Alexander A. Fry 1849

Alexander A. Fry, 1849–1929 (aged 80 years)

Name

Alexander A. Fry

Name: Alexander A. /Fry/
Given names: Alexander A.
Nickname: Alex
Surname: Fry

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	April 14, 1849 Stokes, North Carolina, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Occupation	Farmer/Rancher Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob Note: "Alex and his brother L. W. (Bud) went to Oklahoma Territory to gather cattle, and Bud came back with 1000 head of maverick cattle he had branded. Jennie went in a wagon to find them." ¶ Source: Edd Fry, grandson. Submitted to Find a Grave.com by Gaylon Fry, great-grandson.
British Queen	Victoria from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
13th President of the United States	Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850
14th President of the United States	Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853
15th President of the United States	James Buchanan March 4, 1857
Immigration	1859 (aged 9 years) Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob Note: with his parents when he was 10 years old
16th President of the United States	Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861
17th President of the United States	Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865
Occupation	Texas Ranger before May 1865 Antelope, Jack, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob Note: "Alex was a Texas Ranger around Antelope, Texas during the Civil War, where he served as constable. He had, on occasion, had to put his brothers and relatives in jail for rowdy behavior. One of his brothers planned to shoot him, and Alex put his hand on the gun, it went off, and he carried the bullet in his hand until he died. ¶ Submitted to Find A Grave.com by Gaylon Fry, great-grandson.
18th President of the United States	Ulysses S Grant March 4, 1869
19th President of the United States	Rutherford B Hayes March 4, 1877
20th President of the United States	James A Garfield March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States	Chester A Arthur September 19, 1881
Marriage	Washington Virginia Wilks — View this family December 11, 1884 (aged 35 years) Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: 1900 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: page 19 A Note: married 16 years as recorded in 1900 Denton County, Texas, USA Census.
22nd President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885
23rd President of the United States	Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889
24th President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893
Birth of a son	Albert Alexander Fry March 22, 1893 Denton, Texas, USA Source: 1900 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: page 19 A Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40082898 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob. Source: Texas Death Certificate Citation details: Certificate #54748
Birth of a son	Robert Eugene Fry August 20, 1896 Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083123 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob
25th President of the United States	William McKinley March 4, 1897
Family census	Washington Virginia Wilks — View this family June 5, 1900 Denton, Texas, USA Address: Justice Precinct 1 "(all west of Old Wire rd. & South of Denton/McKinney rd.)" Source: 1900 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: Page 19 A, Sheet 3 Text: Enumerator: Edwin M. Hawk Supervisor's District: 2 Enumeration District: 43 Note: in hh 43 44 as Fry, Alexander, Head, White, Male, Born: Apr. 1851, Age: 49, Married: 16 years, NC NC NC, Farmer, Read write & speak English, Home: Owner, Mortgaged, Farm, Farm # 37; Jennie, Wife, White, Female, Born: Apr. 1864, Age: 36, Married: 16 years, Children born: 2, Children living: 2, TX AL AL, Read write & speak English; Albert, Son, White, Male, Born: March 1893, Age: 7, Single, TX NC TX; Eugene, Son, White, Male, Born: Aug 1895, Age: 4, Single, TX NC TX; Wilkes, Nancy C., Mother-in-law, White, Female, Born: Jan. 1830, Age: 70, Widow, Children born: 3, Children living: 3, AL NC NC.
British King	Edward VII from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
26th President of the United States	Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901
27th President of the United States	William Howard Taft March 4, 1909
Marriage of a son	Albert Alexander Fry — Daisy Ester Cobb — View this family 1913
28th President of the United States	Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913
Immigration	1914 (aged 64 years) Dickens, Texas, USA Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob
Marriage of a son	Robert Eugene Fry — Ruth Imogene Brantner — View this family February 24, 1916 Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Source: Dickens County, Texas, Cemeteries - Red Mud Cemetery Source: FamilySearch.org - Family History & Genealogy Records
Death	September 6, 1929 (aged 80 years) Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Cause of death: Stroke Address: "on his farm and ranch on Cat Fish" Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob
Obituary	Obituary September 13, 1929 Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob Note: "Alec Fry, Old Citizen, Passes to His Reward in the Great Beyond"¶ Alec Fry died Friday of last week [6 Sep 1929] at his farm and ranch on Cat Fish, his remains being interred Saturday in Red Top [also Red Mud or Tap] cemetery.¶ Alec Fry was eighty years of age. and had been in feeble health several years, suffering a stroke of paralysis on Monday before his death Friday. He had lived with his family in the county the past fifteen years. He was born April 14,1849, in North Carolina, coming to Texas at the age of ten years with his parents, spending seventy years of his life on the Frontier of Texas. ¶ In the earlier days he served on the Texas Ranger force, fought Indians, and out-laws and helped pave the way for present day civilization in West Texas. ¶ Surviving members of the family are his wife and two sons, A. A. Fry, and Gene Fry. Of a family of nine brothers and two sisters, Alec Fry has only one surviving brother, Bill Fry of Denton, Texas. ¶ Alec Fry was a good, loyal, useful citizen. He was our friend and a friend to many others, and we join with them in mourning with the family in his passing on to another world." ¶ Source: unnamed newspaper, Friday, September 13, 1929. Submitted by Gaylon Fry, great-grandson to Find A Grave.com
British King	George V from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
29th President of the United States	Warren G Harding March 4, 1921
30th President of the United States	Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923
31st President of the United States	Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929
Burial	September 7, 1929 (1 day after death) Dickens, Texas, USA Cemetery: Red Mud Cemetery Address: Southwest of what is now Spur, Texas at GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 33.42651, Longitude: -100.99877. Row G-9. Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob Note: transcription of tombstone inscription uses the name "Alex Fry". He is buried next to his wife, Jenny Wilks Fry.

