Fry, O. P. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 436, Astoria Township
O. P. Fry, farmer and stock raiser, sec. 9; P. O., Astoria. The grandfather of Oliver P. Fry was a native German, and when the Revolution began he enlisted under the banner of the new Republic. Long prior to the war he came to Pennsylvania. He married at the close of the war, Miss Cox, by whom he raised a family of 4 children. Andrew Fry, the father of O. P., the second child, in youth became employed in a machine shop and helped to build the first boiler in Brownsville, Pa. He came to Knox Co., O., where he married Susanna Cramer, who bore him 3 children, 2 of whom yet survive. In 1845 Andrew Fry came to Astoria tp., began to farm, and proved successful; he died during the winter of 78. The death of Mrs. F. occurred 4 years prior to that of her husband. Oliver was born in Coshocton Co., O., Feb. 18, 1824. In 1869 he was married in Rushville to Miss Lucy, daughter of Dr. E. Clark. Mr. Fry has held many of the official positions of his township and always with satisfaction.
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