Frasier Franklin Bingham was a lumber magnate and shipbuilder.
| Frasier Franklin Bingham | |
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| Born | 1872 Yankee Springs, Michigan |
| Died | 1953 |
| Occupation | Lumber magnate, shipbuilder |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Spouse | Fannie Augusta Oerting |
| Parents | Amos Reed and Caroline Merry Bingham |
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Early life
Bingham was born in 1872 to Amos and Caroline Bingham in Yankee Springs, Michigan. He was educated in the public school systems of Chicago and St. Louis, and in his youth worked odd jobs. Among his employers were a printing office, a wholesale grocery, a rubber factory, a wool warehouse, a hay press factory, a metal and mineral brokerage, and a railroad refrigerator car service. Bingham took night classes at a business college and became trained in stenography.
In Pensacola
In 1890, at the age of eighteen, Bingham moved to Pensacola from Kansas City, Missouri. He obtained a job as a clerk and stenographer for the Southern States Lumber Company; by 1913 he was assistant general manager of the company.
During World War I, Bingham opened a shipyard that built wooden schooners. The shipyard turned out over $200,000 worth of vessels, including several sold to the French government.
Political activities
Bingham, a Republican, served for several years as the chair of the Escambia County Republican Executive Committee. He ran three times for public office: in 1907 he ran for the Pensacola Board of Public Works; in 1908 he ran for state legislature; and in 1929 he ran for the Pensacola Board of City Commissioners. However, Pensacola was a fiercly Democratic city and the Republican Bingham lost each of the races.
Personal life
Bingham married Fannie Augusta Oerting (daughter of Charles McKenzie Oerting) on June 10, 1896, in Pensacola; the couple had seven children.
Bingham died in 1953 at his home on Bayou Texar, near the junction of East Gadsden Street and 20th Avenue. He is buried in St. John's Cemetery.
References
- St. John's Cemetery Foundation
- Armstrong, Henry Clay. History of Escambia County. St. Augustine: 1930. p. 350-353
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