State Senate: | Mississippi |
District: | 7th |
Termstart: | January 1904 |
Termend: | January 1908 |
Birth Date: | 14 June 1838 |
Birth Place: | Amite County, Mississippi |
State House1: | Mississippi |
District1: | Amite County |
Termstart1: | January 1896 |
Termend1: | January 1900 |
Death Place: | Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi |
Party: | Democrat |
Predecessor: | W. P. S. Ventress |
Successor: | William F. Tucker Jr. |
Battles: | Civil War |
Serviceyears: | 1861–1865 |
Branch: | Army |
Rank: | First Lieutenant |
Charles Henry Frith (June 14, 1838 - December 19, 1912) was a Democratic Mississippi state legislator from Amite County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Charles Henry Frith was born on June 14, 1838, in Amite County, Mississippi.[1] He was the son of William Frith and Amand (Simmons) Frith. Frith graduated from Georgetown College in 1859. He enlisted in the 6th Louisiana Infantry Confederate Army during the Civil War.[2] He was a first lieutenant by the end of the war. During the war, he was captured and sent to Fort Delaware, where he was interned until the war ended. In 1895, he was elected to represent Amite County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives, for the 1896–1900 term.[3] In 1903, he was elected to the Mississippi State Senate to represent the 7th district, which was composed of Amite and Wilkinson Counties. He died in his home in Liberty, Mississippi, on December 19, 1912.