Date differences

Family with Washington Virginia Wilks
himself	Links Birth: April 14, 1849 — Stokes, North Carolina, USA Immigration: 1859 — Texas, USA Occupation: Texas Ranger — before May 1865 — Antelope, Jack, Texas, USA Marriage: December 11, 1884 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Family census: June 5, 1900 — Denton, Texas, USA Immigration: 1914 — Dickens, Texas, USA Occupation: Farmer/Rancher — Texas, USA Death: September 6, 1929 — Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Burial: September 7, 1929 — Dickens, Texas, USA Obituary: Obituary — September 13, 1929 Unique identifier: F1F19AB1281AB78A4EB5A5EF7AE80E8D Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Washington Virginia Wilks Albert Alexander Fry Robert Eugene Fry Alexander A. Fry 1849–1929 Birth: April 14, 1849 — Stokes, North Carolina, USA Death: September 6, 1929 — Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA
wife	Links Birth: April 16, 1869 44 39 — Denton, Texas, USA Census: July 20, 1870 — Denton, Texas, USA Census: 1880 — Denton, Texas, USA Marriage: December 11, 1884 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Family census: June 5, 1900 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: June 21, 1959 — Dickens, Texas, USA Burial: June 1959 — Dickens, Texas, USA Unique identifier: F1F19AB1281AB78A4EB5A5EF7AE80E8D Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alexander A. Fry Albert Alexander Fry Robert Eugene Fry Washington Virginia Wilks 1869–1959 Birth: April 16, 1869 44 39 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: June 21, 1959 — Dickens, Texas, USA
Marriage	Marriage — December 11, 1884 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA
8 years son	Links Birth: March 22, 1893 43 23 — Denton, Texas, USA Census: June 5, 1900 — Denton, Texas, USA Marriage: 1913 Immigration: 1914 — Dickens, Texas, USA Number of children: 6 sons and 2 daughters Religion: Church of Christ — before 1942 — Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Occupation: Farming — before July 23, 1969 Death: July 24, 1969 — Crosbyton, Crosby, Texas, USA Burial: July 25, 1969 — Dickens, Texas, USA Obituary: "The Texas Spur" — July 31, 1969 — Dickens, Texas, USA Unique identifier: FE5FB3FBF49BA43D47B1EC537BB0D854 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Daisy Ester Cobb Albert Alexander Fry 1893–1969 Birth: March 22, 1893 43 23 — Denton, Texas, USA Death: July 24, 1969 — Crosbyton, Crosby, Texas, USA
4 years son	Links Birth: August 20, 1896 47 27 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Census: June 5, 1900 — Denton, Texas, USA Marriage: February 24, 1916 — Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Emigration: before 1947 — Spur, Dickens, Texas, USA Number of children: 5 sons and 2 daughters Death: October 8, 1975 — Texline, Dallam, Texas, USA Obituary: October 9, 1975 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA Burial: October 1975 — Dickens, Texas, USA Religion: Church of Christ — Dickens, Texas, USA Unique identifier: E51D0732A046BD164E3372FA024A98CE Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ruth Imogene Brantner Robert Eugene Fry 1896–1975 Birth: August 20, 1896 47 27 — Denton, Denton, Texas, USA Death: October 8, 1975 — Texline, Dallam, Texas, USA

