Brief Life History of Benjaman Garrett
When Benjaman Garrett Frye was born on 30 September 1884, in Illinois, United States, his father, John Frye, was 26 and his mother, Emilie Finner, was 21. He married Stella Josephine Johnson on 20 June 1914, in McHenry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Barrington, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. He died on 31 December 1947, in Fox River Grove, McHenry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Barrington, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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- Benjimin Frey in household of John Frey, "United States Census, 1900"
- Benjamin Q. Frye, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Benjamin Frye, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Fry .
North German: variant of Frey .
History: Joseph Frye (1711/12–94) was a military officer from Andover, MA, where the family had long been of local prominence. In 1762, he was granted a township in ME, later named Fryeburg after him, and moved his family there. His great-great-grandson William Pierce Frye was born in Lewiston, ME, and served in Congress, first as a member of the House of Representatives and then the Senate from 1871 until his death in 1911.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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