Frederick was probably born in or near Youngstown, Ohio. He and Harriett (Hattie) McEwen, also of the Youngstown area, married in 1866. Frederick was a physician. The couple moved to Monroe, Wisconsin in about 1865, where he practiced medicine and where their three eldest children were born between 1868-1874. The family then moved to the Lincoln, Nebraska area where their youngest son was born in 1882. He and the family remained there for the duration of his life (findagrave.com)