 - Ex-wife, Catherine (a.k.a. Catharine) E. Frye, died in Philadelphia, PA (buried: St. Andrews Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA - Find A Grave #186245282)
06/08/1900 - Matilda Mary Ehrmantraut Dellamico Mcfarlane living with her 2nd husband, William Mcfarlane, her son, Joseph Dellamico, William's son, Neil, William's daughter, Ida, and 12 y.o. William Ehrmantraut in Washington, District of Columbia
06/23/1933 - Matilda Mcfarlane died (Find A Grave #22821946)
Note: Sue Hawes and Anna O'Quinn Richter provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/03/2018. Unpublished database.
Father: Nathaniel Frye, Jr.(1779-1855)
Mother: Carolina Virginia Marylander Johnson (1777-1862)
1837 - A.B. degree, Columbian College, Washington, DC
01/25/1839 - Married, Catharine Emma Johnson (1808-1900), Philadelphia, PA
02/02/1839 - Birth of son, Nathaniel Frye (1839-1871), Washington, DC
1840 - A.M. & M.D. degree, The National Medical College of the Columbian University, Washington, DC (from: Washington, DC)
08/22/1838 - Annie Jones Conway married Francis Carman, Manchester, England
03/02/1842 - Annie Jones Conway Carman gave birth to Louisa Mary Ann Carman, Cathedral, Manchester, England
01/06/1845 - Member, Medical Society of the District of Columbia
1846 - Practiced medicine, north side of Pennsylvania Ave, between 19th and 20th, Washington, DC
07/14/1847 - Elected Recording Secretary, Columbian University Alumni Association
05/02/1848 - As a representative of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, attended a meeting of the American Medical Association in Baltimore, MD
07/01/1850 - Appointed to a committee to consider the propriety of a revision and also of petitioning Congress to amend the charter of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia
07/06/1850 - Annie Carman, lived in Washington, DC, with her husband, Francis Carman, daughter Laura Carman, and son Walter Carman [Note: Francis Carman, an actor, was born in England about 1807, immigrated to the U.S. with wife, Annie, daughter, Laura, and son, Walter. Francis died in Washington, DC, about 1850.]
08/24/1850 - Catharine Fry, Dr. Frye's first wife, lived in Philadelphia, PA, with their son, "Nathaniel Fry"
~1855 - Lived with Annie Jones Conway Carman (1817 England-1897) [Note: Annie was an actress and the widow of Francis Carman, a tragedian.]
11/01/1855 - Dropped as a member of the Potomac Chapter of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia [Note: A specific reason was not given in the minutes for that date, but subsequent review claimed he was dropped for non-payment of dues even though this was not in the minutes.]
07/31/1860 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA (lived with "Anne", and her two children, Laura, and Walter (or Walker) - erroneously indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Thos B. B. Finger" even though the original document clearly has the surname "Frye")
07/31/1860 - Owned one black male slave in Alexandria, VA
06/15/1861-08/31/1861 - Hospital Steward, Confederate States Army
09/09/1861 - Paid $50.66 (at $20/mo.) for services as a Hospital Steward, Camp Pickens, VA [Note: Camp Pickens was a Confederate camp near Manassas, VA]
05/14/1862 - Mother, Carolina, died in Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA (buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC)
05/26/1862 - Was paid $25 for his medical attendance on Theodore Brandis who was injured by an explosion at the Confederate States [Ordance] Laboratory, Richmond, VA
10/07/1862 - Signed a contract with the Confederate Army as an Acting Asst. Surgeon 10/07/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 16, Richmond, VA [formerly, "First Georgia Hospital"]
11/04/1862 - "Married: On the 4th instant, at St. John's Church, Richmond, Legnidas Duval, Esq. of Baltimore, Md., and Laura Caroline Carman, step-daughter of Dr. T. B. J. Frye, C.S.A. of Washington D. C." [The Daily Dispatch,
Richmond, VA, Nov. 6, 1862.]
11/16/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 16, Richmond, VA
12/06/1862 - Contract as Acting Asst. Surgeon, cancelled
12/22/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 16, Richmond, VA
04/03/1865 - Captured by U.S. Army in a hospital in Richmond, VA
04/06/1865 - Near Farmville, VA
04/14/1865 - Patient, Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA (diagnosis = febris intermittens)
04/20/1865 - Transferred to a U. S. Army Provost Marshal
04/23/1865 - Transferred from Libby Prison, Richmond, VA, to Newport News, VA
07/01/1865 - Signed Oath of Allegiance to the United States at Newport News, VA (Place of residence: Alexandria, VA; Complexion: light; Hair: light; Eyes: blue; Height: 5 ft., 5 in.
