Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Fry, George March 15, 1832 - 
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GEORGE FRY, a prosperous farmer of his native township, was born in Mt. Pleasant
township, Westmoreland county, Pa. March 15, 1832, and is a son of Michael and
Sarah M. (Richard) Fry. His grandfather, Michael Fry, was a native of
Northampton county, Pa., and was of German extraction. He emigrated to
Westmoreland county, settling in Mt. Pleasant township where he resided until
his death. He was a whig and a member of the Reformed church. His wife was
Regina Spielman, a daughter of one of the very first settlers in Mt. Pleasant
township and one of a family or thirteen children. Charles Richard (maternal
great-grandfather) of German origin, lived in Mt. Pleasant township, where he
died at the age of ninety-six years, lie was a soldier in the Revolutionary war
and afterwards engaged in tilling the soil. His son, George Richard
(grandfather), was born in Mt. Pleasant township on the old homestead, now owned
by George Fry, and was by occupation a farmer, wagoner and stock-raiser. lie
married Elizabeth Neff, of Adams comity, this State, by whom be had four
children. Michael Fry (father) was born in Mt. Pleasant township and followed
farming and distilling until his death in 1856. He was identified with the
Reformed church of which he was long a trustee and a liberal supporter. lie was
the father of seven children: Elizabeth (dead), Michael (dead), George, John,
Mary, Sarah and Leah (dead). John Fry served three years in the civil war,
belonging to Co. C, 11th reg. Pa. Vols., and took part in the battles of Second
Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg and in various minor engagements.

   George Fry was twice married, his first wife being Sarah Spielman, a daughter
of John Spielman, of Holmes county, Ohio, by whom he had one child, Martha I.,
who married William S. Critchfield, of Mt. Pleasant township, and who died in
February, 1890. Mr. Fry’s second wife was Susan Shearer, a daughter of Hugh
Shearer, of Mt. Pleasant township, and to this marriage were born two children:
Minerva J., wife of Charles G. Lee; Ida May, married to Thomas A. Marstellar,
now of Fayette county, Pa. 

   George Fry was the eldest son, consequently his services were required at
home and his education to some extent neglected. He began life as a farmer, at
the foot of the ladder, working on his father’s farm, which he afterwards
bought, and has ever since been engaged in the pursuits of agriculture in which
he has achieved success. He is an industrious, deserving man, a republican in
politics though he never aspired to office, and with his wife belongs to the
Reformed church.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890


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