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Biographies
 Source:
History of Warren
Co., Ohio
containing
A History of the County; Its Townships, Towns,
Schools, Churches,
Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of
Early
Settlers and Prominent Men; History of The North-
West Territory; History of Ohio; Map of
Warren County; Constitution of the
United States, Miscellaneous
Matters, Etc., Etc.
- Illustrated -
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1882
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Clear
Creek Twp. -
CHRISTOPHER FRY,
farmer; P. O. Springboro; born on an adjoining farm to the
one where he now lives June 20, 1834; is a son of J.
Philip and Catharine (Blin) Fry, he is a native of
Virginia and she of Warren Co., Ohio. The grandfather,
Henry Joseph Fry, who, it is believed, was a native
of Germany, emigrated to America in an early day, and, the
first knowledge we gain of him, he was a resident of Loudoun
Co., Va., where they lived till 1816; they removed to Ohio
and located upon the place where our subject now lives; here
he opened out the farm principally from the woods, and in
1818 erected the large brick house which still stands here,
in which our subject now dwells, and is still a good house
and in good condition; here the grandfather died, aged 60
years; he was a well-educated man, and was a physician, and
also a minister of the Gospel in the United Brethren Church,
and did much ministerial work, preaching in both the English
and German languages. Philip, the father of our
subject, was a young single man, about 22 years of age, when
they came to Warren County; was married here, and became the
father of seven children - five sons and two daughters -
three now living - Henry J., now a resident of Cass
Co., Ind; Julia Ann, now widow Snell,
living in Carroll Co., Ind.; and Christopher.
Mr. Fry located on Sec. 10, where the widow of
Jacob Fry now lives, and here he resided till
his death, in October, 1873, aged 79 years; his wife died in
spring of 1863. Mr. Fry was a very
devoted member of the United Brethren Church, having united
with that church when 18 years of age, and was always
faithful in his attendance, his seat never vacant when it
was in his power to be there; he held, during his life,
nearly every office in the church - in fact, was a main
pillar in the church, and at his death had been a faithful
servant and worker for fifty-seven years. The subject of
this sketch, the youngest child of his father now living,
grew to manhood on his father’s farm, where he remained till
the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, when, on Aug.
20, 1862. he enlisted in the 79th 0. V. I. and served
through the war, and received his honorable discharge at
Washington June 10, 1865; he served in the 20th Army Corps
in the Cumberland Army, under Gen. Joe
Hooker; was in the battles of Resaca, Peach Tree Creek,
Middlebury, N. C., and others, but was favored to pass
through all and escape without a wound, and enjoyed health
throughout his service, and returned home; remained with his
father till his death, thence located where he now lives and
has since resided.
Source: History of Warren
Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1882 - page
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