1867 - Practiced medicine, 154 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC
09/03/1870 - Practiced medicine, Washington Township, Alexandria Co., VA (lived with Anna C. Frye - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "T. B. Frye")
07/04/1871 - Appointed Justice of the Peace, Washington Township, Alexandria Co., VA
1874 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA
02/12/1878 - Dr. Frye applied for restoration of his membership in the Potomac Chapter of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia. He was re-elected and his application accepted.
06/14/1880 - "Ann C Frye", lived with a daughter, Louisa Higgins (~1850-????), from a previous marriage, and her son-in law, William Shakespeare Higgins, Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
06/17/1880 - Practiced medicine, District of Providence, Fairfax Co., VA (lived with a servant - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as "Dr. Thomas Fry")
02/25/1884 - "William S. Higgins, once an actor, known to the profession as Tackhammer Higgins, became violently insane at his home on Prescottplace, Jersey City [NJ], Saturday night, and was given into the care of the pence. He was once part owner of the Jersey City Opera House. He will be removed to the lunatic asylum at Snake Hill today." [The New York Times, February 25, 1884.]
07/01/1884 - William Shakespeare Higgins died in Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
09/30/1887 - Prepared his last will and testament which specified that all of his worldly possession were to go to Matilda Delmonico [sic - Matilda Mary Dellamico - a 38 y.o. with two children who was born in October, 1849, in Washington, DC, who lived with her parents in Washington, DC, in 1870, who married a Mr. Dellamico between 1870 & 1880, who was a widow living with her mother in Washington, DC, in 1880, who lived in Washington, DC, in 1887, and who married, William Mcfarlane, in Washinton, DC, in 1888]. The executors were Matilda, and her mother, Mrs. Christina Ermantraut [sic - Ehrmantraut].
05/31/1889 - Died of cancer of the tongue, Washington, DC (buried: Washington Asylum Potter's Field, Washington, DC - Find A Grave #150725630)
12/27/1897 - Annie Jones Conway Frye, died in Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
03/03/1900 - Ex-wife, Catherine (a.k.a. Catharine) E. Frye, died in Philadelphia, PA (buried: St. Andrews Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA - Find A Grave #186245282)
06/08/1900 - Matilda Mary Ehrmantraut Dellamico Mcfarlane living with her 2nd husband, William Mcfarlane, her son, Joseph Dellamico, William's son, Neil, William's daughter, Ida, and 12 y.o. William Ehrmantraut in Washington, District of Columbia
06/23/1933 - Matilda Mcfarlane died (Find A Grave #22821946)
Note: Sue Hawes and Anna O'Quinn Richter provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/03/2018. Unpublished database.
Mother: Carolina Virginia Marylander Johnson (1777-1862)
1837 - A.B. degree, Columbian College, Washington, DC
01/25/1839 - Married, Catharine Emma Johnson (1808-1900), Philadelphia, PA
02/02/1839 - Birth of son, Nathaniel Frye (1839-1871), Washington, DC
1840 - A.M. & M.D. degree, The National Medical College of the Columbian University, Washington, DC (from: Washington, DC)
08/22/1838 - Annie Jones Conway married Francis Carman, Manchester, England
03/02/1842 - Annie Jones Conway Carman gave birth to Louisa Mary Ann Carman, Cathedral, Manchester, England
01/06/1845 - Member, Medical Society of the District of Columbia
1846 - Practiced medicine, north side of Pennsylvania Ave, between 19th and 20th, Washington, DC
07/14/1847 - Elected Recording Secretary, Columbian University Alumni Association
05/02/1848 - As a representative of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, attended a meeting of the American Medical Association in Baltimore, MD
07/01/1850 - Appointed to a committee to consider the propriety of a revision and also of petitioning Congress to amend the charter of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia
07/06/1850 - Annie Carman, lived in Washington, DC, with her husband, Francis Carman, daughter Laura Carman, and son Walter Carman [Note: Francis Carman, an actor, was born in England about 1807, immigrated to the U.S. with wife, Annie, daughter, Laura, and son, Walter. Francis died in Washington, DC, about 1850.]
08/24/1850 - Catharine Fry, Dr. Frye's first wife, lived in Philadelphia, PA, with their son, "Nathaniel Fry"
~1855 - Lived with Annie Jones Conway Carman (1817 England-1897) [Note: Annie was an actress and the widow of Francis Carman, a tragedian.]
11/01/1855 - Dropped as a member of the Potomac Chapter of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia [Note: A specific reason was not given in the minutes for that date, but subsequent review claimed he was dropped for non-payment of dues even though this was not in the minutes.]
