P00703Calvin A. Frye (1845-1917) was born in Frye Village (now Andover), Massachusetts, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. Frye Village was named after one of his ancestors, and he was educated in the public schools there. In the 1860s Frye moved with his family to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he became a machinist and, in 1871, married Ada E. Frye (b. Brush). She died in 1872, after which he returned to live with his family.
Sometime around 1880, Frye and his sister, Lydia M. Roaf (b. Frye), became interested in Christian Science when their mother received Christian Science treatment from Mary Baker Eddy's student Clara E. Choate. Frye went on to take four classes with Eddy: the Primary in October 1881, Normal in August 1884, Obstetrics in October 1888, and Normal in November 1898. During the 1881 Primary class, Frye caught the favorable attention of Eddy's husband, Asa Gilbert Eddy, who had been on the lookout for a secretary for Eddy, and in August 1882 Eddy asked Frye to join her household staff. His sister also took Eddy's Primary and Normal classes and worked in her household in the early 1880s.
Frye went on to work for Eddy for over 28 years, serving as her personal secretary and in many other roles, including confidant, coachman, practitioner, and household manager. He kept meticulous financial account books for her households and for his personal accounts. Not only was Frye the longest-serving member of Eddy's staff, but he reportedly didn't take a single day off during his tenure.
He was a member of the Christian Scientist Association and was listed as a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal from 1884 through 1889. He was one of the First Members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, later known as "Executive Members," who was one of twenty elected to join the original twelve members of the church when it was formed on September 23, 1892. After Eddy's passing in 1910, Frye continued his work for the Christian Science movement. He served as First Reader of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Concord, Massachusetts, from 1912 to 1915 and for one term as President of the Mother Church in 1916. He also traveled extensively and continued his music and photography hobbies.
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P00703Calvin A. Frye (1845-1917) was born in Frye Village (now Andover), Massachusetts, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. Frye Village was named after one of his ancestors, and he was educated in the public schools there. In the 1860s Frye moved with his family to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he became a machinist and, in 1871, married Ada E. Frye (b. Brush). She died in 1872, after which he returned to live with his family.
Sometime around 1880, Frye and his sister, Lydia M. Roaf (b. Frye), became interested in Christian Science when their mother received Christian Science treatment from Mary Baker Eddy's student Clara E. Choate. Frye went on to take four classes with Eddy: the Primary in October 1881, Normal in August 1884, Obstetrics in October 1888, and Normal in November 1898. During the 1881 Primary class, Frye caught the favorable attention of Eddy's husband, Asa Gilbert Eddy, who had been on the lookout for a secretary for Eddy, and in August 1882 Eddy asked Frye to join her household staff. His sister also took Eddy's Primary and Normal classes and worked in her household in the early 1880s.
Frye went on to work for Eddy for over 28 years, serving as her personal secretary and in many other roles, including confidant, coachman, practitioner, and household manager. He kept meticulous financial account books for her households and for his personal accounts. Not only was Frye the longest-serving member of Eddy's staff, but he reportedly didn't take a single day off during his tenure.
He was a member of the Christian Scientist Association and was listed as a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal from 1884 through 1889. He was one of the First Members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, later known as "Executive Members," who was one of twenty elected to join the original twelve members of the church when it was formed on September 23, 1892. After Eddy's passing in 1910, Frye continued his work for the Christian Science movement. He served as First Reader of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Concord, Massachusetts, from 1912 to 1915 and for one term as President of the Mother Church in 1916. He also traveled extensively and continued his music and photography hobbies.
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