FRY, James W.

Date of birth:  1 Apr 1824 – Virginia
Date of death: 25 Nov 1899 – White River Township, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 1, 1899,
Volume XL Number 21, page 6 column 2

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BANTA.

James Fry died Saturday and was buried Sunday in the Mallow family cem­etery. The services were conducted by Rev. Sidebottom. Mr. Fry had been sick a long time with Bright’s disease. He was a good citizen and had lived to the ripe old age of 75 years.

Link to James W. Fry’s grave

Note:  The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 72, referencing Book H-19, page 5, records that James W. Fry, a seventy-five-year-old white male, died 25 Nov 1899 in White River Township. His Indiana State Board of Health Certificate and Record of Death gives the additional information: James died of cystitis and uremia of two years duration. He was a farmer, born in Virginia to John Fry and an unknown wife. He was buried 26 Nov 1899 in Mallow Cemetery, undertaker Covert & Covert.

James W. Fry’s gravestone records his death date as 24 Nov 1899.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson