History of Early Pioneer Families of Hood River, Oregon. Compiled by Mrs. D.M. Coon

SIMON FRAZIER

     He was the sixth son of Alien and Mary (Kennedy) Frazier and was born in Belfast, Prince Edward Island, March 17, 1843.
     The family moved to Bath, Maine where Simon worked on the farm until he entered the ship yards where be became an expert workman in that line. Later he moved to Boston, Massachusetts following his trade. In his spare time he studied scientific subjects and attended lectures given by the Faculty of Harvard College. In 1875 he came by the way of Panama to San Francisco, where he followed ship-building. He then settled on a claim northwest of Bickleton, Washington. (the place is now known as the Carter farm.) In 1880 he came to The Dalles where he was foreman in the carshops until they were moved to Albina about 1890. In 1883 Simon Frazier bought twenty acres of the Belmont tract, located on the donation land claim of Charles Stillwell, which he cleared and fenced hoping to make a home in Hood River in which he had great hopes for the future. The family of his brother Joseph made their home on this place until 1888.
     From Hood River he went to Seattle engaging in railroad work and ship building. He married Minnie Bishop of La Grande. He died at his home in Seattle on October 1919 ages 76 years. His wife survived him only a few months.
     They had no children but was a father to his brother's children, educating Mary in The Dalles Academy. She taught in the Portland schools many years and passed the benefit she had received on to her younger brothers and sisters.

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