Thomas Fry Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft@cowtown.net

Source:

1881 History of Grant Co., Wisconsin
Western Historical Company, Chicago, IL
Biographical Sketches, Clifton, Pg. 1003

THOMAS FRY, Sec. 3, P. O. Martinville; born in Mercer Co., Penn., Oct. 24,
1836; left there at the age of 15, and went to Iowa with his parents, where
they farmed three years; left there and came to Ellenboro, Wis., where he
worked on a farm with his father till 1861; then removed to town of Liberty,
where he broke prairie till the fall of the same year, when he enlisted, in
1861, in the 10th W. V. I., Co. F, was in the ranks eighteen months, and was
then mustered in as wagoner, and continued as such till 1864.  After being
honorably discharged, he came home to town of Liberty, and went to farming
for himself; rented for five years and then bought 167 acres on Secs. 11 and
12; lived there eight years and then moved to the place where he now lives.
Owns 160 acres in Sec. 3.  Was married to Orrel Bacon, by B. F. Wyne, Esq.,
of Platteville, Oct. 2, 1861. She was born July 15, 1843.  They have eight
children living - Irene P., Addie B., Willie J., John, Aurora, Nellie,
Homer, Alta.