07/31/1860 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA (lived with "Anne", and her two children, Laura, and Walter (or Walker) - erroneously indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Thos B. B. Finger" even though the original document clearly has the surname "Frye")
07/31/1860 - Owned one black male slave in Alexandria, VA
06/15/1861-08/31/1861 - Hospital Steward, Confederate States Army
09/09/1861 - Paid $50.66 (at $20/mo.) for services as a Hospital Steward, Camp Pickens, VA [Note: Camp Pickens was a Confederate camp near Manassas, VA]
05/14/1862 - Mother, Carolina, died in Quincy, Norfolk Co., MA (buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC)
05/26/1862 - Was paid $25 for his medical attendance on Theodore Brandis who was injured by an explosion at the Confederate States [Ordance] Laboratory, Richmond, VA
10/07/1862 - Signed a contract with the Confederate Army as an Acting Asst. Surgeon 10/07/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 16, Richmond, VA [formerly, "First Georgia Hospital"]
11/04/1862 - "Married: On the 4th instant, at St. John's Church, Richmond, Legnidas Duval, Esq. of Baltimore, Md., and Laura Caroline Carman, step-daughter of Dr. T. B. J. Frye, C.S.A. of Washington D. C." [The Daily Dispatch,
Richmond, VA, Nov. 6, 1862.]
11/16/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 16, Richmond, VA
12/06/1862 - Contract as Acting Asst. Surgeon, cancelled
12/22/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital No. 16, Richmond, VA
04/03/1865 - Captured by U.S. Army in a hospital in Richmond, VA
04/06/1865 - Near Farmville, VA
04/14/1865 - Patient, Jackson Hospital, Richmond, VA (diagnosis = febris intermittens)
04/20/1865 - Transferred to a U. S. Army Provost Marshal
04/23/1865 - Transferred from Libby Prison, Richmond, VA, to Newport News, VA
07/01/1865 - Signed Oath of Allegiance to the United States at Newport News, VA (Place of residence: Alexandria, VA; Complexion: light; Hair: light; Eyes: blue; Height: 5 ft., 5 in.
1867 - Practiced medicine, 154 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC
09/03/1870 - Practiced medicine, Washington Township, Alexandria Co., VA (lived with Anna C. Frye - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "T. B. Frye")
07/04/1871 - Appointed Justice of the Peace, Washington Township, Alexandria Co., VA
1874 - Practiced medicine, Alexandria, VA
02/12/1878 - Dr. Frye applied for restoration of his membership in the Potomac Chapter of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia. He was re-elected and his application accepted.
06/14/1880 - "Ann C Frye", lived with a daughter, Louisa Higgins (~1850-????), from a previous marriage, and her son-in law, William Shakespeare Higgins, Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
06/17/1880 - Practiced medicine, District of Providence, Fairfax Co., VA (lived with a servant - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as "Dr. Thomas Fry")
02/25/1884 - "William S. Higgins, once an actor, known to the profession as Tackhammer Higgins, became violently insane at his home on Prescottplace, Jersey City [NJ], Saturday night, and was given into the care of the pence. He was once part owner of the Jersey City Opera House. He will be removed to the lunatic asylum at Snake Hill today." [The New York Times, February 25, 1884.]
07/01/1884 - William Shakespeare Higgins died in Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
09/30/1887 - Prepared his last will and testament which specified that all of his worldly possession were to go to Matilda Delmonico [sic - Matilda Mary Dellamico - a 38 y.o. with two children who was born in October, 1849, in Washington, DC, who lived with her parents in Washington, DC, in 1870, who married a Mr. Dellamico between 1870 & 1880, who was a widow living with her mother in Washington, DC, in 1880, who lived in Washington, DC, in 1887, and who married, William Mcfarlane, in Washinton, DC, in 1888]. The executors were Matilda, and her mother, Mrs. Christina Ermantraut [sic - Ehrmantraut].
05/31/1889 - Died of cancer of the tongue, Washington, DC (buried: Washington Asylum Potter's Field, Washington, DC - Find A Grave #150725630)
12/27/1897 - Annie Jones Conway Frye, died in Jersey City, Hudson Co., NJ
03/03/1900 - Ex-wife, Catherine (a.k.a. Catharine) E. Frye, died in Philadelphia, PA (buried: St. Andrews Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA - Find A Grave #186245282)
06/08/1900 - Matilda Mary Ehrmantraut Dellamico Mcfarlane living with her 2nd husband, William Mcfarlane, her son, Joseph Dellamico, William's son, Neil, William's daughter, Ida, and 12 y.o. William Ehrmantraut in Washington, District of Columbia
06/23/1933 - Matilda Mcfarlane died (Find A Grave #22821946)
Note: Sue Hawes and Anna O'Quinn Richter provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
01/03/2018. Unpublished database.
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