Fraughton was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1939. He earned a BFA degree in 1962 from the University of Utah. Fraughton is a member of the National Sculpture Society, a founding member of the National Academy of Western Art, and a 1973 and 1975 gold medal winner at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.  He has exhibited his sculpture at the Gilcrease Museum and the Northwest Rendezvous Group. 

Sources include:
Donald Hagerty, Leading the West, pp. 111-112
R.R. Bowker, Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994