Biography: George Fry of Shade Township Copyright © 1998 by Leroy V. Baldwin (lbwitchdoc@aol.com). This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. _________________________________________________________________ GEORGE FRY settled on a large tract of land northeast of Hooversville in 1800. Here he erected and operated the first distillery in the township.