Frederick G. Frantz was born in Whitehall Township, May 4, 1887, and began working in the cement industry at the age of fifteen years, and was in the employ of the Lehigh Portland Cement Company for five years. On June 11, 1909, he was appointed by the Federal Government under civil services, as a "Physical Tester of cement used in the construction of the Panama Canal. He is a member of Improved Order of Red Men, No 201, Lecha Wonk Tribe, of Allentown, and the Independent Order of Americans, No 753, of Allentown.