Birth mo/day: 23 November. Birth year varies greatly (as self reported), from 1863 - 1874!
Supposedly enlisted in the Navy, originally, in 1876 (per article in N. GA. Citizen).
Supposedly served in:
Spanish-American War
Ship: Winslow
Occ: Gunner's Mate
" 'When the Spanish-American War broke out, I reenlisted, and was assigned to the ship Winslow. There I served as chief gunner's mate, and I was on the ship when Ensign Bagley, the first victim of the war, was killed.' "
Quoted From:
Short URL: http://bit.ly/Fred-S-Sutherland-The-Human-Fly-in-Illus-World-pg527
Original URL: https://books.google.com/books?id=_DxQAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA525&ots=o9aqeNDI43&dq=frederick%20sutherland%20the%20human%20fly&pg=PA527#v=onepage&q&f=false
Above source also mentions church in Atlanta.
WWI Draft Registration:
Fred Sutherland, male, aged 45, residing at 613 E 6th St., Los Angles, L.A., California. Birth: 23 Nov 1872. Occupation: Rigger. Employer: Self. Nearest Relative: Mrs. Nellie Sutherland, of 613 E 6th St. Los Angles, L.A. Calif. Date of Registration: 12 Sept. 1918. No physical disqualifications. Color of Eyes: L. Blue. Color of Hair: Dk. Brown.
US Passport Applications, 1795-1925: Fred S Sutherland. Passport Application: 1906, Michigan, US. Birth: 23 Nov 1866, National City, California. Wife, Julia, was born at Morencie, Michigan. Occupation: Rigger and Contractor. Passport Application: 9 March 1906, Detroit, Michigan.
Birth from statement made by Fredrick S. Sutherland, on a 1906 passport application. The month and date of birth is the same, but the birth year given here is three years later than the one he lists in a 1921 passport application. [He has a young wife--maybe that's why the difference.] The city of birth is different, but that could be explained because the town grew and merged--he apparently gives the current name of the town each time. [It has been San Miguel, Otay, and National City, all in the county of San Diego]. [Source for 1906 passport]: "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9DZ-SG9?cc=2185145&wc=3XCT-JWB%3A1056306501%2C1056427101 : 22 December 2014), (M1490) Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 > image 71 of 762; citing NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
North Georgia Citizen has an article. He fixed a local church steeple:
