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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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SAMUEL FRY (deceased) was born in Franklin township, Westmoreland county, a son of Jacob Fry, who came from Holland to Pennsylvania about ninety years ago. Jacob, who was a baker, settled on a farm in Franklin, where Samuel was reared. The latter married Susannah, daughter of Jacob and Catherine Cline, of Eastern Pennsylvania, and to them were born Jacob C., Zephaniah, Mary M. (Lewis), James (a mute), Samuel Z., John M., Annie E., Sarah Alice and Joseph H. In 1853 Mr. Fry located in Penn township, where he died in 1881, in his sixty-first year. His widow and most of his children reside on the farm where he located when he came here. He and his wife formerly belonged to the Reformed Church, but afterward joined the Presbyterian, in which faith they reared their children. Mrs. Fry was sixty-one years old June 22, 1888.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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