Lewis H. Frizzell, of the firm of Powell & Frizzell,
druggists at Vienna, is a native of Johnson County, and occupies
an honorable position among its leading business men. He was born
in Burnside precinct November 19, 1852. His father, Nathan R.
Frizzell, was born in Tennessee, and was a son of William Frizzell,
who was a native of North Carolina. He went from that State to
Tennessee, and later came to Illinois, and was one of the early
settlers of Burnside Precinct, in this county. He purchased land
at that point, which he farmed for some years prior to his removal
to Jefferson County, where he spent his last days.
The father of our subject moved into Kentucky from his native
State, and after residing there some years came to Illinois.
He was accompanied by his wife and the one child that had been
previously born to them, and the momentous journey was made with
teams. He secured a tract of government land in what is now Burnside
Precinct, and there built the log cabin which was the birthplace
of our subject. There were no railways here for some years, and
the river towns were the principal markets. Deer and other wild
game were plentiful and furnished a welcome addition to the fare
of the settlers. Mr. Frizzell was a good farmer, and he developed
a fine farm, supplying it with substantial improvements, thus
performing his share in promoting the agricultural interests in
the county. His death occurred at the home he had built up in
1886, at the age of fifty-eight, and his community was thus deprived
of a valuable citizen. His wife survives him and is now a resident
of Pope County. She is a native of Kentucky, her maiden name
being Asenath Wilson, and her father was James Wilson. She is
the mother of six children: Louisa, Nancy, Lewis H., Mattie, Mollie
and Lucy.
Our subject was reared and educated in his native township, and
resided with his parents until he was twenty-two years of age.
He then located on a farm which his father gave him in Grantsburg
Township, and devoted himself to agricultural pursuits until 1886.
In that year he was elected sheriff of Johnson County, and removed
to Vienna to attend to his official duties. He remained here four
years, and at the expiration of office removed to metropolis to
engage in the dry goods business. In 1892 he sold his establishment
there, and returning to Vienna, has since been in the drug business
with Mr. Powell. They have a neatly fitted up store, in which
a good line of drugs and other articles usually found in an establishment
of that kind and they are well patronized.
Mr. Frizzell was married August 6, 1874, to Miss Sidney Poor, a daughter of Sampson D. Poor, and a native of Grantsburg Township. She is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and her name is associated with its various good works. Mr. and Mrs. Frizzell have four children living: Aristie, Mattie, Lewis and Herman P.
Our subject is a stalwart Democrat in his political views, and, as before mentioned, was honored by election to the important and responsible office of County Sheriff, and in his prompt and faithful discharge of the onerous duties thus imposed upon him, he gained the favor of all without respect to party. In his social relations he is connected with the Vienna Lodge No. 150, A. F. & A. M.; and with Vesta Lodge No. 340, I.O.O.F.
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