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Birth	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Immigration	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob
Occupation	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob
Marriage	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: 1900 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: page 19 A
Family census	Source: 1900 Census for Denton County, Texas, USA Citation details: Page 19 A, Sheet 3 Text: Enumerator: Edwin M. Hawk Supervisor's District: 2 Enumeration District: 43
Immigration	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob
Occupation	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob
Death	Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob
Burial	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob
Obituary	Source: Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records Citation details: Memorial# 40083342 Added 30 JUL 2009 by Oklahoma Bob

Show all notes
Immigration	with his parents when he was 10 years old
Occupation	"Alex was a Texas Ranger around Antelope, Texas during the Civil War, where he served as constable. He had, on occasion, had to put his brothers and relatives in jail for rowdy behavior. One of his brothers planned to shoot him, and Alex put his hand on the gun, it went off, and he carried the bullet in his hand until he died. ¶ Submitted to Find A Grave.com by Gaylon Fry, great-grandson.
Marriage	married 16 years as recorded in 1900 Denton County, Texas, USA Census.
Family census	in hh 43 44 as Fry, Alexander, Head, White, Male, Born: Apr. 1851, Age: 49, Married: 16 years, NC NC NC, Farmer, Read write & speak English, Home: Owner, Mortgaged, Farm, Farm # 37; Jennie, Wife, White, Female, Born: Apr. 1864, Age: 36, Married: 16 years, Children born: 2, Children living: 2, TX AL AL, Read write & speak English; Albert, Son, White, Male, Born: March 1893, Age: 7, Single, TX NC TX; Eugene, Son, White, Male, Born: Aug 1895, Age: 4, Single, TX NC TX; Wilkes, Nancy C., Mother-in-law, White, Female, Born: Jan. 1830, Age: 70, Widow, Children born: 3, Children living: 3, AL NC NC.
Occupation	"Alex and his brother L. W. (Bud) went to Oklahoma Territory to gather cattle, and Bud came back with 1000 head of maverick cattle he had branded. Jennie went in a wagon to find them." ¶ Source: Edd Fry, grandson. Submitted to Find a Grave.com by Gaylon Fry, great-grandson.
Burial	transcription of tombstone inscription uses the name "Alex Fry". He is buried next to his wife, Jenny Wilks Fry.
Obituary	"Alec Fry, Old Citizen, Passes to His Reward in the Great Beyond"¶ Alec Fry died Friday of last week [6 Sep 1929] at his farm and ranch on Cat Fish, his remains being interred Saturday in Red Top [also Red Mud or Tap] cemetery.¶ Alec Fry was eighty years of age. and had been in feeble health several years, suffering a stroke of paralysis on Monday before his death Friday. He had lived with his family in the county the past fifteen years. He was born April 14,1849, in North Carolina, coming to Texas at the age of ten years with his parents, spending seventy years of his life on the Frontier of Texas. ¶ In the earlier days he served on the Texas Ranger force, fought Indians, and out-laws and helped pave the way for present day civilization in West Texas. ¶ Surviving members of the family are his wife and two sons, A. A. Fry, and Gene Fry. Of a family of nine brothers and two sisters, Alec Fry has only one surviving brother, Bill Fry of Denton, Texas. ¶ Alec Fry was a good, loyal, useful citizen. He was our friend and a friend to many others, and we join with them in mourning with the family in his passing on to another world." ¶ Source: unnamed newspaper, Friday, September 13, 1929. Submitted by Gaylon Fry, great-grandson to Find A Grave.com

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Extra information

Last change

March 31, 2010 – 14:43:30

Author of last change: barbaracorner

Unique identifier

561FAAE6B84DBC184B24914D929EB184

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Family with Washington Virginia Wilks
himself	Alexander A. Fry 1849–1929
wife Parents John Washington Wilks Nancy C. Hennigan	Washington Virginia Wilks 1869–1959
son Family Daisy Ester Cobb	Albert Alexander Fry 1893–1969
son Family Ruth Imogene Brantner	Robert Eugene Fry 1896–1975

Descendants

Alexander A. Fry(1849–1929)
- Washington Virginia Wilks1884
  - Albert Alexander Fry(1893–1969)
  - Robert Eugene Fry(1896–1975)