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James Blaine Frye c. 1896 - c. 1970

James Blaine Frye of Homer, Cortland County, New York United States was born in 1896 in Gouverneur, St Lawrence County, and died at age 74 years old in 1970 in Homer, Cortland County. James Frye was buried in Homer.
James Blaine Frye
Homer, Cortland County, New York United States
1896
Gouverneur, St Lawrence County, New York, 13642, United States
1970
Homer, Cortland County, New York, United States
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James Blaine Frye's History: circa 1896 - circa 1970

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  • Introduction

    James B. Frye married Marian Gibbs at Sage Hall, Cornell University; they traveled the American Southwest in his work for Sun Oil as a petrochemist, setting up cracking stations. They had one son, James jr., born 1927 in Cortland, N.Y. He worked with his old friend Dr. Sprague to develop the acoustic dish used in ornithology to record bird song, testing the equipment he developed using his radio skills, in the field behind his house in Homer, NY.
  • 1896

    Birthday

    1896
    Birthdate
    Gouverneur, St Lawrence County, New York 13642, United States
    Birthplace
  • Nationality & Locations

    United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Gouverneur High School, Cornell University
  • Religious Beliefs

    Congregational
  • Military Service

    Navy, WWI
  • Professional Career

    Chemical engineer Sun Oil Co., Marathon Line Co. (founder), Commissioner of Jurors Cortland County
  • Personal Life & Family

    Cornell Alumni Assoc., Isaac Walton, Ham Radio
  • 1970

    Death

    1970
    Death date
    colon cancer
    Cause of death
    Homer, Cortland County, New York United States
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Homer, Cortland County, New York United States
    Burial location
  • Obituary

    Cortland Standard prob Jan or Feb 1970
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James was the youngest surviving child of Charles Frye, who was the son or grandson of Adam Fry; they originally came down from farming somewhere south of Ottowa to cross the St. Lawrence to Gouverneur, NY.(and Charles added the "e"). Elizabeth Frye Lockwood was his older sister; her only child was Janet Lockwood, a physical therapist who established a Cerebral Palsy clinic in Newburgh, NY area. He had an older brother (Raymond?), and the first child of Charles and his wife was a baby named Grace who died as an infant when their carriage was washed off a bridge in a flash flood--unknown if they were in the Governeur area then or not.
James chose not to farm and won a scholarship to Cornell University, where he studied chemical engineering. His entire fraternity joined up when the US entered WWI; they were guaranteed their return to Cornell at the end of the War. He joined the Navy and was assigned to the fairly new radio training at Vallejo, California. He returned to Cornell and just after graduation married fellow student Marian Gibbs. He worked for Sun Oil, setting up petroleum cracking stations around the Southwest, eventually returning to Central NY, where his only child, son James jr., was born in 1927.
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