Introduction
CAPTAIN ANDREW BLAIR FRAZEE was born on August 28, 1820. He was for many years the Superintendent of the Camden & Philadelphia Ferry Company. He was the subject of a biographical sketch in the 1897 book, Biographical Review Containing Life Sketches of the Leading Citizens of Camden and Burlington County NJ, published in 1897, and featured below. He was active in Masonic affairs and as a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Captain Frazee lived in his later years at 302 North 2nd Street in Camden NJ. His daughter married Camden businessman and County Sheriff Richard F. Smith. Their son, Andrew Blair Frazee Smith, was prominent in Camden business and civic affairs. Another grandson, Robert Blair Frazee, died while serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. A second descendant, Andrew Blair Jakway, was also lost during the war, while serving with the United States Navy.
Captain Andrew Blair Frazee passed away on March 28, 1904. He was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Camden NJ, with his first wife, Susan Van Hook Voorhees Frazee, who had died in 1871, and his second wife, Mary E. Young Frazee, who died on January 1, 1948.
Biographical Sketch
Biographical Review of Camden and Burlington County NJ, 1897
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Camden Democrat —
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Camden Democrat —
William C. Gatzmer
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Philadelphia Inquirer —
Named: William Joyce Sewell, Harrison H. Voorhees, James R. Carson, Andrew Blair Frazee, William C. Dayton, Martin J. O’Brien, Maggie Longworth, South 3rd Street, Royden Street, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Martin Coyne, John M. Kelly, Francis X. O’Brien, Charles Livingstone, Ferry Avenue, Fillmore Street, John Foster, Samuel Dodd, Legion of the Red Cross, Harry B. Paul, Howland Croft, Oliver M. Smith, Mary A. Gregory, Mickle Street, and Rev. J.B. Graw.
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Camden Daily Telegram —
Named: Sumner Derrickson, Charles Taylor, Marwood “Sweeney” Derrickson, John L. Westcott, Baxter Street, Ann Street aka Maurice Street, Kaighn Avenue, Sycamore Street, Mrs. Zane, Mrs. Shaw, Charles H. Fitzsimmons III, Andrew Blair Frazee, William Barnard, Albert Myers, George F. Kappell aka George Cable, John Hill, Joseph Dodson, Reed & Derrickson, Olive Park, John Foster, Edward Fortie, Ida Burton, Lawrence Anderson, Aubrey Thompson, and Richard Golden.
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Philadelphia Inquirer —
Named: Capt. Andrew Blair Frazee, Frans Ludvik Engdahl, Edward Mills, Herman Mithoefer, S. Glover Rudderow, George T. Maddock, and Frederick G. Weise.
A Good Landing — in 1873
Camden Courier-Post —
Centennial Week brought to the light of day this old water color, which for years hung in the office of the late A.B. Frazee, superintendent of the old Camden & Philadelphia Steamboat Ferry Company. It was painted in 1873 by one Hoagland, a local artist of 60 years ago. Before his death, Frazee gave the picture to I.N. Price, an employee of the company in the old days. Mr. Price, who now lives at 725 Spruce Street, presented the picture to his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ethel Price, who, in turn, gave it to the Courier for publication.
Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery, Camden NJ – August 22, 2003