Frank P. Frary

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Frank P. Frary (December 7, 1856 – August 16, 1911) was an American Republican politician from California.

Frank Phineas Frary was born in Fremont, Ohio and moved to San Diego, California, in 1875. He owned a bee ranch at Capitan Grande, near El Cajon, and operated a stage line in San Diego County, including a mail contract between San Diego and Julian. He was mayor of San Diego for two terms, during 1901–1905.

In 1903 police raided Madam Ida Bailey's Canary Cottage, a house of prostitution in the Stingaree District however, the usual advance warnings were not made and the raid caught long-time customers Mayor Frary and the chief of police.

Frary's 1904 Craftman style home at 3227 Grim Ave in North Park is now a bed and breakfast.

[edit] References

• The Frary Family in America: 1637-1980 (The Frary Family Association, 1981) by Margaret Murphy and Anne Frary Lepak.

Preceded by Edwin M. Capps

Mayor of San Diego, California 1901–1905

Succeeded by John L. Sehon