David Ruddach Frazer

Background

Frazer, David Ruddach was born on July 10, 1837 in Baltimore. Son of William R. and Eliza J. (Armitage) Frazer.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1861, Master of Arts, 1864 (Doctor of Divinity, 1880). Graduate Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1864.

Career

Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1865. Pastor First Church, Cliffton, Staten Island, 1865-1867, Hudson, New York, 1867-1872, Buffalo, New York, 1872-1880, Classon Avenue Church, Brooklyn, New York, 1880-1883, First Church, Newark, New Jersey, 1883-1909. Retired. Trustee Princeton University, since 1887.

Director Bloomfield (New Jersey) Theological Seminary, since 1886, Union Theological Seminary, New York, since 1888, Bloomfield Seminary (president 1902).

Member Board of Church Erection Presbyterian Church 34 years, serving 28 years as recording secretary. Resigned 1913. Home: Short Hills, New Jersey.

Achievements

• David Ruddach Frazer has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Board of Church

Connections

Married Rose Thompson, July 2, 1866.

Father:

William R. Frazer

Mother:

Eliza J. (Armitage) Frazer

Spouse:

Rose Thompson