BIO:  Samuel D. and Milton L. Fry, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Lower Chanceford Township, Pg 123

SAMUEL D. and MILTON L. FRY are the sons of Elias and Martha (Groff) Fry, natives 
of Lancaster, who came to Lower Chanceford township about the year 1846.  The 
father was engaged on the Susquehanna as a pilot for rafts, at which business he 
gained an enviable reputation on account of his ability.  The sons were brought 
up in the township where they now live, and at the ages of twenty-seven and 
twenty-three, respectively, engaged in a general mercantile business at McCall’s 
Ferry, which they now continue.  Samuel D. was married to Emma Bennington, of 
Peach Bottom Township.  They have two children:  Charles and Lydia.  Milton L., 
born in 1860, was married, in 1881, to Corrinne Kilgore, a member of the 
Presbyterian Church.  They have one child – Bessie.  In 1880 Samuel D. was 
appointed postmaster, and still holds the office.