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Frederick Albert Marlatt

1867–1944

Born 29 July 1867 in Manhattan, Kansas. Died 6 September 1944 in Manhattan. Farmer and manufacturer; father of the civil rights leader Abby Marlatt.

Life events

Born29 July 1867Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas
Died6 September 1944Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas

Dates from the Brennan Family Tree on Ancestry; occupation from his father’s biography in Kansas and Kansans (1918); his teaching from K-State Today.

History and lore

Frederick stayed in Manhattan, Kansas, as a farmer and manufacturer, and, like his brother Charles, studied insects: he taught entomology for a time at the college his father had helped to found. With his wife, Annie, he had one child, Abby, named for his sister.

Famous Namesakes: the Marlatts of Manhattan, Kansas