Jacob Alfred Fry

29 July 1826–20 February 1906 (Age 79)
Licking, Ohio, United States

The Life Summary of Jacob Alfred

When Jacob Alfred Fry was born on 29 July 1826, in Licking, Ohio, United States, his father, Jacob Fry, was 40 and his mother, Susana Beckenbaugh, was 39. He married Letta Harris on 10 October 1846, in Johnson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in English River Township, Washington, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Washington, Iowa, United States in 1905. He died on 20 February 1906, in Johnson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Frytown, Johnson, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Alfred Fry
1826–1906
Letta Harris
1832–1904
Marriage: 10 October 1846
Mary Lucretia Fry
1849–1904
Albert E Frye
1854–1937
Jacob Bruce Fry
1864–1895
Emma Nevada Fry
1852–1941
Ellen Elizabeth Fry
1857–1928
Margaret M Fry
1860–1900

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 October 1846Johnson, Iowa, United States
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (14)

    +9 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 4
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
    1839
    Age 13
    Historical Boundaries: 1839: Washington, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Washington, Iowa, United States
    1852
    Age 26
    Historical Boundaries: 1852: Johnson, Iowa, United States

    Name Meaning

    English (mainly southern and southwestern): from Middle English frie ‘free’ (Old English frīo, frīg), with reference either to rank or tenurial status (‘free-born’) or to character (‘generous, open-handed’). It is synonymous with Free .Americanized form of German Frei or Frey , or of the Dutch cognate Vrij.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Frye
    Free

    Sources (23)

    • Jacob Fry in entry for Ella E Wallick, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Jacob Fry, "Kansas State Census, 1875"
    • Jacob Fry in entry for Emma Nevada Fry Evans, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

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